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A little Pi.

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Had a Raspberry Pi A+ for a while but never really did anything with it. Decided to get it out and do something with it. First was to go to the download page and get an image. For sake of time I downloaded the lite raspian image. Noticed that with some Raspberry pi A+'s that polarity matters when using some voltage adapters when connected to a ups.. Then it had to be unzipped. $ unzip 2016-02-26-raspbian-jessie-lite.zip To see which device is the memory card.  $ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00027adf    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sda1   *...

Tie clasp

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Change of pace. Just a simple tie clasp you can make very easily. All you need is  old coathanger and some kind of medallion for decoration. Step 1: What's needed: Old coathanger Mediallion Glue Wire cutter/pliers. Step 2: Coat hanger surgery. Take a section for the bottom of the coat hanger The the section and bend it into a paperclip form of about an inch and a half.. Step 3: Making the catch bar. Cut off the extra length that you did not use as part of the paperclip. Take the two ends and bend then into eyelets. Total length should fit around two buttons. Attach to the shirt. Step 4...