Plex Client on RPi w/ Flirc IR & Composite for CRT in 2023

Recently I decided to get a Plex client going on my CRT Sony television for the full retro experience using the original remote control, which meant I had to do some research and figure out exactly how all this would work in 2023, 20 years after it wasn’t very common. You’ll need a few things to get started, below are some affiliate links to Amazon Canada, and Amazon USA to source some products should you need them....

October 19, 2023 · 7 min · 1396 words · Matt G

Pwnagotchi 1.6.2 with Waveshare V3 + MacOS Macbook Host

If you saw the other article I posted today you’ll see I got Pwnagotchi working on my Raspberry Pi 3. This is how to set it up properly on a PiZero WH using a Waveshare V3 e-ink screen. How to Get’r running get the image from here extract $ 7z e pwnagotchi-raspios-lite-1.6.2.7z burn o microsd where /dev/sdd is your microsd card. $ sudo dd if=pwnagotchi-raspios-lite-1.6.2.img of=/dev/sdd bs=1M now you wanna edit your config file before unmounting...

March 23, 2023 · 6 min · 1201 words · Matt G

Pwnagotchi on a Raspberry Pi 3 with Adafruit 3.5 LCD

The other day I stumbled across Pwnagotchi and had to give it a try. I didn’t have a Pi Zero WH but, I did have a Pi3 with 3.5" LCD, so I wanted to see if I could get it all working as a test platform before trying to find the PIZero. This isn’t really supported, but it does seem to work for testing purposes anyway so I thought I’d put this up for anyone else who wants to try....

March 22, 2023 · 3 min · 434 words · Matt G

Installing Arch on Intel Macbook Pro with T2 Security Chip

The other night I was bored and decided that since I’ve been using Arch as my daily for several months now only going to Mac if I need to use Affinity products (shakes fist no Linux versions!!) it was time to get this running on my laptop. I Have a 2019 Macbook Pro (MacbookPro,16,1), with 2TB hdd, and 64gb of ram so it’s plenty powerful and has enough space for MacOS and Arch to co-exist nicely....

February 25, 2023 · 5 min · 946 words · Matt G

How to get the Logitech Litra Glow working in ArchLinux

Getting Logitech Litra Glow working on Arch You’ll need Logitech Litra Glow Making it work Recently some friends and I have been streaming some games together and due to me being a basement hermit my lighting was pretty shit. On the recommendation of a buddy I picked up the Logitech Litra and wanted to see how I could get it working in Linux. I came across this little app that Kharyam made and decided to try it out....

February 3, 2023 · 1 min · 189 words · Matt G