Once I got the web server working from the last post, it was time to get the parallel port to do something useful. As its first task, I decided to hook it up to my desk lamp so that anyone in the world could turn the light in my apartment on and off. If you …
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Progress on the “Turing” Slow Cooker
I have successfully managed to control the pins on a parallel (printer) port over the internets. I now document my efforts. I already have this working on my personal desktop (which is apparently old enough to still have a parallel port in it?). For the purposes of writing this without flaws, I will be re-creating …
Slow Cooker + Fridge Speakers
The iPod finally gave up all the way. The screen still works but it doesn’t play audio even if it’s cold. As a stop-gap in the awesomeness that is fridge speakers, I had been using the “brypod” to play the fridge music, but I wanted that back for listening to music in other places. So …