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…
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…
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…
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…
Potato Storage Cabinet
I get asked what kind of things I build all the time. I should start saying "Potato furniture."
Python Nerdery: Test Cases with Synthesizers
When you are writing python test cases to test your chord detection code, why not actually run the test cases through an analog synth for kicks?
Wildlife Pond defeated by Mole
One mole. One hole. Spent this morning rehoming the somehow all still living fish to an aquarium and stock tank. I walked out onto the deck this morning to see the pond nearly empty. I raced to Wal-Mart and got an aquarium, but it's not going to be big enough…
Can I use AI as my Frigate False Positive Checker?
The good thing about Coral TPUs are they are really fast. The bad thing about Coral TPUs are the models they use are really small so they aren't very accurate. Luckily Frigate has a really advanced system for configuring object detection filters by size, ratio, etc. As well as a…