Raspberry PI + PowerShell Social Media Like Counter
A few months back I was looking at social media follower and like counters to display on my desk. There are a few options out there but I had a Raspberry PI and and old display module handy so thought id try making my own! A while back I found out how to run PowerShell on a standard PI image and experimented with the PowerShell IoT module. I’m loving this combination because I’m doing a lot in PowerShell at the moment so I...
PowerShell For Fun And Profit: Online Arbitrage Scanner
What is online arbitrage? It’s where you find things for sale online, buy them and sell them elsewhere and make a profit! How do I find things to sell? Browse popular deal sites, clearance pages or like me, you automate the process and let a PowerShell do the boring work for you! If you want to grab the code, go download it from my Github repository: https://github.com/slashadminsource/PSOnlineArbitrage Setting Up Download the...
PowerShell Trading Bot For Interactive Brokers
This bot is for educational purposes only!This bot will loose all of your money if you try to get it working.I do not support this bot, its provided to the PowerShell coding community for educational purposes.Trading stocks is very risky, I’m not a professional trader or an accountant, I’m an IT guy who likes to mess around with coding projects from time to time.This code most definitely contains bugs and errors and...
Off Topic: DIY Electric Bike Build
Every once in a while I get all nutty processor and build something in the garage 🙂 This time I built my own Electric bike! Started by getting a free mountain bike which was being thrown out. I had a BMX bike in the bits pile so took off the main sprocket and ground out the center hole. I got it to fit snugly onto the rear wheel. I’ve temporally held it in place with some epoxy and bolts. Here you can see the sprocket mounted on...
Off Topic: Making A Darth Vader Wood Burner
Welcome to my very first Off-Topic post. I’m an IT guy most of the time but when I get some spare time I love tinkering and building stuff in the garage. WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS YOURSELF. I’M STUPID AND CUTTING INTO AN EMPTY GAS BOTTLE IS DANGEROUS! Since I am very stupid and had a few bits of metal and an empty gas bottle I had a go at making a small wood burner for the garden 🙂 Emptying the gas bottle The first task...
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