Year: 2019
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Notes To Myself: Fixing File Sharing in Windows 10 after “Fall Creators Update” breaks it
About 2 years ago, sharing movies from my desktop (Windows 10, alas) to the old Linux Mint laptop acting as a Chromecast-that-plays-local-content-without-weird-workarounds randomly stopped working, with Gigolo reporting the very helpful error, “Connection timed out”. Fair enough, it’s not Gigolo’s job to diagnose problems caused by dodgy Windows updates. After more Googling than it should…
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Silly Subproject: Switching 7805 / 7833 TO-220 replacement
Thanks to an oopsie on a larger project that involved not doing the math before dropping a small 3.3V linear regulator into a >20V input circuit design, I had a need to swap it for something that generated less finger-burning, board-cooking, smoky-smelling heat. I’m sure everyone and their dog has done one of these already,…
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Not Dead
I’ve just been busy with a couple of little things. Now that the littlest one is figuring out this whole sleep thing, I might have time for projects again :-)