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An old fashion vcr can be a treasure trove of re-usable spare parts for electronic and robotics. Although they are quickly disappearing, you can still find them in a few thrift stores. In this case, I rescued the vcr channel ir sensor. Also added extension wires  for use with a breadboard. There is a ton of code out there, but the connections setup is the most vital. There are three basic connections of data, plus, and minus, You will probably have to do a web lookup to get the pinout of the ir sensor. Then look for the circuit that applies. http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/PanasonicIrSensor

Fixing a bad pixel on some lcd monitors is as easy as using a ball point pen. Be gentle and do not puncture the screen. Then rub the screen with a cloth to restore the screen.

Instead of getting the rpi zero w, I will just add a usb female to my existing pi for the time being.Have lots of leftover cables for the cause.. Can always plug in a wifi or bluetooth module.   Various notes: Simplest configuration to connect to an unsecured wireless router knowing it;s essid: #linux auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp allow-hotplug wlan0 auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless-essid router-essid  Improvisational solder less header pin for the rpi zero Original pi zero fully decked out. with bluetooth, wired m and wireless. Basic setup ----------------- install jessie os do updates install vim mc Wifi ------ Check Ethernet & Wifi Before continuing make sure the Ethernet cable is connected in and you can ping out from the Pi: ping 8.8.8.8 You will also want to set up your WiFi dongle. runsudo shutdown -h now and then plug in the WiFi module when the Pi is off so you don't cause a

Just an idea or two, My brother is an awesome guitar player and he said I could download the audio of him playing. Export files as .mp3 and then move them to the server.