I have been tinkering with NodeMCU devkit boards recently. The easiest way to program these little beasts is to use arduino platform and install the compilers and other tools from . Unfortunately the stock arduino shipped with ubuntu 14.04 is quite old. You need a recent version of arduino software. to get the esp8266… Continue reading Installing latest arduino on Ubuntu 14.04
Category: Gnu/Linux
Wireless on Asus X200M netbooks: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
We resently bought several Asus X200 series netbooks for our faculty members. The main attraction of this cute netbook is its light weight and a built in HDMI port. We plan to use them extensively for content delivery in class rooms. These machines are really cheap, costing around Rs17000 ( around $260). The base model… Continue reading Wireless on Asus X200M netbooks: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
At barcamp kerala 7
I took a session on recycling old PCs with LTSP at barcamp kerala 7 last Sunday. Even though I am associated with the organizers of barcamp ever since its inception in Kerala, I could not attend any of the previous ones due to various reasons. So I was a bit skeptical about the kind of… Continue reading At barcamp kerala 7
Pidgin unable to connect to yahoo
I am using pidgin as chat client for both yahoo and gtalk. Recently, yahoo has stopped support for older versions of their own yahoo messenger clients. ( anything less than version 7.5 fails ) . It also means that most of the third party clients such as pidgin has problems in login. On my ubuntu… Continue reading Pidgin unable to connect to yahoo
Blogging with scribefire
Scribefire is a cool firefox add on which a blogger cannot miss Using this firefox add-on, you can blog with out leaving your browser. Installation is simple. Browse to this page Just click on the addto firefox button and restart firefox. You can start scribefire by clicking on the scribefire icon. It will… Continue reading Blogging with scribefire