Author Archives: Brian Gallimore

Fire Hose Pants

Amber bought me a pair of fire hose pants for Christmas.  I wore them today to do some clean-up work outside.  Right off the bat, there are two things that are awesome about these pants:  1) There is a diamond-cut … Continue reading

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Government Can Not Grant Freedom

from Adrian Murry’s facebook post One thing I have learned over the last five years of politically righteous indignation is that if we protest from a position of victimhood we too easily enable ourselves to be victims. My outrage since … Continue reading

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blinksticks showing opposite colors

A few hours of tinkering with the new blinksticks, here is what I came up with: The light on the right is set to a random color every 1/2 second.  The stick on the left morphs to the opposite color. … Continue reading

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Blinkstick – a single pixel controlled by USB

I ordered 2 blinkstick kits a while back — they came in today!  I dug out the soldering iron and assembled them.  Within a few minutes I had the blinkstick python libraries installed on my computer.  Now I’m wondering what … Continue reading

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Subversion (svn) on shared web host (bluehost) and Linux client setup

This explains how to configure and use a Subversion client from a GNU/Linux box*  to connect to a Subversion server on a shared web host account.  (bluehost.com)  If you have already set up a shared key for password-less ssh access … Continue reading

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use ssh without a password

Use a public/private key pair to avoid having to type in your password every time you open up a ssh session: 1- Generate a keypair, install the public key on the server and ‘authorize’ it. 2- Copy the private key(s) … Continue reading

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Use Logix GSV WallClockTime for Pulse Bit

If you are using the AB ControlLogix platform and want a bit to cycle on and off at a consistent rate, you can address one of the bits of the register that represents the clock microseconds.  (GSV WallClockTime)  The register … Continue reading

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Gallimore Family Pictures – December 2013

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Thankful for Liberty

The story below tells an alternate history of the first thanksgiving, one I believe is more meaningful and unfortunately not likely to be passed along in an era when the politically correct narrative rules.  The words below are from Michael … Continue reading

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Canada’s Top Ten List of America’s Stupidity

10) Only in America … could Democrat politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event. 9) Only in America … could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when … Continue reading

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