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Putting an EV3 into a Lego Technic Cruiser, Part 2

Posted on April 29, 2015 by pitz

Continuing from my previous post, I was ready to put in a second EV3 motor and drive train for the rear wheels of the cruiser. The Mindstorms EV3 retail set comes with two large motors and one medium motor.  Conventionally, … Continue reading →

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Putting an EV3 into a Lego Technic Cruiser

Posted on April 28, 2015 by pitz

This is the first of few posts about my project in getting an EV3 brick into one of the Lego Technic retail sets. I’ve always had a Lego Mindstorms robot kit ever since Lego came out with the NXT.  Though … Continue reading →

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Getting the kid started with Lego Technic and Mindstorms

Posted on April 19, 2015 by pitz

Last summer, I started to teach my kid about building with Lego Technic, particularly using the EV3 Mindstorms set.  Though she had been building with non-technic Lego bricks for years now, the Technic pieces involve a different mindset, dealing more … Continue reading →

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Creating an Apple IIgs GS/OS Live CD

Posted on April 1, 2015 by pitz

The Apple II High-Speed SCSI card is one of my favorite peripheral cards for the Apple IIgs.  I typically install System 6.0.1 into a SCSI hard drive and use that as my boot and mass-storage drive.  Any old “SCSI” hard … Continue reading →

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Explorations with Low-Powered Devices for the Apple IIe/IIgs

Posted on August 2, 2014 by pitz

I recently posted my experiences with using a Bluetooth module to perform wireless ADTPro transfers with my Apple IIe.  At that time, I was powering the Bluetooth module from an AC adapter. Seeing that the Bluetooth module power adapter was … Continue reading →

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Adding Wireless (Bluetooth) Support in ADTPro

Posted on May 16, 2014 by pitz

It’s been months since I planned to look into adding Bluetooth support in David Schmidt’s fabulous ADTPro software.  I’ve been using ADTPro for years to transfer disk images for use in my Apple IIe using the Apple II Super Serial … Continue reading →

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Updating my cable setup with the Raspberry Pi

Posted on May 8, 2014 by pitz

I’ve delayed looking into the Raspberry Pi for quite some time now.  I’ve known how awesome it is, but also know that I didn’t have a lot of time to tinker around with it.  However, recent developments in late 2013 … Continue reading →

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Video options for the Apple IIgs

Posted on May 7, 2014 by pitz

I’ve always abhorred CRT monitors.  They’re bulky, heavy, and they probably emit too much radiation to tire your eyes too quickly.  I’m so thankful that the computer industry, and every other video-related industry has switched over to using LCDs. Retrocomputing … Continue reading →

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Out-of-band Authorization

Posted on February 15, 2013 by pitz

A lot of applications require the need for an in-session authorization mechanism. This means that when an end-user is within an authenticated session, the end-user will be prompted to enter a set of credentials before he can be allowed to … Continue reading →

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ASP.NET Session and Forms Authentication

Posted on June 30, 2011 by pitz

The title can be misleading, because in concept, one is not related to the other.  However, a lot of web applications mix them up, causing bugs that are hard to troubleshoot, and, at worst, causing security vulnerabilities. A little bit … Continue reading →

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