Setting Up A New Raspberry Pi

Steps I do when I am setting up a new Raspberry Pi. If using the official LCD screen, for some unknown reason, it still defaults to an upside-down orientation when hooked up. This is simple to fix. Edit /boot/config.txt and add the following line: lcd_display=2 The 2 rotates it 180º (the most likely choice for … Read more

Grandmom’s Awesome Fudge

This is a recipe I got from my grandmother that she used to make for us as kids. One piece is enough to give you diabetes, but it’s sooo good. 5 cups sugar Dash salt 2 sticks butter (not margarine) 1 can carnation evaporated milk (large) 18 oz Hershey’s milk chocolate 1 jar marshmallow creme … Read more

Site-to-Site VPN From Linux to UDM Pro (work in progress)

Finding good documents on how to set up a site-to-site VPN with a Ubiquiti UDM to a non-Ubiquiti node (i.e. linux) has been a challenge. The documents on Ubiquiti’s site are laughably incomplete (and generally way out of date). So I am working through each of the steps and trying to shoe horn in a … Read more

Wafflehouse Waffle Recipe

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour  1 teaspoon salt  1/2 teaspoon baking soda  1 egg 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon malt (or substitute additional sugar) 2 tablespoons butter, softened  2 tablespoons shortening  1/2 cup half-and-half  1/2 cup milk  1/4 cup buttermilk  1/4 teaspoon vanilla Directions: Combine flour, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl … Read more

Encoding Video with ffmpeg using NVENC

In playing with values for ffmpeg to try to get a similar output to my “standard” settings in HandBrake, this is what I came up with: ffmpeg -i “$1” -c:v hevc_nvenc -preset slow -profile:v main10 -rc-lookahead:v 32 -spatial_aq 1 -cq 29 -tag:v hvc1 -c:a libfdk_aac -profile:a aac_he -b:a 80k “$( basename “$1″ .avi ).mp4” This … Read more