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August 7, 2021

Running a Python Script on Boot with Systemd

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This short blog post details how you can run a python script on boot using systemd.
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July 31, 2021

Enabling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) on PoGoAPI.net

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This blog post talks about enabling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) on PoGoAPI.net
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June 19, 2021

Learning points from writing my own JS/CSS caching system

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the various points I have learned from writing my own caching system, Cache-N-Crunch.
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June 5, 2021

Adding Logitech G920 support to DiRT 3 Complete Edition

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This blog post describes how you can add support for the Logitech G920 controller to DiRT 3 Complete edition.
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May 22, 2021

Pokemon Go API – Time Limited Shiny Pokemon API

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This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the Time Limited Shiny Pokemon API on PoGoAPI.net.
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May 15, 2021

Pokemon Go API – Photobomb Exclusive API

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This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the Photobomb Exclusive Pokemon API on PoGoAPI.net.
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May 8, 2021

WS2812B 8×8 LED Matrix Panel Review and Code

By Chewett Electronics  1 Comment
This post talks about how you can use the WS2812B 8×8 LED Matrix Panel with an Arduino.
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May 1, 2021

Added photobomb shiny status for PoGoAPI Shiny API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about a new field in the Shiny API of PoGoAPI.net
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April 24, 2021

Making a fully packaged Jarfile with all dependencies with gradle

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can create a fully packaged jarfile including all its gradle dependencies.
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April 17, 2021

Pokemon Go API – PVP Fast Move API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the PVP Fast Move API at pogoapi.net.
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April 10, 2021

Adding the Heltec ESP32 library to the Arduino IDE

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This post talks about how you can add the Heltec ESP32 library to the Arduino IDE and use it to test your Heltec ESP32.
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April 3, 2021

Pokemon Go API – PVP Charged Move API

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This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the PVP Charged Move API at pogoapi.net.
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March 27, 2021

Configuring the MakerHawk Heltec ESP32 LoRa Development Board for Arduino IDE

By Chewett Electronics  3 Comments
This guide runs you through the basic steps to configure the Arduino IDE for the MakerHawk Heltec ESP32 LoRa Development Board.
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March 20, 2021

Pokemon Go API – Powerup Requirements updated for Level 50

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This talks about the changes to the Powerup Requirements API at PoGoAPI.net that have been made to handle level 40-50 power up.
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March 13, 2021

Python Psutil and the differences between free and available memory

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
In this blog post I am talking about the difference between free and available memory in the psutil python module.
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March 6, 2021

The Risks of Windows and Linux Line endings in Git with PoGoAPI

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This talks about the minor changes needed for the api_hashes api to allow verifying API’s.
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February 27, 2021

MakerHawk Raspberry Pi 4B Armor Case Temperature Drop review

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  0 Comments
Today I am showing the temperature drop over time while using the MakerHawk Raspberry Pi 4B Armor Case.
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February 20, 2021

Raspberry Pi Cluster Node – 18 Raspberry Pi Temperature Monitoring

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  0 Comments
This post builds on my previous posts in the Raspberry Pi Cluster series by starting to log temperature with the RaspberryPiVcgencmd Python module.
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February 13, 2021

Pokemon Go API – Baby Pokemon API

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This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Baby Pokemon API.
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February 6, 2021

Fixing Raspberry Pi MySQL Access Denied for user root with non root user

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can log in as root to your MySQL database with a non-root user on your Raspberry Pi.
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January 30, 2021

How to install a MySQL Server on a Raspberry Pi

By Chewett Informational, Raspberry Pi Cluster  0 Comments
This blog post explains the steps you need to perform to install a MySQL server on a Raspberry Pi.
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January 23, 2021

PyPi .pypirc file location on Windows

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This blog post describes where you should put your PyPi .pypirc file on windows and what it typically wants to include.
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January 16, 2021

Updating the RaspberryPiVcgencmd library to Python 3

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  0 Comments
This post talks quickly about the updates performed to the RaspberryPiVcgencmd library for porting to Python 3.
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January 9, 2021

Pokemon Go API – Go Battle Rankings Settings API

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This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Mega Evolution Settings API.
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January 2, 2021

Advent of Code 2020 Review

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
Today I am talking about the Advent of Code 2020 and what I have learnt doing it this year.
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December 26, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Friendship Level Settings API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Friendship Level Settings API.
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December 19, 2020

Raspberry Pi Cluster Node – 17 InfluxDB Machine Stats Monitoring

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  1 Comment
This post builds on my previous posts in the Raspberry Pi Cluster series by performing a small refactor and storing cluster vitals data to InfluxDB.
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December 12, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Mega Evolution Settings API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Mega Evolution Settings API.
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December 5, 2020

Installing InfluxDB on a Raspberry Pi

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  0 Comments
Today I am writing a quick describing how you can install InfluxDB on a Raspberry Pi
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November 28, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Raid Settings API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Raid Settings API.
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November 21, 2020

Rsync Entire Raspberry Pi to Windows

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  0 Comments
This post includes a short snippet to copy your entire Raspberry Pi filesystem to Windows using Rsync.
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November 14, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Go Battle League Rewards API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Go Battle League Rewards API. What is the Go Battle League Rewards API When battling in the Go Battle League you are asked to complete a number of matches. After each match, if successful, you can claim the next reward you are
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November 7, 2020

Reviewing the MakerHawk Raspberry Pi 4B Armor Case and benchmarking it

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  1 Comment
Here I talk about adding the MakerHawk Raspberry Pi 4B Armor case to my Raspberry Pi. In addition I run some benchmarks over it to see how much of an effect on temperature it has.
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October 31, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Badges API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Badges API.
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October 24, 2020

Raspberry Pi Cluster Node – 16 Python 3 Codebase Refactor

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  1 Comment
This post builds on my previous posts in the Raspberry Pi Cluster series by improving the codebase for Python 3.
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October 17, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Level Up API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Level Up API.
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October 10, 2020

Moving the Raspberry Pi Cluster to a Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  0 Comments
Today I am talking about moving the Raspberry Pi Cluster primary node to a Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB model. I also discuss the improvements that the Raspberry Pi 4B has made over previous generations.
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October 3, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Height Weight Scale API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Pokemon Height Weight Scale API.
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September 26, 2020

Using the 128×64 I2C SH1106 OLED Display Module Screen with a WeMos D1 Mini (ESP8266)

By Chewett Electronics  1 Comment
In this blog post I talk about how you can use a 128×64 I2C SH1106 OLED Display Module Screen with a WeMos D1 Mini (ESP8266) using the Arduino IDE.
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September 19, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Research Task Exclusive Pokemon API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Research Task Exclusive Pokemon API.
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September 12, 2020

Using Virtualbox Shared Folder on Ubuntu 20.04

By Chewett Informational  6 Comments
This post explains how you can configure Virtualbox Shared Folders for Ubuntu 20.04.
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September 5, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Mega Pokemon API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Mega Pokemon API.
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August 29, 2020

Install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 20.04

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This post describes how you can install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 20.04.
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August 22, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Raid Bosses API

By Chewett Software  8 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Raid Bosses API.
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August 15, 2020

Fixing WordPress Image Thumbnails not being the right size for your Theme

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This post talks about how you can fix WordPress Image thumbnails not being the right size for your theme.
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August 8, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Community Day API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Community Day API.
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August 1, 2020

Junlinto 45mm Push Arcade Button 12V Power LED For Arduino Review and Code

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This post talks about how you can use the Junlinto 45mm Push Arcade Button 12V Power LED with an Arduino.
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July 25, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Pokemon Evolutions API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Pokemon Evolutions API.
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July 18, 2020

I2C Connection Pins on the WeMos D1 Mini (ESP8266)

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This blog post details the I2C connections on the WeMos D1 Mini (ESP8266).
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July 11, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Combat Points (CP) Multiplier API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Combat Points (CP) Multiplier API.
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July 4, 2020

Fixing ssh-keygen Unknown Option -G or -T on Ubuntu 20.04

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can resolve the problem “ssh-keygen Unknown Option -G” on Ubuntu 20.04.
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June 27, 2020

Cylewet 3Pin SPDT Micro Switch Long Hinge Lever for Arduino Review and Code

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This post talks about using the Cylewet 3Pin SPDT Micro Switch Long Hinge Lever with an Arduino.
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June 20, 2020

Fixing “fork failed: Resource temporarily unavailable” on Linux

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can fix the error “fork failed: Resource temporarily unavailable” on Linux.
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June 13, 2020

GY-521 MPU6050 3 Axis Accelerometer Gyroscope Module Review and Code

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This post talks about using the GY-521 MPU6050 3 Axis Accelerometer Gyroscope with an Arduino.
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June 6, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Galarian Pokemon List

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Galarian Pokemon list.
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May 30, 2020

MAX-30100 Heart Rate Sensor for Arduino Review and Code

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This post talks about using the MAX-30100 Heart Rate Sensor with an Arduino.
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May 23, 2020

Pokemon Go API – PVP Exclusive Pokemon List

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the PVP Exclusive Pokemon list.
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May 16, 2020

How to use an API to Download a Google Docs Sheets Spreadsheet as CSV

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This blog talks about how you can use a little known Google Docs Sheets API to download spreadsheets as a CSV.
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May 9, 2020

Installing Windows Services using NSSM

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This post talks about how you can quickly and easily create Windows services with NSSM.
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May 2, 2020

How to create a new database with influx db

By Chewett Informational  4 Comments
This is a short post detailing the command you can use to create a new Influx DB database
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March 20, 2020

Unblocking Minecraft Server port 25565 on Fedora

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This post describes how you can unblock port 25565 to allow Minecraft Server traffic through in the Fedora firewall.
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March 14, 2020

How to install TeamCity as a Service on Windows

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
Today I have written a small note on how to install the Jetbrains TeamCity service on windows.
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March 7, 2020

Fixing Gradle error Unnecessarily replacing a task that does not exist is not supported.

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This short blog post talks about why you get this error and how to fix “Unnecessarily replacing a task that does not exist is not supported”.
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February 29, 2020

How to remove TeamCity as a Service on Windows

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
Today I am leaving a note on how to remove the Jetbrains TeamCity service on Windows.
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February 1, 2020

Starting a SSH Agent with Cygwin

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This post includes a quick snippet to start a SSH agent using Cygwin under Windows.
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January 18, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Current Pokemon moves API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Current Pokemon moves API.
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January 11, 2020

Pokemon Go API – Pokemon Form List

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This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Pokemon Form list.
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December 14, 2019

I’m Participating in Advent of Code 2019

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This post talks about my participation in the Advent of Code competition 2019.
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November 16, 2019

Fixing Startup Company Save file lost

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This post talks about what you can do if your Startup Company save is lost. (Note, its probably not lost).
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September 7, 2019

My Github Noops Hexbot

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This blog post talks about my entry to the Github Noops Challenge for the Hexbot API.
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August 31, 2019

Pokemon Go API – Shadow Pokemon List

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This post talks about the latest API I have added to PoGoAPI.net, the Shadow Pokemon list.
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August 24, 2019

D3.js version 5 Lazily loading DOM elements

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
In this example I demonstrate how you can lazily load DOM elements as you scroll through a page using D3.js. The full code for this is available on my website.
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August 17, 2019

Participating in the Github Noops Challenge

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
In this post I talk a little about the Github Noops challenge and what I plan to do.
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August 10, 2019

Pokemon Go API – Adding Alolan Shinies

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the new field of the Shiny API of PoGoAPI.net.
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August 3, 2019

Fixing Overcooked 2 Failed to start error code 51

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This post talks about how you can fix “Overcooked! 2 failed to start (error code 51)”. Sometimes this will occur with the error text “Steam Error Application load error 3:0000065432”.
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July 27, 2019

Implementing the Perforce Helix in D3.js

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This blog post talks about the steps I took to implement the Perforce helix in D3.js.
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July 20, 2019

MagicDuel – A different sort of game

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
Today I have written a short piece about a game I play and program for from time to time, MagicDuel.
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July 13, 2019

Tailing logs in Windows with BareTail

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
Today I talk about the useful windows tailing tool, BareTail.
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July 6, 2019

Creating a Talos Principle Puzzle Solver

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This blog post talks about the Talos Principle puzzle solver I wrote to help solve the Sigil puzzles.
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June 29, 2019

Splicing and Merging PDF’s with PDFsam

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
Today I talk about a new tool found to splice and merge PDF files.
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June 22, 2019

How to remove a MySQL Service in Windows

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This post details the command to remove a MySQL Service in Windows.
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June 15, 2019

Exporting Points of Interest from Ingress

By Chewett Informational  6 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can export portal data from Ingress using browser addons.
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June 8, 2019

New Site LBPoGo.co.uk

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This blog post talks about a small new site I have set up for the Leighton Buzzard Pokemon Go Group, LBPoGo.co.uk .
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June 1, 2019

Distributed Automated Halite 3 Bot Tester

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
In this post I talk about the work I did to improve the Halite 3 Bot testing gym to speed up iterations and compare various versions of my bot.
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May 25, 2019

Pokemon Go API – Is it released? Page

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This blog talks about the latest page on PoGoAPI.net, the Is it Released? Page.
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May 18, 2019

How to get Linux user information from a User ID

By Chewett Informational  0 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can get user information from a Linux User ID.
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May 15, 2019

Pokemon Go API – Pokemon Generations API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the Pokemon Generations API at pogoapi.net.
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May 11, 2019

DaoRier sensor button switch input For Arduino Review and Code

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This post talks about using the DaoRier sensor button switch input with an Arduino.
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May 8, 2019

Raspberry Pi Cluster Node – 15 A more complex webserver

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster  1 Comment
This tutorial focuses on improving the webserver to display information about the slaves connected to the master using python Bottle.
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May 4, 2019

Fixing iTunes not installing or updating due to Windows Installer package error

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This post explains how you can resolve issues with iTunes not installing or updating when you get a Windows Installer package.
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May 1, 2019

Pokemon Go API – API Hashes API

By Chewett Software  1 Comment
This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the API Hashes API at pogoapi.net.
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April 27, 2019

Improving Closeness algorithm by precomputing R

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post is a continuation of a previous post where I talked about how you can check if two points are closer than a distance. This improves it by adding the possibility to precompute R.
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April 24, 2019

Fixing ASUS ZenPad 3S 10 wont turn on

By Chewett Fixes  0 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can fix an ASUS ZenPad 3S 10 when it wont turn on.
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April 20, 2019

Pokemon Go API – Player XP Requirements API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the Player XP Requirements API at pogoapi.net.
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April 17, 2019

Raspberry Pi Cluster Node – 14 A simple webserver

By Chewett Raspberry Pi Cluster, Uncategorized  0 Comments
This tutorial focuses on creating a simple webserver that displays the status of the master using python Bottle.
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April 13, 2019

MQ-135 Air Quality and Hazardous Gas Sensor For Arduino Review and Code

By Chewett Electronics  0 Comments
This post talks about using the MQ-135 Air Quality and Hazardous Gas sensor with an Arduino.
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April 10, 2019

Installing the SDL 2 Dev tools on Fedora

By Chewett Software  2 Comments
This post quickly lists how you can install the SDL 2 dev tools on Fedora.
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April 6, 2019

Halite AI Challenge 2018 Results

By Chewett Uncategorized  0 Comments
Today I am writing about my bot in the Halite 3 2018 competition
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April 3, 2019

Checking if two points are closer than a distance

By Chewett Software  5 Comments
This blog post talks about how you can quickly check if two point are closer than a specific distance.
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March 30, 2019

Pokemon Go API – Pokemon Gender API

By Chewett Software  0 Comments
This post talks about the newest Pokemon Go API, the Pokemon Gender API at pogoapi.net.
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