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mrpjevans

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#SoftwareEngineering, geek, #RaspberryPi botherer, make #IoT stuff, love a #retro computer

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mrpjevans, to RaspberryPi
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IT'S ALIVE!

Oof. That was a job and half. All working first time bar one narky LED who was quickly replaced. Absolutely gorgeous bit of kit.

mrpjevans, to random
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I seriously think this is the most important thing Randall Monroe has done. https://xkcd.com/1732/

mrpjevans, to RaspberryPi
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BEHOLD THE BLINKENLIGHTS!

PiDP-10 PCB with ALL THE LEDs flashing away

mrpjevans, to random
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One for fellow software devs out there.

I thought 'Oh, a silly grammar cock-up that makes for a fun local news story'. Then I read the first line. I won't spoil the surprise but maybe make sure there's no-one close when you yell 'OH FOR FU...'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

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Tagging @Edent as he likes this sort of thing

mrpjevans,
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@kentindell THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE

biglesp, to random
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My new thing is buying cheap CDs from charity shops instead of streaming. I cancelled Spotify about 8 months ago. Spent about the same on CDs. Think I might build a Pi based auto CD ripper :)

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@biglesp I did this and ripped my entire collection. Put in a disc and n minutes later it spits it out. Rinse and repeat. I’ll see if I’ve got my notes.

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@biglesp (If you’re interested)

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@biglesp (1/2) I used abcde for encoding to FLAC. The trick is to fire a bash script when a CD is inserted. Create a bash script and then do this:

nano /etc/systemd/system/rip-audio-cd@.service

[Unit]
Description=Rip audio CD on insertion
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/home/pi/rip_audio_cd.sh %I

mrpjevans,
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@biglesp (2/2)

nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-cd-audio-processing.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="block", KERNEL=="sr0", ACTION=="change", RUN+="/bin/systemctl start rip-audio-cd@sr0.service"

sudo udevadm control --reload

Now the script /home/pi/rip_audio_cd.sh will be called whenever a CD is inserted or ejected. You can now configure abcde to rip in non-interactive mode and eject the CD on completion. (abcde -x -N)

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Email:

"Hi: It's great to e-meet you... "

Pass me a bucket...

mrpjevans,
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@semachthemonkey @Extelec Someone once write it was great to digitally connect with me and I had to go for a lie-down.

mrpjevans, to zxspectrum
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On this day 42 years ago my dad wrote a cheque and posted it to a small computer company in Cambridge. NINE weeks later my Sinclair ZX Spectrum arrived. Two days after that I tripped over the power cable and blew the ULA. It was six weeks before the replacement arrived. I was very careful after that.

mrpjevans, to random
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I see now how they keep Cambridge such a beautiful, lively city. They channel all mediocrity to Eddington to keep things pure.

By the way, I am in Eddington. It’s what people think Milton Keynes looks like.

Edent, to random
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Wait… I thought it was the "Mandala Effect".

When did it change to Mandela?

mrpjevans,
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@Edent Weirdly I watched the How To episode on that last night. At least I think I did.

mrpjevans, to random
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BO-wie, Lee, BO-wie.

Edent, to random
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I love these Microsoft adverts on the tube 😆

mrpjevans,
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@Edent Milton Keynes centre had a brief power cut the other day

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Edent, to linux
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Huh! TIL if you want ISO861 timestamps in ls you can run

ls -l --time-style=long-iso

Handy!

mrpjevans,
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@Edent * stares at macos disapprovingly *

mrpjevans, to random
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If you're coming to @emf , please give @emffilms a follow.

mrpjevans, to RaspberryPi
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Lovely time at today. Great to see friends and make a few new ones. Also, the ACTUAL Cambridge Coffee Pot camera!!

A six-legged robot on a tiled floor surrounded by the lower halves of people standing and kneeling.
Indoor event with people exploring vendor stalls along a corridor with large windows on one side.

mrpjevans, to random
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We have just confirmed our motorhome for @emf and I am EXCITED. She’s a head turner, but thankfully not in a @Edent way. 😝

mrpjevans, to random
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For those of a Certain Age who were around during the UK tech boom era of the 90s, you may like to know that Dr Alan Solomon has died at the age of 75. Dr Solomon's Software produced amazing anti-virus software and was a brilliant place to work. I learnt so much.

mrpjevans, to 8bit
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A ritual whenever we’re in Cambridge.

Edent, to random
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I've never had my own office.
My first proper job was as a white-van man.
Every subsequent job was in an open plan.
An American office I briefly worked in was a literal cubical farm.
I can't quite image what it would be like to have a private space in a big building.
Was it nice?

mrpjevans,
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@Edent No, hated it and eventually asked to be moved to open plan. Discouraged collaboration and created a them and us atmosphere. Better to have hot offices where you can go and concentrate if you need to. These days home is where I go if I need peace.

mrpjevans, to random
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(This is your regular reminder that has no scientific basis and was invented by Sky Travel in 2005 to sell holidays. It is, however, a banger by New Order and a decent blue cheese made by Alex from Blur.)

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