Strav's blog

BSplayer is my media player of choice.  I generally do not like to have file history turned on but even when turned off, BSplayer still remembers the last file played.  It doesn't show a list of history items but starting the player and hitting the 'play' button does start playing the last viewed file.  The reason for this is BSplayer creates a playlist file which is different from the history file.  Unfortunately, BSplayer doesn't have any option not to create this file.  In order to prevent this file from being created and truly disabling history, navigate to the "c:\users\#username#\AppData\Roaming\BSplayer PRO" folder, delete the existing bsplist.bsl file and create a new, 0 byte bsplist.bsl file, setting the permissions to read only.  This will prevent bsplayer from creating/modifying the file as you play media in the future.

Remembering last played file

Preview of pdf files from an explorer type program has been on my wishlist for many many years.  While I've been a licensed user of XYplorer for a while, I just found an article on how to set up exactly that.

XYplorer does not preview PDFs. What can I do about that?
PDF-XChange Viewer

I've been after a spot welder for a while now so I can use it to affordably rebuild battery packs - in particular for my DeWalt 18v tools. I had intended on building a Microwave Oven Transformer spot welder but I stumbled upon this quite affordable one from Malectrics which suits my needs.

ARDUINO SPOT WELDER QUICK START GUIDE V3
DIY ARDUINO SPOT WELDER SUPPORT

Flash firmware to tasmota using Tuya Convert

Set the module parameters as follows

Set the MQTT parameters as follows

Tasmota on the Teckin sp10
Setting up the Sonoff Tasmota MQTT Switch
Oukitel X6P Plug

I don't have a planer yet.  So far, I've gotten by but eventually I'll need one.  This is the best value I've found:

Porter Cable PC305TP