{"id":388,"date":"2019-08-21T22:17:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T02:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dc540.org\/xxx\/?p=388"},"modified":"2019-08-21T22:18:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T02:18:36","slug":"wopr-jr-part-2-dad-youre-so-extra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dc540.org\/xxx\/2019\/08\/wopr-jr-part-2-dad-youre-so-extra\/","title":{"rendered":"WOPR Jr, Part 2: “Dad, you’re so extra.”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Because what good is doing something if you’re not pushing the envelope? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Controlling the NUC Hades Canyon Skull LED from Ubuntu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I initially found a set of libraries and got excited about it, but they didn’t work — then I came upon this write-up<\/a>, which indicated that a rewrite was needed for the Hades Canyon — and lo, there it was. With some handy code to help understand the awkward method of setting skull and eye colors and making things blinky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To come: let’s use those eyes to trigger visual feedback for events… Or maybe blink morse code clues during a challenge, see if anyone notices…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of triggering…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know, VMs can be precarious, and the last thing you want to do is shut down a machine that’s running a bunch of VMs. So maybe let’s take advantage of some of this amazing computing power, and, for example, use udev to trigger a startup of all VMs (in order, of course) when a particular usb key is installed; also to trigger a shutdown of the same VMs (and perhaps the entire machine!) when the key is pulled… complete with windows on the screen confirming what’s going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or maybe adapting a bluetooth camera remote to do the same thing. Anything to not have to physically log in to initiate a shutdown script, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because what good is doing something if you’re not pushing the envelope? Controlling the NUC Hades Canyon Skull LED from Ubuntu I initially found a set of libraries and got … <\/p>\n

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