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Raspberry Pi Open Monitoring Distribution setup guide
I use a setup of some Raspberry Pi's to monitor my own systems and some systems of my customers. My main goal is to be informed on system status (warnings and criticals) via one portal [...]
Polyes Q1 – The safest , Cool-ink 3D Pen
On Kickstarter I found a nice project. The Polyes Q1 3D pen! Polyes is the first 3D printing pen with blue light and real inks. Using this pen you can draw objects in 3D space. [...]
Ingocraft 3D Printable construction kit
I found a nice project on Kickstarter.com, Ingocraft 3D printable construction kit and 3D modeling App. The Ingocraft construction set combines hands on making with a fun 3D modeling app, and is 3D printable for [...]
Synology DSM 5.1 upgrade and Rsync Backup
After upgrading my Synology from DSM 5.0 to 5.1 I noticed that Rsync from my Macbook to the Synology didn't work anymore. Read my post on how to set Backup from Macbook to Synology using [...]
OSMO – Play with real objects on iPad
Osmo created a great product to combine real life objects and playing on the iPad. Using a small mirror which can be mounted on the iPad front cam the Osmo apps can recognize objects placed [...]
Create bootable USB stick
I had to create an USB Bootdisk running DOS and preferably using my Mac. I found this great article explaining how to do this. It recommends two different tools of which I tried UNetbootin on the [...]
Time Machine with Raspberry Pi
Create a Time Machine backup location for you Mac OS X systems using a Raspberry Pi and an USB harddisk. Works like a charm! Setup your Raspberry Pi with Raspbian and connect the USB Harddisk. [...]
Cobblebot 3D Printer @Kickstarter
If you are looking for a 3D printer, you should look at the Cobblebot 3D printer on Kickstarter. For only $ 299,- (about € 220,-) you can get a 3D printer with a print area [...]
Use your smartphone as document scanner
A simple post today about using your smartphone as a (document)scanner to digitize about anything. For some reason I knew this existed, but never really looked into it. Usually I use my Canon multifunctional for [...]
Rsync backup Mac OS X to Synology
I use Apple's Time Machine to make a regular backup of my Macbook. This seems to work okay, but so now and then it needs to redo the complete backup to remain reliable.... That sounds [...]
Rsync backup Synology to Raspberry Pi
I've been using the Strato Hidrive service for a couple of years now to make a remote backup of my local Synology NAS. This is done using Rsync that is available on the Synology and [...]
Yoink – Drag and Drop thingy for Mac OS X
Yoink is a nice little app I found in the appstore and I want to share with you. This app shows a little sidebar when you need it, which is when you want to drag and [...]
