March 2015 5
Sending Push Notifications From A Raspberry Pi With Prowl
Push notifications are the instantaneous way that apps send messages or links to a phone. If you receive breaking news alerts or something similar, then you know what I am talking about. Push messages are sent over data, not over the cell network, meaning that they are free. Being free and nearly instantaneous makes them a […]
My $300 Homemade Solar Water Heater
Back in 2009, when my wife and I lived in Brazil, working at a children’s home I set out to make a solar water heater. After some research, I came up with a $300 design that heated about 80 gallons to over 135 degrees. Compared to your average residential water heater, which heats 50 gallons […]
One Easy Trick To Make Your Raspberry Pi Backups Super Small (0.00000029% of the Original Size)
At any one time I might have 3-4 Raspberry Pi projects going at once, but only 2 SD cards. Because of this, I use Win32 Disk Imager (the same program you probably used to write the Rasbian image to an SD card) to create images of the SD cards, which I keep on my backup drive. […]
How to Make Fancy Block Quotes in Google Docs
I had to make a block quote in Google Doc’s for work the other day. In WordPress, creating a block quote is as simple as clicking a button. Google Doc’s has no such button, however, it doesn’t take much to create a block quote.
I Feel Great Since Cutting Arsenic Out Of My Diet
Dear friends, for years I have felt run down and out of energy; and the food I eat just tastes bland. I tried everything but nothing seemed to work, until recently. A friend suggested that I go on an arsenic free diet – and after 30 days without arsenic, I feel great! My energy is […]
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