Posts made by backsplatter

people in the comments section there don’t seem to be too impressed with it. Be sure to do your research before any investment.

A good place to start would be to look at local college for a job there. Many of them offer some limited class hours as a benefit of employment. Take probably varies per school and state. When I worked for a university it was 12 hours per semester that was covered. You still had some extra book/etc. expenses but getting the hours covered was huge in the cost of my education.

https://www.coursera.org/specializations/google-it-support

I saw an article on that program the other day. It’s towards a beginning job in IT.

“The launchpad to a career in IT. This program is designed to take beginner learners to job readiness in eight to 12 months.”

Are you connecting the laptop directly to the tv you want to watch recorded shows on?

That’s why you pay me the big bucks.

I’m using Plex currently. Seems to work decent.

https://www.plex.tv/

Krazilla KZA-BF01 USB 2.0 Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter wireless Bluetooth Grade A CSR 4.0 Dongle adapter compatible with windows

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16886317005

The original ones that I added are showing sold out. Now they added a new design. Maybe I just was caught in the middle of switching stamp designs for sale or something?

Showing the stamps as sold out now

https://mcfarlane.com/news/12-days-of-giveaways-2017/

Xming for X server windows work. Although I’ve been meaning to try out VcXsrv.

Thanks for the replies.
Using the audio editor works pretty good.

We ended up putting a small metal bucket at the end to make a good bang when the test car hit it.
Initial testing went exactly as expected.
From slowest to fastest.
no weight / front / middle / back.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-27/equifax-will-offer-free-credit-freezes-for-life-new-ceo-says

I found a decent idea here
https://www.abc-pinewood-derby.com/android-timer.php
They are using an audio editor and making a distinctive noise at the start and when the car crosses the finish line.

Then finding the time for the noises in the recording and determining the run-time for the car from that.

I’m putting together a shorter one lane test track for a project to show how the weight distribution on a Pinewood Derby car can effect the times it generates. Does anyone have any simple ideas on how to get somewhat accurate timings for the runs? Most of the ideas I’ve seen online are for 4 lane tracks/etc. I don’t really need anything that complicated.