Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
1 old noob + 1 rPi = I can't believe I did it! (revisited)
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Nice story, my dad is in the same “situation”. He is a paying guest (at least dict.leo.org uses this as translation for Pensionär) and is now trying to find new hobbies and tasks. He enjoys going to the hardware store looking for some nice tools to build stuff or repair things in my parents house. From time to time he tackles with different linux distributions, and he mentioned he wants to buy a raspberry :D
And please let us know the reactions of your son. I can imagine I would be kind of irritated but proud of my dad building such a thing on his own, working his way through all these difficulties.
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Here is a list of the modules that I am using that I forgot to enter at the end of my story.
MMM-Remote Control - An absolute “must have” module. With it, I use my iPhone to turn other modules off and on. It impresses the hell out of people. It impresses the hell out of me! You can also access it on any computer on your network. Brilliant!
compliments - I use it for insults, too. “You look fat in that dress!” is my favorite.
planetrise - I’m an amateur astronomer with a telescope. Having this information at a glance is simply fantastic!
alert - One of the default modules
MMM-Simple-Logo - 3 instances, 2 you can see. The picture I drew in high school and the YES logo at the bottom right and left. A picture of me is hidden via MMM-Remote Control. I mean really, who wants to see that? ;-)
MMM-Globe - Another “must have” for me. Every ten minutes I get a picture of earth from the Japanese Himawari-8 weather satellite displayed on my mirror? Sign me up.
clock - One of the default modules
calendar - I combined the free US Holidays calendar with my Google calendar. Excellent!
currentweather - One of the default modules. Very nice.
weatherforecast - One of the default modules. Also very nice.
MMM-SystemStats - Hidden via MMM-Remote Control in the pictures. When I want to check system temperature, system load and free ram I just show it for a moment and hide it again.
newsfeed - One of the default modules. I happen to be in NYC so that’s just perfect for me
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Great work! Looking good! I bet your kid will be impressed! I know I would if my father took on a project like yours! :)
If you cant find it, make it and share it!
Modules: MMM-homeassistant-sensors, MMM-Modulebar, MMM-Profilepicture, MMM-Videoplayer -
@Jayh391 said in 1 old noob + 1 rPi = I can’t believe I did it! (revisited):
Thanks for posting modules used.
Jay
Thank you for reminding me
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@Snille said in 1 old noob + 1 rPi = I can’t believe I did it! (revisited):
Great work! Looking good! I bet your kid will be impressed! I know I would if my father took on a project like yours! :)
Thank you very much. That’s what I am hoping for. :-)
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HOLY COW THAT IS JUST PLAIN AWESOME!!! Great job!!! I LOVE IT!
Hey no such thing as old ;) The noob part… I’m still there… just learning how to write js and it’s been painful but I thought to myself today… “I AM GOING TO GET THIS!” I learned PHP I can learn this too!
Baby steps… Hahahhahhaha
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@cowboysdude said in 1 old noob + 1 rPi = I can’t believe I did it! (revisited):
HOLY COW THAT IS JUST PLAIN AWESOME!!! Great job!!! I LOVE IT!
That’s extremely nice of you to say so. I hope I get a similar reaction from my son when the time comes.
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You did an absolutely fantastic job on your mirror, and your “boring” story is rather inspiring if you ask me. Thanks for posting!
