October 2024 – Photo of the Month
The pond is working. I'm starting to see regular bathers.
DIY Camera Storage Table
I needed an end-table, and I needed somewhere to store my camera with a long telephoto lens, so I took to the shop.
Python Nerdery: The Casual Bird Report
I have a HaikuBox listening to bird calls near my house. This morning's coffee tinker is collecting visit data from the API, passing it to Ollama with a custom prompt and outputting a casual PDF report I can read. import requests from datetime import date import json import re from reportlab.lib import colors from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet, ParagraphStyle from reportlab.lib.units import inch from reportlab.platypus import SimpleDocTemplate, Paragraph, Spacer, Table, TableStyle from…
Ollama Notes Chat Tool
I've recently switched to Obsidian Notes and wanted a way to integrate my notes into my Open WebUI implantation of Ollama. I came up with a little integration on Github if you would like to play with it. It's working great now, but I got some hilarious results getting there. I've since found Smart Second Brain and highly recommend it over my code.
Information Management Update
Several of my goal breaks were oriented towards sorting out my tools and processes: My note taking had become splintered between OneNote, Apple Notes and many text files. I need a single source and it needs to be something that isn't difficult to integrate with other systems. Tasks were mostly in Apple Tasks now, but that's because my projects are entirely personal. I didn't want to use iCloud for work tasks when I move to…
Now that is a fast network
With the Cisco upgrade, 10Gbps SFP+ Transceivers, a 10Gbps NIC in my PC and a 10Gbps NIC in my NAS...damn.
Python Nerdery: Security Camera Color Grading
I have a camera that shoots Mount Rainier all of the time. This morning's coffee tinker was automatically color grading the stream import cv2 import numpy as np from datetime import datetime import os class RTSPGrader: def __init__(self): # RTSP connection settings - fill these in self.username = "user" self.password = "password" self.ip = "192.168.1.2" self.port = "554" # Default RTSP port # Create control window cv2.namedWindow('Controls') # Create trackbars cv2.createTrackbar('Contrast', 'Controls', 120, 300, lambda…
Wildlife Pond v2 Complete
A mole chewed through the liner and emptied most of v1. Now that v2 is complete, the racoon problem should be solved and I am very happy with how it turned out. Moasure One thing I have to mention is Moasure. I got Moasure in February of this year. I was building a fence and I finally had a good excuse to try it. I've used it quite a bit since, including getting a real…
Wildlife Pond v2 Begins
I have completed my designs, sorted out deterrence for raccoons and moles, and ordered the newer, thicker liner with an under-liner. I'm going bigger and better. It will be deep enough raccoons can't walk around and eat things and the walls will be shaped with cinderblock and quick concrete. Bring it mole.
Can I teach AI to write MIDI?
This one was one of the most detailed tinkers to date. TLDR; once I got deep enough to understand how to do it, I decided I didn't have enough time or depth to pursue it. I can share some interesting insights though. The Idea I got this idea in my head: The internet is full of MIDI. Could I download a bunch of MIDI and: Render the MIDI to audio with soft synthesizers Use Shazam…