Author: JJJ
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Raspberry Pi PoE Hat Fan Control
I noticed yesterday that the fans on the PoE Hat of my Raspberry Pi 4’s were behaving strangely. They were both kicking on based more on time than temperature, even though neither of them seemed that hot. You can check the temperature via the command line like this: /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp And you’ll get something like:…
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Thoughts on UDM Pro Market Fit
A lot of folks online are being critical of Ubiquiti about releasing the UDM Pro with the features it has and the hardware it’s configured with, because they feel it does not have the same obvious market fit that most of their other hardware has always had prior to it. I believe that the UDM…
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Unifi Network – Fixing WPA Authentication Timeout/Failure
Does this look familiar? If you’re like me, then you probably searched the web for a clue, maybe found some threads in the UI.com Community Forums, but ultimately left feeling pretty uneducated about what it number means and anything you should do about it. Good news! This number being high isn’t going to negatively impact…
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My dad
My dad passed away just before New Year’s, at 75 years young. I was the most involved with him near the end, so I’m also helping with everything that is now happening afterwards. He was in hospice at the Veteran’s Home in King, Wisconsin. It was not sudden, and everyone else around him is doing…
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Coauthoring a WordPress Plugin Development Book
I’m very excited to announce that I’m coauthoring the 2nd edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development, one of the highest rated WordPress development books ever released!
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Get snap.jpeg from UniFi Protect Cameras
How to get the correct username & password for a UniFi camera that has already been adopted by UniFi Protect: Get into Protect UI https://protect.ui.com/ Select NVR you’d like to use On left bottom corner click the Settings gear Click Advanced On the right side, you’ll see Device password, click REVEAL Copy the password Connect to…
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Pharrell and Rick Rubin Have an Epic Conversation
Being a huge fan of Pharrell and Rick Rubin, these two together at the same time is everything I’d want and expect – an insightful journey into all of the hip-hop and rap history I love.
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Easy PHP Upgrade
I had a few servers that needed upgrading from PHP7.2 to 7.3, so I wrote this little single-line command to help simply things. It uses apt list to get the PHP modules that are currently installed with 7.2, and passes them through to apt install for 7.3. This can easily be modified for any PHP…