I've been having a great time with the 3D printer. It's a bit tedious to constantly adjust every setting to tweak things into a better print, but it really is a fun hobby! Lately, I've been working on the supports. For those who are new (like me) to 3D printing …

As promissed, I wanted to make a post with my slicer settings that I use for my Colido 3D DIY printer in Slic3r. Why? Because I'm learning that slicer settings matter, big time. If the above picture loaded for you, then you can see that the same 3D model will …

Hopefully all of these higher resolution photos show up well in this post, as I wanted to show you what I've been working on. Previously, I talked about the difference between using Slic3r to slice my stl files into gcode, and I was pointing out that with the exact same …

One of the problems that I have with a local server is that we frequently have power "blips". I don't want to say outages, because the power is on about 99% of the time. The issue that we have is occasional "brown outs" where the power dips, but doesn't drop …

In the continuing saga of the Google Photos alternative, by running a home server with Dynamic Domain Name Service (DDNS), very secure FTP (vsftp), and an Apache web server coupled with Piwigo, we've automated the entire process of getting the photographs I take with my phone all put on the …

Last time we talked about how to set up the domain name with DDNS for free, and then using very secure FTP, vsftp, and SyncTool (the Android app) to automatically move photos from your phone to your home server. But that's only half of the battle. One of the big …

While there are many, many options out there for photo storage, if you are looking for a home storage solution that does NOT involve just plugging in your phone and dumping the pictures to your hard drive, you have to get a little technical. (By the way, if that is …

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As you've probably seen before, I've got a Colido 3D DIY printer that I've used for some of my projects. Prior to today, I was using Repitier-Host as the software for handling the printing, and it worked great. The thing is, I'm big …

Don't worry, you can put the tinfoil hats away. That being said, I'm going Google App Less (gappless) again. A few years back, I tried to go gappless, and it was rather difficult. Everything seemed to be tied into Google somehow, and I just couldn't make it with the limited …

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I knew I couldn't keep away from Android forever. It was only a matter of time before I jumped back into development. A lot has changed since my old rom building days. Back then everything was pre-treble, and there were no A/B …