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TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Review: Rock64 Single-board Computer 1. Although the Raspberry Pi may have started the SBC (Single-Board Computer) revolution, it is certainly not alone in this space vying for the would-be tinkerer & small project hobbyist’s hard earned dollars. For all its wonders, the Raspberry Pi really lacks one thing: Speed. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key MYPI HOME CONTROL • THE BOBBY BLOG The Raspberry Pi is truly an amazing device. This project is proof of that. With some time and a little effort I turned your typical Raspberry Pi, combined with some cheap components and IP Cameras, into a state-of-the-art (ok, that’s pushing it a little) home monitoring system capable of recording video, turning power outlets on or off and

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IOT ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and HOME AUTOMATION WITH THE ORVIBO S20 WIFI SOCKET • THE The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and power various home appliances up to 10 Amps. The manufacturer offers a smart phone app which permits you to control the socket and also set up timers via DIY ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM W/ RASPBERRY PI + FOSCAM The Raspberry Pi is an amazing device. Although not the most powerful mini computer out there, it bolsters a tremendous support community, tons of hardware add-ons and coding libraries to your heart’s desire. The Raspberry Pi also makes an affordable media player but so much more can be done with it. In this post, I’ll RAW DEVICE MAPPING OF SATA STORAGE WITH ESXI & UNRAID Consider the following scenario. Say we have a VM that requires access to a rather large disk (greater than 1 Terabyte ). Further consider that using a local datastore is out of the question – presumably becuase the datastore is a rather expensive SSD and space is somewhat of a scarce resource. RDM to the rescue! TRIPLE BOOT RASPBERRY PI ON USB (RASPBIAN / RETROPIE The new Raspberry Pi, dubbed the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, is by far a welcomed improvement over its predecessors.The new version of this amazing device boasts a Quad Core ARM 7 (1000Mhz) CPU and 1 GB of RAM, essentially supplying the end user with 6-times the processing power of the Raspberry Pi 1 at the same $35 (USD) price point. BACKUP (OR CLONE) A RASPBERRY PI SD CARD • THE BOBBY BLOG 1. Block per block (1-to-1 copy) Back to it. A block per block copy usually involves using a tool like dd (on Linux / Mac OS X) to perform the backup or dump.. A command like dd copies data from one location to another, overwriting existing data as it goes. Needless to say, this can be dangerous and is most certainly irreversible. TRIPLE BOOT RASPBERRY PI ON USB (RASPBIAN / RETROPIE As you remember from the previous posts, our goal was to install three OSes; Raspian, RetroPie, and Openlec, move all root filesystem to a fast USB key and install a script that will magically reboot into an OS of our choice.In this final blog post of the series, I will wrap up the triple-boot Raspberry Pi install by showing how to remotely run a script — located on the Raspberry Pi — from REVIEW: WD PIDRIVE NODE ZERO • THE BOBBY BLOG Software. Fortunately the WD PiDrive Node Zero comes with a customized version of the popular NOOBS (New Out of Box Software).For the unintiated, NOOBS is designed to make it easy to select and install operating systems for the Raspberry Pi VIRTUALIZATION WITH UNRAID AND PROXMOX 3.1 • THE BOBBY BLOG Virtualization with unRAID and Proxmox 3.1. Proxmox VE is a complete open source server virtualization management solution. It is based on KVM virtualization and container-based virtualization and manages virtual machines, storage, virtualized networks, and HA Clustering. As a purely academic exercise and because I’m into virtualization, I INCREDIBLEPBX (ASTERISK/FREEPBX) ESXI INSTALLATION WITH The OBi200 VoIP Phone Adapter is truly an amazing device. With the ability to seamlessly integrate with Google Voice (for free USA & Canada calling with very low rates elsewhere) and coupled with the ease of use to connect to many VoIP services, the Obi generally surpasses the expectations of most users – just look at the dazzling reviews over at Amazon. TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Review: Rock64 Single-board Computer 1. Although the Raspberry Pi may have started the SBC (Single-Board Computer) revolution, it is certainly not alone in this space vying for the would-be tinkerer & small project hobbyist’s hard earned dollars. For all its wonders, the Raspberry Pi really lacks one thing: Speed. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key REVIEW: ONION OMEGA2 IOT MINI COMPUTER • THE BOBBY BLOGSEE MORE ON

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TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Review: Rock64 Single-board Computer 1. Although the Raspberry Pi may have started the SBC (Single-Board Computer) revolution, it is certainly not alone in this space vying for the would-be tinkerer & small project hobbyist’s hard earned dollars. For all its wonders, the Raspberry Pi really lacks one thing: Speed. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key REVIEW: ONION OMEGA2 IOT MINI COMPUTER • THE BOBBY BLOGSEE MORE ON

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HOME AUTOMATION WITH THE ORVIBO S20 WIFI SOCKET • THE The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and power various home appliances up to 10 Amps. The manufacturer offers a smart phone app which permits you to control the socket and also set up timers via DIY ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM W/ RASPBERRY PI + FOSCAM The Raspberry Pi is an amazing device. Although not the most powerful mini computer out there, it bolsters a tremendous support community, tons of hardware add-ons and coding libraries to your heart’s desire. The Raspberry Pi also makes an affordable media player but so much more can be done with it. In this post, I’ll RAW DEVICE MAPPING OF SATA STORAGE WITH ESXI & UNRAID Consider the following scenario. Say we have a VM that requires access to a rather large disk (greater than 1 Terabyte ). Further consider that using a local datastore is out of the question – presumably becuase the datastore is a rather expensive SSD and space is somewhat of a scarce resource. RDM to the rescue! CREATING A NAS WITH ESXI AND UNRAID • THE BOBBY BLOG I’ve been using virtualization for quite some time now, with overwhelmingly positive results. In this series of blog posts, I’ll take you on a virutalization journey from start to finish. I’ll try to make the process as simple as possible, as fun as possible and as cheap as possible. Buckle your seat-belts, the journey starts TRIPLE BOOT RASPBERRY PI ON USB (RASPBIAN / RETROPIE The new Raspberry Pi, dubbed the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, is by far a welcomed improvement over its predecessors.The new version of this amazing device boasts a Quad Core ARM 7 (1000Mhz) CPU and 1 GB of RAM, essentially supplying the end user with 6-times the processing power of the Raspberry Pi 1 at the same $35 (USD) price point. BACKUP (OR CLONE) A RASPBERRY PI SD CARD • THE BOBBY BLOG 1. Block per block (1-to-1 copy) Back to it. A block per block copy usually involves using a tool like dd (on Linux / Mac OS X) to perform the backup or dump.. A command like dd copies data from one location to another, overwriting existing data as it goes. Needless to say, this can be dangerous and is most certainly irreversible. REVIEW: WD PIDRIVE NODE ZERO • THE BOBBY BLOG Software. Fortunately the WD PiDrive Node Zero comes with a customized version of the popular NOOBS (New Out of Box Software).For the unintiated, NOOBS is designed to make it easy to select and install operating systems for the Raspberry Pi TRIPLE BOOT RASPBERRY PI ON USB (RASPBIAN / RETROPIE As you remember from the previous posts, our goal was to install three OSes; Raspian, RetroPie, and Openlec, move all root filesystem to a fast USB key and install a script that will magically reboot into an OS of our choice.In this final blog post of the series, I will wrap up the triple-boot Raspberry Pi install by showing how to remotely run a script — located on the Raspberry Pi — from VIRTUALIZATION WITH UNRAID AND PROXMOX 3.1 • THE BOBBY BLOG Virtualization with unRAID and Proxmox 3.1. Proxmox VE is a complete open source server virtualization management solution. It is based on KVM virtualization and container-based virtualization and manages virtual machines, storage, virtualized networks, and HA Clustering. As a purely academic exercise and because I’m into virtualization, I INCREDIBLEPBX (ASTERISK/FREEPBX) ESXI INSTALLATION WITH The OBi200 VoIP Phone Adapter is truly an amazing device. With the ability to seamlessly integrate with Google Voice (for free USA & Canada calling with very low rates elsewhere) and coupled with the ease of use to connect to many VoIP services, the Obi generally TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Tech for the tinkerer Review: WD PiDrive Compute Centre. WDLabs (Western Digital’s internal team of innovators for emerging markets) has been hard at work these days, bringing more unique product innovations to the ever growing Raspberry Pi community. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key DIY 3D PRINTED SENSOR BOX FOR HOME ASSISTANT • THE BOBBY BLOGSEE MORE ON BOBBYROMEO.COM INSTALLING KODI ON RETROPIE, MEGA SUPER GUIDE! • THE BOBBY Connection Details. Protocol: SFTP Host name: You can try to use RetroPie and see if that works, if not use the IP address.To find the IP address of your RetroPie, go into RetroPie options from the main menu, and select the last option Show IP address.; Username: pi (default) Password: raspberry (default) Oh, the first time you connect to RPi via SFTP, you’ll undoubtedly get prompted to DIY ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM W/ RASPBERRY PI + FOSCAM The Raspberry Pi is an amazing device. Although not the most powerful mini computer out there, it bolsters a tremendous support community, tons of hardware add-ons and coding libraries to your heart’s desire. The Raspberry Pi also makes an affordable media player but so much more can be done with it. In this post, I’ll REVIEW: WD PIDRIVE COMPUTE CENTRE • THE BOBBY BLOG WDLabs (Western Digital’s internal team of innovators for emerging markets) has been hard at work these days, bringing more unique product innovations to the ever growing Raspberry Pi community. This time WDLabs has combined its series of PiDrive devices in an all-in-one, turn-key computing solution called the WD PiDrive Compute Centre.This product is the centerpiece of this blog AUTOMATE SYNCING OF G-CODE FILES (TOSHIBA FLASHAIR + PRUSASEE MORE ON

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INCREDIBLEPBX (ASTERISK/FREEPBX) ON RASPBERRY PI FOR In an older post, “IncrediblePBX (Asterisk/FreePBX) ESXi Installation with Google Voice”, I touched on installing a variant of Asterisk/FreePBX called IncrediblePBX in a virtual machine. This time however, I’d like to focus on installing this cool piece of software on a Raspberry Pi (either a version 2 or 3). Luckily the IncrediblePBX folks have graciously provided CONNECTING A UPS TO THE RASPBERRY PI WITH CUSTOM SHUTDOWN A UPS (uninterruptible power supply) is an electrical device that provides emergency power in the event of a power failure. Most modern UPSes can connect to a computer via USB and made to execute a self shutdown in the event that power has been lost. RAW DEVICE MAPPING OF SATA STORAGE WITH ESXI & UNRAID Consider the following scenario. Say we have a VM that requires access to a rather large disk (greater than 1 Terabyte ). Further consider that using a local datastore is out of the question – presumably becuase the datastore is a rather expensive SSD and space is somewhat of a scarce resource. RDM to the rescue! TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Tech for the tinkerer Review: WD PiDrive Compute Centre. WDLabs (Western Digital’s internal team of innovators for emerging markets) has been hard at work these days, bringing more unique product innovations to the ever growing Raspberry Pi community. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key DIY 3D PRINTED SENSOR BOX FOR HOME ASSISTANT • THE BOBBY BLOGSEE MORE ON BOBBYROMEO.COM INSTALLING KODI ON RETROPIE, MEGA SUPER GUIDE! • THE BOBBY Connection Details. Protocol: SFTP Host name: You can try to use RetroPie and see if that works, if not use the IP address.To find the IP address of your RetroPie, go into RetroPie options from the main menu, and select the last option Show IP address.; Username: pi (default) Password: raspberry (default) Oh, the first time you connect to RPi via SFTP, you’ll undoubtedly get prompted to DIY ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM W/ RASPBERRY PI + FOSCAM The Raspberry Pi is an amazing device. Although not the most powerful mini computer out there, it bolsters a tremendous support community, tons of hardware add-ons and coding libraries to your heart’s desire. The Raspberry Pi also makes an affordable media player but so much more can be done with it. In this post, I’ll REVIEW: WD PIDRIVE COMPUTE CENTRE • THE BOBBY BLOG WDLabs (Western Digital’s internal team of innovators for emerging markets) has been hard at work these days, bringing more unique product innovations to the ever growing Raspberry Pi community. This time WDLabs has combined its series of PiDrive devices in an all-in-one, turn-key computing solution called the WD PiDrive Compute Centre.This product is the centerpiece of this blog AUTOMATE SYNCING OF G-CODE FILES (TOSHIBA FLASHAIR + PRUSASEE MORE ON

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INCREDIBLEPBX (ASTERISK/FREEPBX) ON RASPBERRY PI FOR In an older post, “IncrediblePBX (Asterisk/FreePBX) ESXi Installation with Google Voice”, I touched on installing a variant of Asterisk/FreePBX called IncrediblePBX in a virtual machine. This time however, I’d like to focus on installing this cool piece of software on a Raspberry Pi (either a version 2 or 3). Luckily the IncrediblePBX folks have graciously provided CONNECTING A UPS TO THE RASPBERRY PI WITH CUSTOM SHUTDOWN A UPS (uninterruptible power supply) is an electrical device that provides emergency power in the event of a power failure. Most modern UPSes can connect to a computer via USB and made to execute a self shutdown in the event that power has been lost. RAW DEVICE MAPPING OF SATA STORAGE WITH ESXI & UNRAID Consider the following scenario. Say we have a VM that requires access to a rather large disk (greater than 1 Terabyte ). Further consider that using a local datastore is out of the question – presumably becuase the datastore is a rather expensive SSD and space is somewhat of a scarce resource. RDM to the rescue! INSTALLING KODI ON RETROPIE, MEGA SUPER GUIDE! • THE BOBBY Connection Details. Protocol: SFTP Host name: You can try to use RetroPie and see if that works, if not use the IP address.To find the IP address of your RetroPie, go into RetroPie options from the main menu, and select the last option Show IP address.; Username: pi (default) Password: raspberry (default) Oh, the first time you connect to RPi via SFTP, you’ll undoubtedly get prompted to HOME AUTOMATION ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and RASPBERRY PI ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG Recently, I’ve been recommending to most of my readers to use a VPN server on their routers for secure access to their home network. More so, the point came up in response to my blog post, Xiaomi Smart 1080P WiFi IP Camera with RTSP Streaming Hack. HOME AUTOMATION WITH THE ORVIBO S20 WIFI SOCKET • THE The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and power various home appliances up to 10 Amps. The manufacturer offers a smart phone app which permits you to control the socket and also set up timers via DIY ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM W/ RASPBERRY PI + FOSCAM The Raspberry Pi is an amazing device. Although not the most powerful mini computer out there, it bolsters a tremendous support community, tons of hardware add-ons and coding libraries to your heart’s desire. The Raspberry Pi also makes an affordable media player but so much more can be done with it. In this post, I’ll TRIPLE BOOT RASPBERRY PI ON USB (RASPBIAN / RETROPIE The new Raspberry Pi, dubbed the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, is by far a welcomed improvement over its predecessors.The new version of this amazing device boasts a Quad Core ARM 7 (1000Mhz) CPU and 1 GB of RAM, essentially supplying the end user with 6-times the processing power of the Raspberry Pi 1 at the same $35 (USD) price point. REVIEW: WD PIDRIVE NODE ZERO • THE BOBBY BLOG Software. Fortunately the WD PiDrive Node Zero comes with a customized version of the popular NOOBS (New Out of Box Software).For the unintiated, NOOBS is designed to make it easy to select and install operating systems for the Raspberry Pi RAW DEVICE MAPPING OF SATA STORAGE WITH ESXI & UNRAID Consider the following scenario. Say we have a VM that requires access to a rather large disk (greater than 1 Terabyte ). Further consider that using a local datastore is out of the question – presumably becuase the datastore is a rather expensive SSD and space is somewhat of a scarce resource. RDM to the rescue! VIRTUALIZATION WITH UNRAID AND PROXMOX 3.1 • THE BOBBY BLOG Learn how virtualization is done with Promox 3.1. Proxmox VE is a complete open source server virtualization management solution. It is based on KVM virtualization and container-based virtualization and manages virtual machines, storage, virtualized networks, and HA

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INCREDIBLEPBX (ASTERISK/FREEPBX) ESXI INSTALLATION WITH The OBi200 VoIP Phone Adapter is truly an amazing device. With the ability to seamlessly integrate with Google Voice (for free USA & Canada calling with very low rates elsewhere) and coupled with the ease of use to connect to many VoIP services, the Obi generally TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Review: Rock64 Single-board Computer 1. Although the Raspberry Pi may have started the SBC (Single-Board Computer) revolution, it is certainly not alone in this space vying for the would-be tinkerer & small project hobbyist’s hard earned dollars. For all its wonders, the Raspberry Pi really lacks one thing: Speed. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key REVIEW: ONION OMEGA2 IOT MINI COMPUTER • THE BOBBY BLOGSEE MORE ON

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DIY 3D PRINTED SENSOR BOX FOR HOME ASSISTANT • THE BOBBY BLOGSEE MORE ON BOBBYROMEO.COM DIY ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM W/ RASPBERRY PI + FOSCAM The Raspberry Pi is an amazing device. Although not the most powerful mini computer out there, it bolsters a tremendous support community, tons of hardware add-ons and coding libraries to your heart’s desire. The Raspberry Pi also makes an affordable media player but so much more can be done with it. In this post, I’ll INSTALLING KODI ON RETROPIE, MEGA SUPER GUIDE! • THE BOBBY A window should open, as in: If on MAC OS X open finder, select “Go” menu and “Connect to Server”. Type smb://retropie and hit “Connect”. At this point you can navigate in the roms folder and dump your roms in the appropriate folder. So you know, folders are

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TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Review: Rock64 Single-board Computer 1. Although the Raspberry Pi may have started the SBC (Single-Board Computer) revolution, it is certainly not alone in this space vying for the would-be tinkerer & small project hobbyist’s hard earned dollars. For all its wonders, the Raspberry Pi really lacks one thing: Speed. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key REVIEW: ONION OMEGA2 IOT MINI COMPUTER • THE BOBBY BLOGSEE MORE ON

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DIY ALARM MONITORING SYSTEM W/ RASPBERRY PI + FOSCAM The Raspberry Pi is an amazing device. Although not the most powerful mini computer out there, it bolsters a tremendous support community, tons of hardware add-ons and coding libraries to your heart’s desire. The Raspberry Pi also makes an affordable media player but so much more can be done with it. In this post, I’ll DIY ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG May 1, 2016 in DIY / Raspberry Pi / VoIP by bobby. In Part 1, we went over the installation of IncrediblePBX on the Raspberry Pi. In this post, we’ll get into the nitty-gritty and some much needed theory. We’ll also be getting our hands dirty with a complete walkthrough on how to setup IncrediblePBX for residential use. HOME AUTOMATION ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and VIRTUALIZATION ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG Virtualization with unRAID and Proxmox 3.1 1. Proxmox VE is a complete open source server virtualization management solution. It is based on KVM virtualization and container-based virtualization and manages virtual machines, storage, virtualized networks, and HA Clustering. As a purely academic exercise and because I’m into virtualization, I TRIPLE BOOT RASPBERRY PI ON USB (RASPBIAN / RETROPIE The new Raspberry Pi, dubbed the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, is by far a welcomed improvement over its predecessors.The new version of this amazing device boasts a Quad Core ARM 7 (1000Mhz) CPU and 1 GB of RAM, essentially supplying the end user with 6-times the processing power of the Raspberry Pi 1 at the same $35 (USD) price point. TRIPLE BOOT RASPBERRY PI ON USB (RASPBIAN / RETROPIE In this blog post, I continue to delve into the mysteries of the triple-boot Raspberry Pi install. Remember our goal is to install three OSes; Raspian, RetroPie, and Openlec, move all root filesystem to a fast USB key and install a script that will magically reboot into an OS of our choice. If you missed Part 1, I suggest to have look and

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RAW DEVICE MAPPING OF SATA STORAGE WITH ESXI & UNRAID Consider the following scenario. Say we have a VM that requires access to a rather large disk (greater than 1 Terabyte ). Further consider that using a local datastore is out of the question – presumably becuase the datastore is a rather expensive SSD and space is somewhat of a scarce resource. RDM to the rescue! VIRTUALIZATION WITH UNRAID AND PROXMOX 3.1 • THE BOBBY BLOG Virtualization with unRAID and Proxmox 3.1. Proxmox VE is a complete open source server virtualization management solution. It is based on KVM virtualization and container-based virtualization and manages virtual machines, storage, virtualized networks, and HA Clustering. As a purely academic exercise and because I’m into virtualization, I REVIEW: WD PIDRIVE NODE ZERO • THE BOBBY BLOG Software. Fortunately the WD PiDrive Node Zero comes with a customized version of the popular NOOBS (New Out of Box Software).For the unintiated, NOOBS is designed to make it easy to select and install operating systems for the Raspberry Pi INCREDIBLEPBX (ASTERISK/FREEPBX) ESXI INSTALLATION WITH The OBi200 VoIP Phone Adapter is truly an amazing device. With the ability to seamlessly integrate with Google Voice (for free USA & Canada calling with very low rates elsewhere) and coupled with the ease of use to connect to many VoIP services, the Obi generally TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Tech for the tinkerer Review: WD PiDrive Compute Centre. WDLabs (Western Digital’s internal team of innovators for emerging markets) has been hard at work these days, bringing more unique product innovations to the ever growing Raspberry Pi community. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key HOME AUTOMATION ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and INSTALLING KODI ON RETROPIE, MEGA SUPER GUIDE! • THE BOBBYINSTALL RETROPIE ON NOOBSKODI VERSIONSRETROPIE 128GB IMAGE DOWNLOADRETROPIE AND KODI ON RASPBERRY PIRETROPIE KODI SETUP Connection Details. Protocol: SFTP Host name: You can try to use RetroPie and see if that works, if not use the IP address.To find the IP address of your RetroPie, go into RetroPie options from the main menu, and select the last option Show IP address.; Username: pi (default) Password: raspberry (default) Oh, the first time you connect to RPi via SFTP, you’ll undoubtedly get prompted to MYPI HOME CONTROL • THE BOBBY BLOG The Raspberry Pi is truly an amazing device. This project is proof of that. With some time and a little effort I turned your typical Raspberry Pi, combined with some cheap components and IP Cameras, into a state-of-the-art (ok, that’s pushing it a little) home monitoring system capable of recording video, turning power outlets on or off and

sensing movement.

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REVIEW: WD PIDRIVE COMPUTE CENTRE • THE BOBBY BLOG WDLabs (Western Digital’s internal team of innovators for emerging markets) has been hard at work these days, bringing more unique product innovations to the ever growing Raspberry Pi community. This time WDLabs has combined its series of PiDrive devices in an all-in-one, turn-key computing solution called the WD PiDrive Compute Centre.This product is the centerpiece of this blog INCREDIBLEPBX (ASTERISK/FREEPBX) ON RASPBERRY PI FOR In an older post, “IncrediblePBX (Asterisk/FreePBX) ESXi Installation with Google Voice”, I touched on installing a variant of Asterisk/FreePBX called IncrediblePBX in a virtual machine. This time however, I’d like to focus on installing this cool piece of software on a Raspberry Pi (either a version 2 or 3). Luckily the IncrediblePBX folks have graciously provided CONNECTING A UPS TO THE RASPBERRY PI WITH CUSTOM SHUTDOWN A UPS (uninterruptible power supply) is an electrical device that provides emergency power in the event of a power failure. Most modern UPSes can connect to a computer via USB and made to execute a self shutdown in the event that power has been lost. TECH FOR THE TINKERER... Tech for the tinkerer Review: WD PiDrive Compute Centre. WDLabs (Western Digital’s internal team of innovators for emerging markets) has been hard at work these days, bringing more unique product innovations to the ever growing Raspberry Pi community. XIAOMI SMART 1080P WIFI IP CAMERA WITH RTSP STREAMING HACK Being someone who just love cameras, I’ve recently come across a great *cheap* 1080p mini cam to incorporate into my home monitoring system. Only downside though, the camera is intended for the Asian market and assumes you’ll use their “Mi Home” app to control all of its features. But more so, it lacks one key HOME AUTOMATION ARCHIVES • THE BOBBY BLOG The Orvibo S20 WiFi is really a nifty device. Relatively inexpensive from various online sites, this device connects through your WiFi network enabling you to control and INSTALLING KODI ON RETROPIE, MEGA SUPER GUIDE! • THE BOBBYINSTALL RETROPIE ON NOOBSKODI VERSIONSRETROPIE 128GB IMAGE DOWNLOADRETROPIE AND KODI ON RASPBERRY PIRETROPIE KODI SETUP Connection Details. Protocol: SFTP Host name: You can try to use RetroPie and see if that works, if not use the IP address.To find the IP address of your RetroPie, go into RetroPie options from the main menu, and select the last option Show IP address.; Username: pi (default) Password: raspberry (default) Oh, the first time you connect to RPi via SFTP, you’ll undoubtedly get prompted to MYPI HOME CONTROL • THE BOBBY BLOG The Raspberry Pi is truly an amazing device. This project is proof of that. With some time and a little effort I turned your typical Raspberry Pi, combined with some cheap components and IP Cameras, into a state-of-the-art (ok, that’s pushing it a little) home monitoring system capable of recording video, turning power outlets on or off and

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