Daily Archives: May 26, 2016

Wow, removing Wolfram and LibreOffice frees up a Gig on RPi

Posted on May 26, 2016 by robertwilkie

I will have to remember this one, I have a few RPis that could use some extra space, I already removed some things, but I didn’t realize how much those two take up. http://lifehacker.com/instantly-free-up-almost-1gb-on-your-raspberry-pi-by-di-1773831271

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Whats this Trust API?

Posted on May 26, 2016 by robertwilkie

Google had an announcement about a new tech taht will get rid of passwords for users.  The tech, Trust API, sounds interesting…but the article doesn’t give alot of details on it. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/24/google-passwords-android

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Interesting, Android on RPi

Posted on May 26, 2016 by robertwilkie

The article talks about how it looks like Google/Android is adding in support for the Raspberry Pi3.  This could be interesting since Android M is suppose to support multiple screens, which makes it more “windows” like.  And its still pretty … Continue reading →

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Nice write-up to use a water flow sensor with Arduino

Posted on May 26, 2016 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up.  Not sure what I would do with something like this, but could be useful with watering plants maybe?  Oh I got it, automated water guns. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Use-Water-Flow-Sensor-Arduino-Tutorial/?ALLSTEPS

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