Unfortunately, just like 0.12.0, the 0.12.1 release of Node won’t compile on Raspberry Pi (pre 2) so I took a patch from io.js and was able to build it. The problem is due to recent releases of Raspbian mis-identifying the ARM version so Node tries to build for V7 instead of V6. These two changes from this io.js thread sort it out. I set the Raspberry Pi B+ to Turbo mode and it took 4ish hours to build »
This post is completely out-of-date. Do not follow the instructions here. Node 0.12 should not be used anywhere. You can just download the latest Node directly from the Node Foundation site for Raspberry Pi 1. e.g. in June 2017: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/ and https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/node-v8.1.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz Unfortunately the 0.12.0 release of Node won’t compile on a non-V2 Raspberry Pi so I took a patch from io.js and was able to build it. »
After 3 years running as a Python script on a file server, the Bandon FEWS scraper is now running on an ODROID-C1 under Node.js and soon on OpenShift. Introduction Cork County Council in Ireland has a site called Bandon FEWS (Bandon Flood Early Warning System). When the Bandon river hits certain levels near Bandon town, it alerts registered users via SMS in case they need to take emergency measures. It’s a very useful service and is very necessary due to the regular flooding that occurs. »
Finally the product that Superheroes everywhere have been crying out for - The FitBat. I’m sure the protector of Gotham would approve. »
Of course Google Cardboard isn’t up there with Oculus but I still have my jaw on the floor over what it can do. These are some of the apps I’ve tried out this week. Google Cardboard App itself The Hobbit VR Experience Lamper Jack White: THIRD-D Vanguard V Kaiju Fury: Trailer Chair In A Room SpaceTerror Tuscany Dive Orbulus War of Words Google Maps Street View »
My first Fitbit died in the washing machine and they kindly replaced it for free. The replacement’s battery started acting up recently and finally gave up the ghost last night. You won’t believe what happens next ;-) I figured out how to take apart the Fitbit One on the original dead one so this time I managed to do it with no damage. I de-soldered the battery and tried the old one instead. »
We had to empty our attic to get the house insulated this week. I uncovered some old Red Hat and Fedora floppies and CDs. I previously had much older ones but was quite ruthless about reusing floppies in the old days! The very first Linux I installed was Slackware on a self-built AMD K5 PC in Sunnyvale in 1996 (I’ve never built a PC with Intel CPUs! Current box is self-built FX-8 Eight Core 8370). »
As always, so many great tech things happening out there, so little time to blog them, let alone do anything useful with them. These posts are like a curated, contextualised version of my Pinboard account. Here’s hoping y’all find something useful below. ATOM - The Atom editor by GitHub is coming along nicely and even works well on Windows now. I also discovered that Windows now has a package installer called Chocolatey which is pretty cool. »
The acquisition of FeedHenry by Red Hat isn’t just one the most exciting tech stories in Ireland in 2014, it is also wonderfully satisfying for me as one of only two people in Product Management. When I found out that Red Hat was negotiating to buy the company, I couldn’t have been happier. Apart from the almost perfect cultural fit, it was very cool to be joining a company whose products I first used in 1997 with Red Hat Linux 4. »
First some very detailed background. The Beginning: I joined Twitter in Feb 2007 so that I could live-Tweet the Irish Blog Awards results via SMS. It was when Twitter finally clicked with me. 2007-2008 was a fantastic time to be on Twitter if you had even a modicum of programming ability. There’s a chance it could be so again. CorkProbs: Whilst LouderVoice took up 95% of my time around then, the other 5% was thinking about all of the incredible things that Twitter facilitated. »