Strav's blog

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

I have a number of applications where it would be very handy to be able to simulate a 'tail -f' on log files in javascript so a user who doesn't have access to the server could still be able to check/view/watch logs.

Here are a couple of pages/examples:

Scrolling log file (tail -f) animation using javascript
Github - ukhas/js-logtail