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So you have a USB Camera plugged in to your Ubuntu box.  You then notice that your camera’s led is on (could also be true for an integrated web camera on a lap top).  This could  be because you left … Continue reading →

This took me quite a while to get it working.  Everything I read and that which was suggested did not work.  Then I found one write up that gave me hope and now i will pass that on to you.  … Continue reading →

I updated my webserver with Ubuntu 18.  Then I decided to upgrade to Ubuntu 19.  But first I needed a backup of WordPress.  I decided on “UpdraftPlus“.  I backed up my WordPress data and moved it to a thumb drive.  … Continue reading →

Configuring and installing a V380 network camera. The hardest thing I have ever done!!! The details are here.  

After a gateway swap out that AT&T promised would be simple the website is finally back online.  Much of the problem was me finding the time.  But here we are!!!  Tah Dah!!!       

Got an IP camera to livestream to Youtube using Blue Iris as the video streaming application.  There were a few bumps, for example why does my stream run  for several hours/days then suddenly quit?  The answer to that question is here

Yesterday I bought a new “cruncher”:  a Dell AMD Ryzen 7 1700 with an AMD Radeon RX 580.  As soon as I got home I removed Windows 10 and installed Ubuntu 16 (tried 17 on this node but had issues).  … Continue reading →

Had to evacuate to avoid Hurricane Matthew.   Had planned on a 2 day outage but fortunately for me a 1000s more Matthew spared us so down time was only ~24 hours.