¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset will occur tonight at 09:11 PM. My sunsetter script is set to take a photo at that time and at six deviation times.
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¶With all the prepping for the first fully-automatic test run of the Raspberry Pi Sunsetter…I forgot to flip the switch on the power cord when I plugged it in yesterday. Last night, at Pat and Denny’s, I checked my day view at the appropriate times and found nothing. I discovered the switch issue when we got home.
¶So, we’ll try again tonight. She’s powered up and ready to roll. I’ll check back later this morning—the post with the sunset time should be added at about 11 AM, and the first sunset deviation pic (minus thirty minutes) should be added at around 8:45 PM.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Sunset photo taken with the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Ok, so the first automated photo and upload from the Raspberry Pi is not a sunset photo. I had the Pi laying on the floor next to my chair in the family room as I was coding the upload script. Now that it’s working, I’ll put it in place for a better view. Should have a decent test tonight!
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¶Sunset will occur tonight at 09:11 PM. My sunsetter script is set to take a photo at that time and at six deviation times.
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¶Looks like we might get a little rain later today. Complicates the grass situation.
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¶Tonight is…perfect. I could sleep out here.
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¶Happy Fourth of July!
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¶Sunset will occur tonight at 09:13 PM. My sunsetter script is set to take a photo at that time and at six deviation times.
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¶Here’s the humble setup for tonight’s through-the-window sunset shots.
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¶I added the camera to the Raspberry Pi today and got the script to the point where it’s adding commands for snapping the sunset pic and pics for six deviation times (-30 minutes, -10, -5, +5, +10, and +30) to the crontab. I actually finished it right before the -30 time for tonight’s sunset, so I hastily strapped the camera to the outside of the Pi with a rubber band, put it on a little tripod, and pointed it out the window. An hour later, I logged in and was pleased to see seven jpg files right where I expected them.
¶My aim wasn’t bad, but the camera clearly focused on the screen in the window. I’ll work on that.
¶Here’s the -30 pic for tonight, taken at 8:42, 30 minutes before the sunset time of 9:12. You can see the sun as a pinpoint of orange light through the trees in the bottom left.
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¶Fireworks today, which means turning the pool heater on first thing in the morning. Water temp was 76 before I fired it up at about 7AM. We’ll see how high it gets by dinner time when Jake and his friends will want to swim.
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¶Testing out an initial step to posting from the Raspberry Pi.
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¶Oh, and it was whisk(e)y Friday in the office today, too (see today’s feature image). What a great day.
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¶One of Jake’s instructors gave him some tail wheel training time for graduation. Jake figured they’d use the tail wheel trainer they have at the airport.
¶Nope.
¶He wanted to take Jake up in his open cockpit biplane.
¶Red Baron style.
¶Open air, front and back single seats. Jake said it was a blast. He let Jake takeoff, but not land. And Jake had to be the eyes—the back drops, so the pilot can’t see everything. So…”watch for trees, power lines, animals....”
¶Jake said it was some of the most fun he’s ever had flying.
¶Thanks Rex!
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¶Blueberries and Netflix for breakfast.
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¶What the hell happened it Russia over yesterday and today? I think the Prigozhin and his Wagner group wanted out of the war in Ukraine, but they couldn’t retreat or surrender…so they pointed the finger at Putin (which Wagner Prigozhin has been doing for months now, maybe as foundation for this) and threatened a coup. His March to Moscow ended as quickly as it began, and really ended up as nothing more than taking the scenic drive from southeastern Ukraine to Belarus. But, in the end, Wagner retreated from Ukraine…but didn’t surrender.
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¶Apparently, profanity is banned at The Toledo Zoo. Shit.
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