I put together a tutorial for setting up BUTT to broadcast from Rhythmbox.
Using BUTT (Broadcast Using This Tool) with Rhythmbox 3
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Jayadeva Jai Raja - the Barefoot DJ - Live Online NOW!
I have set up an online radio station!
Live set starts now!
View the stream directly:
Pirate Radio Server - Direct Link
or check out the new Pirates in Teepees website:
Pirates in Teepees - Website
Or just listen here :)
Live set starts now!
View the stream directly:
Pirate Radio Server - Direct Link
or check out the new Pirates in Teepees website:
Pirates in Teepees - Website
Or just listen here :)
Monday, December 1, 2014
Wormsign
Where did my motivation go? Swallowed whole by some unseen vampire, sucking away my desires in small sips. So slowly I didn't even know they were being depleted. Then I wake up in the hospital, confused, little memory of how I got there. "You had a seizure." They tell me. The doctor of course wants to put me on meds of some sort. You have epilepsy. Really? And is normal to have no signs until one is 38 years old? No, it is not.b
In 2008 I was traveling Mexico with a friend. The next day after eating ceviche, said friend started experiencing facial swelling similar to an allergic reaction. We went to the doctor, and though my street Spanish is fairly decent, I had little understanding what the doctor was talking about or what he gave my friend. I had no symptoms and thought nothing of it. We travel on and then return home.
From 2009 to 2010 I took on a stressful job and began drinking too much and started smoking tobacco again. I get sick of the job and quit to go traveling in Costa Rica. Three months later (2011) I return to Long Beach, take the job back and start saving all my money to go to live at the Sivananda Ashram. Living at the ashram I was eating well with no booze, bud or tobacco. Bowel Movements are excellent, no cough, I am radiant. After finishing teacher training and work study I move into the guest house at my Mother and step-fathers' house. They are drinking themselves to death, the energy there is heavy. "It's ok," I tell myself, "you have much prana from your training, you can handle this."
Then comes Burning Man, new friends, and back into partying. I am collecting unemployment and have no rent or responsibilities. I am growing a garden. Then it starts again, too much drugs, too much drinking. Tobacco again?!?!? Damnit, she is a wicked mistress.
I must get back on path. I just don't feel like myself. Somewhere in 2010 I started experiencing the random facial swelling. Allergies to the crap food I have been eating. Too much raiding of my Mothers' pantry. Back to natural foods and the swelling doesn't return. Feeling pretty good but something is off. I know I need to cleanse. In fact an Ayurvedic practitioner friend even suggested the idea of parasites. I put off the cleanse and eat some ice cream.
2012 and I know I need to get back on track. What is wrong with me? It's so subtle I manage to ignore it. I do some more Yoga Teacher training and some art for our Burning Man camp. Still too much partying. That is why I am off. In hindsight, I am now sure there was even more to it. The poor lifestyle choices allowing the parasites to take hold.
Now queue the most insane year of my life, 2013. In February my mom's husband finally drinks himself to death. I take over his company and now the family is my responsibility. At first I like it. Motivation, new adventures... GO GO GO! However I burn out after about a year. I don't like working around industrial equipment and high voltage. I am miserable. I don't want this responsibility. I don't care enough about money to motivate anymore. Then to top it off on August 2nd, my best friend since we were 6 years old kills himself. End of September I have my first seizure.
Nothing shows up in the CAT Scan. I go in for an EEG. There is an "unusual spike", possibly epileptic, though not definitive. The whole thing could have been stress. I am advised to quit alcohol, tobacco and coffee. I cut down on all three, though didn't quit. I did cut out all "party drugs" and kept my drinking in check when I went to Envision Festival. I get and still feel fine, though about a week later I have another episode. I am calling them episodes instead of just seizures as they begin with a few hours of me (according to reports) being in a fugue state and going crazy over what ever it is that is stressing me out at the moment ( in this case I was running through my house with a broom hitting things screaming "Where are the corners of my property?!?!?" then vomiting and a seizure. I insist not to be taken to the hospital.
I slowly recover over the next few days. My memory is foggy and I can't remember anyone's name save for my immediate family and oldest friends. I completely cut out any alcohol consumption. This makes me feel so much better I know I am on the track back to being healthy. I am still suffering from frustration and lack of motivation. I rest a lot and am lazy. Not like me at all. I hate leaving the house. Luckily my sister has moved home and is running the business. Things are OK, I am working hard to motivate myself and find the cause of all of this.
And then three months after the last episode, I have another. This one the worst of them all. I poop all over the place and somehow fall on something sharp and impale myself in the arm. My mom finds me coughing up blood and screaming her name. From the stories I hear I go crazy and am 5150ed buy the cops and life-flighted to the hospital. I awake tied to the bed with no memory of what happened. Eventually I am released and return home where I sleep for days. My apprentice in his worry begins researching. He tells me he found a story about a woman in New York having the same problems as me. Turns out she had a huge tapeworm. The book Back to Eden says many seizures are attributed to worms. I begin fervently researching parasite infection.
My findings are staggering. Numerous symptoms of parasite infection mirror the issues I have been having for the last few years. Headaches, facial swelling, unhealthy cravings, fatigue, personality changes, seizures, rashes and athlete's foot/jock itch were some of the random symptoms that I have been experiencing off and on for the last several years. Not only that, a common time for the life cycle of parasitic worms is three months. So far the three episodes I have had have been at three month intervals. Maybe I am not just getting old after all.
July 1, 2014 I start the parasite cleanse "ParaGone" purchased from Sunrise Foods, the local health food store. Reports from users state that I may feel flu like symptoms for a few days. I follow the low alkali diet recommended by the cleanse an take the capsules as directed. First day I feel a bit off. For the next seven days I feel awful. Just like the flu: fever, aches, fatigue, etc. This must be the die off reaction as I continue to follow the diet and take the herbs. On day two I pooped out a bunch of something that looked like rice. I have been told those were pinworms. Somewhere around day eight, a poop came out with about 3 inches of a white worm hanging out of it. The next day a started feeling better. By the end of the first round of deworming, I was starting to feel like my old self again.
Per the instructions I waited 5 days and did another cleanse. I changed brands to Para-Cleanse by Nature's Sunshine. This time I had no ill reactions to the herbs. On day 7 of 10 of this phase I did pass something that could have been more pinworms. At this point I am fairly convinced that my problems are attributed to parasites (which were able to take hold due to stress and an unhealthy lifestyle). I am sure my battle with these little demons is far from over. Today I started the Arise & Shine 28 day cleanse in hopes to get my body back to full potential.
In 2008 I was traveling Mexico with a friend. The next day after eating ceviche, said friend started experiencing facial swelling similar to an allergic reaction. We went to the doctor, and though my street Spanish is fairly decent, I had little understanding what the doctor was talking about or what he gave my friend. I had no symptoms and thought nothing of it. We travel on and then return home.
From 2009 to 2010 I took on a stressful job and began drinking too much and started smoking tobacco again. I get sick of the job and quit to go traveling in Costa Rica. Three months later (2011) I return to Long Beach, take the job back and start saving all my money to go to live at the Sivananda Ashram. Living at the ashram I was eating well with no booze, bud or tobacco. Bowel Movements are excellent, no cough, I am radiant. After finishing teacher training and work study I move into the guest house at my Mother and step-fathers' house. They are drinking themselves to death, the energy there is heavy. "It's ok," I tell myself, "you have much prana from your training, you can handle this."
Then comes Burning Man, new friends, and back into partying. I am collecting unemployment and have no rent or responsibilities. I am growing a garden. Then it starts again, too much drugs, too much drinking. Tobacco again?!?!? Damnit, she is a wicked mistress.
I must get back on path. I just don't feel like myself. Somewhere in 2010 I started experiencing the random facial swelling. Allergies to the crap food I have been eating. Too much raiding of my Mothers' pantry. Back to natural foods and the swelling doesn't return. Feeling pretty good but something is off. I know I need to cleanse. In fact an Ayurvedic practitioner friend even suggested the idea of parasites. I put off the cleanse and eat some ice cream.
2012 and I know I need to get back on track. What is wrong with me? It's so subtle I manage to ignore it. I do some more Yoga Teacher training and some art for our Burning Man camp. Still too much partying. That is why I am off. In hindsight, I am now sure there was even more to it. The poor lifestyle choices allowing the parasites to take hold.
Now queue the most insane year of my life, 2013. In February my mom's husband finally drinks himself to death. I take over his company and now the family is my responsibility. At first I like it. Motivation, new adventures... GO GO GO! However I burn out after about a year. I don't like working around industrial equipment and high voltage. I am miserable. I don't want this responsibility. I don't care enough about money to motivate anymore. Then to top it off on August 2nd, my best friend since we were 6 years old kills himself. End of September I have my first seizure.
Nothing shows up in the CAT Scan. I go in for an EEG. There is an "unusual spike", possibly epileptic, though not definitive. The whole thing could have been stress. I am advised to quit alcohol, tobacco and coffee. I cut down on all three, though didn't quit. I did cut out all "party drugs" and kept my drinking in check when I went to Envision Festival. I get and still feel fine, though about a week later I have another episode. I am calling them episodes instead of just seizures as they begin with a few hours of me (according to reports) being in a fugue state and going crazy over what ever it is that is stressing me out at the moment ( in this case I was running through my house with a broom hitting things screaming "Where are the corners of my property?!?!?" then vomiting and a seizure. I insist not to be taken to the hospital.
I slowly recover over the next few days. My memory is foggy and I can't remember anyone's name save for my immediate family and oldest friends. I completely cut out any alcohol consumption. This makes me feel so much better I know I am on the track back to being healthy. I am still suffering from frustration and lack of motivation. I rest a lot and am lazy. Not like me at all. I hate leaving the house. Luckily my sister has moved home and is running the business. Things are OK, I am working hard to motivate myself and find the cause of all of this.
And then three months after the last episode, I have another. This one the worst of them all. I poop all over the place and somehow fall on something sharp and impale myself in the arm. My mom finds me coughing up blood and screaming her name. From the stories I hear I go crazy and am 5150ed buy the cops and life-flighted to the hospital. I awake tied to the bed with no memory of what happened. Eventually I am released and return home where I sleep for days. My apprentice in his worry begins researching. He tells me he found a story about a woman in New York having the same problems as me. Turns out she had a huge tapeworm. The book Back to Eden says many seizures are attributed to worms. I begin fervently researching parasite infection.
My findings are staggering. Numerous symptoms of parasite infection mirror the issues I have been having for the last few years. Headaches, facial swelling, unhealthy cravings, fatigue, personality changes, seizures, rashes and athlete's foot/jock itch were some of the random symptoms that I have been experiencing off and on for the last several years. Not only that, a common time for the life cycle of parasitic worms is three months. So far the three episodes I have had have been at three month intervals. Maybe I am not just getting old after all.
July 1, 2014 I start the parasite cleanse "ParaGone" purchased from Sunrise Foods, the local health food store. Reports from users state that I may feel flu like symptoms for a few days. I follow the low alkali diet recommended by the cleanse an take the capsules as directed. First day I feel a bit off. For the next seven days I feel awful. Just like the flu: fever, aches, fatigue, etc. This must be the die off reaction as I continue to follow the diet and take the herbs. On day two I pooped out a bunch of something that looked like rice. I have been told those were pinworms. Somewhere around day eight, a poop came out with about 3 inches of a white worm hanging out of it. The next day a started feeling better. By the end of the first round of deworming, I was starting to feel like my old self again.
Per the instructions I waited 5 days and did another cleanse. I changed brands to Para-Cleanse by Nature's Sunshine. This time I had no ill reactions to the herbs. On day 7 of 10 of this phase I did pass something that could have been more pinworms. At this point I am fairly convinced that my problems are attributed to parasites (which were able to take hold due to stress and an unhealthy lifestyle). I am sure my battle with these little demons is far from over. Today I started the Arise & Shine 28 day cleanse in hopes to get my body back to full potential.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Commotion Pi: Build an RPi MESH Node
We'll begin with assuming you have a Raspberry Pi up and running with Raspbian installed, latest firmware (rpi-update), a working understanding of the command line and an internet connection. I am installing on a headless RPi Rev.A and all configuration will be done from the command line via a console cable. I also like to run all my processes using the application "screen" so I can (re)connect to it from elsewhere if needed. SSH will work until you mesh, then you can only ssh from within the mesh.
Also, you will need a compatible wifi interface. I used the panda usb dongle with antenna:
Panda Mid-Range 150Mbps 802.11B/G/N 2.4GHz WiFi USB adapter
List of devices here:
https://wiki.commotionwireless.net/doku.php?id=development_resources:router:hardware_compatibility_list
Also might be a good idea to come hang out with us on freenode IRC, channel #commotion. I go by shamanon.
Step 1: Update the RPi to Jessie
Per a post I found the Jessie distro is required to install commotion wireless. First we will make sure the existing install in updated then we will upgrade to Jessie. You can copy and paste, leave out the $ of course ;).
$ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
This takes a bit....
$ sudo rpi-update
This too... do-do-dodo...
Once that's done edit /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
To look like this:
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie main contrib non-free rpi
deb http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian jessie main contrib non-free rpi
deb-src http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian jessie main contrib non-free rpi
Now update/upgrade again:
$ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
This time consuming process affords us some time to do some homework and review the posts that got me started:
http://commotionwireless.net
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=47944
https://jumoke021.wordpress.com/category/commotion-on-raspberry-pi/
Step 2: Install Dependencies
A myriad of dependencies will need to be installed to get commotion to work. Here is a good starting list, hopefully this will enable you to compile commotiond in the next step.
$ sudo apt-get install git-buildpackage bison flex python-gtk2-dev liblua50-dev \
libldns-dev libavahi-core-dev libavahi-common-dev \
lua5.1 liblua5.1-0-dev subversion libsqlite3-dev \
python-all autoconf cmake
Step 3: Install serval goodies
You will need to have serval-dna and serval-crypto installed for commotiond (next step) to compile. So let's download the package of deb files from my repo. Let's make a commotion folder and go there if we haven't already:
$ cd ~
$ mkdir Commotion
$ cd Commotion
You have a few options:
Get the files from my server and unzip:
$ wget http://artofconfusion.com/commotion-pi/commotion-pi.tar.bz2
$ tar -xvf commotion-pi.tar.bz2
$ cd commotion-pi
Or you can checkout/download the files from google code
svn checkout http://commotion-wireless-raspberry-pi.googlecode.com/svn/ commotion-wireless-raspberry-pi-read-only
or
https://code.google.com/p/commotion-wireless-raspberry-pi/source/browse/
$ sudo dpkg -i serval*.deb
if this fails on dependencies, do this
$ sudo apt-get install -f
$ sudo dpkg -i serval*.deb
Step 4: Install commotiond
The package commotiond needs to be installed from source manually.
$ unzip commotiond-master.zip
$ cd commotiond-master
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ Step 5: Install Rest of Packages
$ cd ../../
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
This will probably fail but setup a list of dependencies for apt-get so:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
All dependencies will be installed. On a fresh Pi, this is a lot. Pi goes will with coffee. When it's done, do the install again:
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Step 6: Configure Node
You will need to make sure network manager can control your wifi for it to work. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and comment out (add a # at the beginning of the line) all the lines pertaining to any wlan device.
$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
It should look something like this:
Save and shutdown. If you already have unencyrpted mesh nodes set up with default settings it might just connect on reboot, not sure yet.
This is the kind of bummer part, you will need to hook up a monitor and keyboard as I have not figure out how to do everything from the command line yet. ( good news is that once you are done, the Pi can be booted headless and it will auto connect to your mesh )
Once your stuff is connected, boot the pi and log in. I got things to work by starting up to the command line, and executing this command ( I know you shouldn't run X as root, but just this once, K? )
$ sudo startx
You should now have a mesh applet running in your toolbar next to your network manager applet.
Right click on the network manager icon and select edit connections. If it's just going to be a mesh node delete all connections except the commotionwireless.net and then edit the connection, making sure that encryption is set to none in the security tab. Save and close.
Click the commotion applet and a menu will appear, select commotionwireless.net, and if all went well you should connect to the mesh.
I have found that I can now shutdown the pi and remove all peripherals save for the wifi adapter and when I boot up it connects to the mesh automatically. I am able to ssh in over the mesh from my laptop
so I am indeed connected!
Next step, I will set up a RPi B to be a web access point.
Also, you will need a compatible wifi interface. I used the panda usb dongle with antenna:
Panda Mid-Range 150Mbps 802.11B/G/N 2.4GHz WiFi USB adapter
List of devices here:
https://wiki.commotionwireless.net/doku.php?id=development_resources:router:hardware_compatibility_list
Also might be a good idea to come hang out with us on freenode IRC, channel #commotion. I go by shamanon.
Step 1: Update the RPi to Jessie
Per a post I found the Jessie distro is required to install commotion wireless. First we will make sure the existing install in updated then we will upgrade to Jessie. You can copy and paste, leave out the $ of course ;).
$ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
This takes a bit....
$ sudo rpi-update
This too... do-do-dodo...
Once that's done edit /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
To look like this:
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie main contrib non-free rpi
deb http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian jessie main contrib non-free rpi
deb-src http://archive.raspbian.org/raspbian jessie main contrib non-free rpi
Now update/upgrade again:
$ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
This time consuming process affords us some time to do some homework and review the posts that got me started:
http://commotionwireless.net
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=47944
https://jumoke021.wordpress.com/category/commotion-on-raspberry-pi/
Step 2: Install Dependencies
A myriad of dependencies will need to be installed to get commotion to work. Here is a good starting list, hopefully this will enable you to compile commotiond in the next step.
$ sudo apt-get install git-buildpackage bison flex python-gtk2-dev liblua50-dev \
libldns-dev libavahi-core-dev libavahi-common-dev \
lua5.1 liblua5.1-0-dev subversion libsqlite3-dev \
python-all autoconf cmake
Step 3: Install serval goodies
You will need to have serval-dna and serval-crypto installed for commotiond (next step) to compile. So let's download the package of deb files from my repo. Let's make a commotion folder and go there if we haven't already:
$ cd ~
$ mkdir Commotion
$ cd Commotion
You have a few options:
Get the files from my server and unzip:
$ wget http://artofconfusion.com/commotion-pi/commotion-pi.tar.bz2
$ tar -xvf commotion-pi.tar.bz2
$ cd commotion-pi
Or you can checkout/download the files from google code
svn checkout http://commotion-wireless-raspberry-pi.googlecode.com/svn/ commotion-wireless-raspberry-pi-read-only
or
https://code.google.com/p/commotion-wireless-raspberry-pi/source/browse/
$ sudo dpkg -i serval*.deb
if this fails on dependencies, do this
$ sudo apt-get install -f
$ sudo dpkg -i serval*.deb
Step 4: Install commotiond
The package commotiond needs to be installed from source manually.
$ unzip commotiond-master.zip
$ cd commotiond-master
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ Step 5: Install Rest of Packages
$ cd ../../
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
This will probably fail but setup a list of dependencies for apt-get so:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
All dependencies will be installed. On a fresh Pi, this is a lot. Pi goes will with coffee. When it's done, do the install again:
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Step 6: Configure Node
You will need to make sure network manager can control your wifi for it to work. Edit /etc/network/interfaces and comment out (add a # at the beginning of the line) all the lines pertaining to any wlan device.
$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
It should look something like this:
Save and shutdown. If you already have unencyrpted mesh nodes set up with default settings it might just connect on reboot, not sure yet.
This is the kind of bummer part, you will need to hook up a monitor and keyboard as I have not figure out how to do everything from the command line yet. ( good news is that once you are done, the Pi can be booted headless and it will auto connect to your mesh )
Once your stuff is connected, boot the pi and log in. I got things to work by starting up to the command line, and executing this command ( I know you shouldn't run X as root, but just this once, K? )
$ sudo startx
You should now have a mesh applet running in your toolbar next to your network manager applet.
Right click on the network manager icon and select edit connections. If it's just going to be a mesh node delete all connections except the commotionwireless.net and then edit the connection, making sure that encryption is set to none in the security tab. Save and close.
Click the commotion applet and a menu will appear, select commotionwireless.net, and if all went well you should connect to the mesh.
I have found that I can now shutdown the pi and remove all peripherals save for the wifi adapter and when I boot up it connects to the mesh automatically. I am able to ssh in over the mesh from my laptop
so I am indeed connected!
Next step, I will set up a RPi B to be a web access point.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Commotion Wireless: The journey continues
In my effort to set up a commotion MESH here at the lab, I have learned much. I was easily able to get a node set up on my newer laptop (64bit) running Ubuntu 14.04 by downloading and installing all the .deb packages located here:
http://downloads.commotionwireless.net/linux/
Make a folder in your home folder called Commotion and download the packages there, then from the command line:
$ cd ~/Commotion
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
(this fails on dependencies, so..)
$ sudo apt-get install -f
( this will download and install all needed dependencies, when it's done... )
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Once this is done, logout and back in or reboot and you should have a commotion wireless applet next to your networking applet. use this to connect/start the default commotionwireless.net network. I only have one node, but it seems to be working, I can veiw the local apps page in my browser (localhost:8080). There is a connection status applet I can open, however as there are no other nodes just yet, I don't see anything.
Now I am working on building deb packages from source via github for my 32 bit laptop and Raspberry Pi. Running wheezy I had to add the testing branch for the latest version of libc6-devel and wpa_supplicant. Hopefully I will have some deb packages for i386 and RPi (armf) available soon. Fingers crossed!
http://downloads.commotionwireless.net/linux/
Make a folder in your home folder called Commotion and download the packages there, then from the command line:
$ cd ~/Commotion
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
(this fails on dependencies, so..)
$ sudo apt-get install -f
( this will download and install all needed dependencies, when it's done... )
$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Once this is done, logout and back in or reboot and you should have a commotion wireless applet next to your networking applet. use this to connect/start the default commotionwireless.net network. I only have one node, but it seems to be working, I can veiw the local apps page in my browser (localhost:8080). There is a connection status applet I can open, however as there are no other nodes just yet, I don't see anything.
Now I am working on building deb packages from source via github for my 32 bit laptop and Raspberry Pi. Running wheezy I had to add the testing branch for the latest version of libc6-devel and wpa_supplicant. Hopefully I will have some deb packages for i386 and RPi (armf) available soon. Fingers crossed!
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Commotion Pi: Preliminary Investiagion
My obsession for living an "off-grid" lifestyle has brought my thoughts to my reliance on the internet. Knowledge being the key to a convergent vision, a web without infrastructure is pertinent. Why pay for a service we can create ourselves? Buy the physical hardware and the rest is free, as in beer.
Off grid power is fairly simple, especially with the constantly improving solar and battery technologies. Almost everyone owns a wireless communication devices, yet we rely on an outside service to provide the communication platform. A service that is costly, unreliable and restricted. Could we make our own internet?
Have you ever noticed the Ad-Hoc setting when configuring a wireless device? In this case we will use definition #2:
Off grid power is fairly simple, especially with the constantly improving solar and battery technologies. Almost everyone owns a wireless communication devices, yet we rely on an outside service to provide the communication platform. A service that is costly, unreliable and restricted. Could we make our own internet?
Have you ever noticed the Ad-Hoc setting when configuring a wireless device? In this case we will use definition #2:
"fashioned from whatever is immediately available"
There are definitely a number of wireless devices "immediately available" on my desk here alone.
Enter Commotion Wireless ( http://www.commotionwireless.net )...
I have been searching to see if anyone has used a raspberry pi to create a Commotion node. All I have found is this blog post so far:
https://jumoke021.wordpress.com/category/commotion-on-raspberry-pi/
NOT a whole lot of information, BUT enough to get me started. I already have a RPi Rev. A with raspbian on it. I am going with the Rev. A as I shouldn't need an enormous amount rescources to accomplish my task (single usb port for wifi card) and the RPi A uses less power making it more suited to something solar/battery powered. First step is upgrade to Raspbian Jesse per this post:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=47944
I will blog as I go, and if all works out will finish with a how-to.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
The end of the internet as we know it.
It started with a conversation with a fellow hardware hacker a couple weeks back. We are both looking into moving our lives off grid and generally getting released from the hold the infrastructure of convenience has on us.
I am working on getting some property, where I will be building an off grid steel structure using shipping containers. Pallets, culled lumber, recycled and upcycled materials will be my primary supplies. Of course I will need things like batteries, solar panels, water tanks and other things that will need to be purchased new, but I will keep it to a minimum. I am planning to have a well that is pumped into a water tower via a windmill and to also collect rainwater. Reclaimed grey-water and composting toilet for the "black".
Ok, so far so good. I think I have touched my bases and should be able to live with a fair amount of modern convenience. What is left? Communication. This is our bottleneck, as this convenience is the one most sought after, most controlled and most reliant on infrastructure.
I am working on getting some property, where I will be building an off grid steel structure using shipping containers. Pallets, culled lumber, recycled and upcycled materials will be my primary supplies. Of course I will need things like batteries, solar panels, water tanks and other things that will need to be purchased new, but I will keep it to a minimum. I am planning to have a well that is pumped into a water tower via a windmill and to also collect rainwater. Reclaimed grey-water and composting toilet for the "black".
Ok, so far so good. I think I have touched my bases and should be able to live with a fair amount of modern convenience. What is left? Communication. This is our bottleneck, as this convenience is the one most sought after, most controlled and most reliant on infrastructure.
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