Arthur C. Clarke in 1974, looking into the crystal ball on what life might be like with #computers in 2001. Pure #genius!
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MisterHouse control for a Samsung Smart TV
Another piece of my home, now automated. With assistance from a thread on the Samygo forum, I created a module for the MisterHouse Home Automation System which allows it to control a network-connected Samsung Smart TV. For instance, when you leave the house for more than 10 minutes, it could turn the TV off for you. It could also switch the TV automatically to match your favorite show schedule, or switch to an HDMI input to monitor a surveillance camera if motion is detected on your property. It’s available right here for free: https://gist.github.com/hollie/ed1fa39871e93e36e24e. It’s written in Perl so it’s cross-platform or can be adapted for other uses.
I’ve tested this with my Samsung UN40EH5300 and it works well. It should work on pretty much any Samsung TV that has an open port 55000. The code is based off of another Perl/HTML program from http://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1792 created from some Wireshark traces.
To use this code, you’ll have to modify a few things:
– Change the IP 192.168.2.155 below to your own TV’s IP Address.
– Change $myip to your MisterHouse server’s IP Address.
– Change $mymac to your MisterHouse server’s MAC Address.
Riding my Laeger/PEP YFZ450 out at Rick’s Track near Pine Island, MN
Another picture perfect Sunday, and what better opportunity to enjoy it than to do a little Motocross!
The 9-year-old Programmer
In response to the ZDNet article that Chad Elstad posted (you can read “The Mac’s 30th: What’s Your Story?” here: http://www.zdnet.com/the-macs-30th-whats-your-story…/ ). When I was 5 years old, I remember printing out computer programs on our Apple ][+ (Remember PR#1, LIST ?), and then trying to type them in to my Commodore PET computer. My first lesson in incompatibility! When I was 9 years old, I created a Baseball game in BASIC using lo-res Apple graphics (pictured below). I’m still a huge fan of the Apple ][ platform and I still have a working Apple ][gs that gets use from time to time…
Bethany and I go up in a 1929 Curtiss Travelair Biplane at Faribault Airfest
Bethany and I take off in a 1929 Curtiss Travelair Biplane (from Nostalgic Wings) and fly around Cannon Lake near Faribault, Minnesota.
Copying Number Munchers from PC Compatible through null MODEM cable to Apple //gs
Having been an Apple ][ enthusiast for 30 years, I often wondered if there was an easy way to download Apple disk images off the Internet and somehow transfer them over to an Apple to use. It so happens a program called ADTPro is available to accomplish this task with an easy-to-build null MODEM cable.
YFZ450 Motocross with no jumps? Hurricane Hills, Mazeppa, MN
Joe and I do some totally goony motocross. The object? Must keep all 4 tires on the ground at all times. Motocross turned into a TT race. I must admit this was kind of fun.