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Initial Tests for a McRetroNet IRC Server

Nix McRetro // 20th June 2016 // Raspberry Pi

Initial Tests for a McRetroNet IRC Server

Well, for the most part it seemed to work for a while and I was able to join in on my conversation with myself a few times. IRC might be a good way of having an instant chat that is completely controlled by the rock solid Raspberry Pi. So far... Continue reading

Status Update - June 2016

Nix McRetro // 13th June 2016 // News, YouTube

That’s right, I’m still alive! So never fear, McRetro is here! Although not doing too much here today, just rambling on and getting closer to my weight goal for the moment. Would you look at this too? I managed to get ddclient on Raspbian to run as a daemon… how... Continue reading

Weight for it... Ha!

Nix McRetro // 10th June 2016 // News

Not much happening here, but I did manage to find a much better looking graph on the Withings HealthMate website. Just figured you should enjoy it. Red line is where I am at currently, should see the trend (solid blue line) drop further and further as time goes on. At... Continue reading

LimeSurvey and Rebuilding

Nix McRetro // 31st May 2016 // News

Where on earth have I been? It’s like I fell down the rabbit hole with Alice. Wait, not that Alice. Do not click that link. Anyway, as you can see in the above cart I’ve been working on getting back into shape for winter. After all that’s when I leave... Continue reading

Fibre to the Node

Nix McRetro // 21st May 2016 // News

Recently some friends got their FTTN NBN put in… it’s fast. In fact this website is hosted there - might explain the downtime… ;) Take a look at the above photo, that’s what FTTN is. Existing copper wire runs it from the node to your home. Look at the condition... Continue reading