Curated DJ lessons

This is one thing we all need to do and keep it sorted when adding new tracks.

Takes me 10 hours to setup the IDE.

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wget the correct file from here:
dpkg -i sdrpp_raspios_bullseye_armhf.deb
wget
sudo apt install libfftw3-dev libglfw3-dev libglew-dev libvolk2-dev libsoapysdr-dev libairspyhf-dev libiio-dev libad9361-dev librtaudio-dev libhackrf-dev

If you get a failure, run
apt --fix-broken install

try again with
dpkg -i sdrpp_raspios_bullseye_armhf.deb

There's a couple of ways to watch Youtube videos without watching adverts. AS we know adblockers no longer work, or rather most don't.
Even the amazing Pi-Hole can't block them.

But there are ways to still cleanly watch Youtube videos.
1. youtube-dl
I've installed youtube-dl on one of my linux boxes, I just type:
youtube-dl and the link starts to download immediately.
Then I copy it from the...

It's taken me an absolute age, but I finally have the url to display the CCTV on any security monitoring software
rtsp://192.168.0.20:554/user=username&password=password&channel=2&stream=0

So obviously the username and password is one you use to setup the YALE system, usually the username is admin... then your password.
The channel is 1 through 4 on my system. Camera 1, 2, 3 or 4
The stream is...

CompTIA A+ video (4 hours)

PaintShop Pro rounded corners (7 minutes)

CompTIA Networking+ Video (4 hours)

Linux Server Setup, configuration and monitoring (5.5 hours)

OSINT (open source intelligence gathering) 4.5 hours

By TecMode

Music only Soundcloud

I've used htop for years, but now I've discovered bpytop

apt install bpytop

bpytop
q to quit
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So you thought Rekordbox was powerful already? Wait until you start midi-mapping.
Essentially you can change pretty much every function of your controller.
Chris M explains this step by step, even add stems to a controller that doesn't have it.

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, in the early 1980s. It is characterized by its four-on-the-floor rhythm, which features a steady beat of kick drum on each beat of the measure, and its use of electronic synthesizers and other production techniques to create a sound that is both repetitive and hypnotic. Over the years, house music has evolved...

I know I know, it's something we all have to do, and doing it quickly only hurts you and your sets, rushing along and you'll make mistakes.
But what if you could do it really quickly and just as effectively?

You'll cock it up, everyone does, and more than once.
So how do you fix a REALLY bad transition?

Most people on the dance floor won't notice or care, so fix it and just get on with it.
I quite like the low-cut echo fix.

So you have your tracks ordered properly right?
You might think so, but this one tiny hack/trick is awe inspiringly good and incredibly simple.

Create an empty silent track, use audicity or the like to do this.
Drop this empty track into a playlist and separate the tracks that work really well together with this empty track.

It'll look something like this.
Chris M - A.M.C's Secret Rekordbox...

Rekordbox has a really cool editing feature, it's slightly limited, it's free to use, though to save you have to pay a subscription. There are ways around that though ;)

If you're new to DJ'ing or wanting to start learning the mystical arts of being a DJ, then a good tutor is what you need.
You can always pay to learn, for that I can recommend Crossfader , but not everyone can afford to pay hundreds of £££'s to learn.
In that case you can still learn, and it's not hard, but someone like Chris M can really help you on your way.
Sure you might learn faster with...

Just installed
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Crossfader:

Digital DJ tips:

Mojaxx:

I've ordered mine, it should be here this time next week.

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I have seen no trailers, read no interviews or posts on blogs, forums, Reddit or newspapers. Hell, I didn't even know the show had started until it showed up in my news feed at the weekend.
I did know from various gaming sites that Pedro Pascal was to play Joel, and Merle Dandridge was making a return as Marlene. I also knew that it would start in January...

Exercise in preparation for a new season, so you're off to a bang before it starts.

UPDATE: Lets Encypt have an auto install bot and it’s a signed certificate, meaning no warning!

This is the LetsEncrypt Method:
sudo apt-get install certbot python-certbot-apache -t stretch-backports
sudo certbot --apache
sudo certbot --apache certonly
Test the automated update process.
sudo certbot renew --dry-run...

If you have little use for the 2GB of RAM in a Raspberry Pi, then you could always use 1GB of it for a SWAP drive, this should improve performance for anyone running their Pi on a SD card.

If you want to use a SSD or USB Drive then checkout my easy as Pi tutorials here:

As usual this is a quick and easy setup:
install ZRAM

sudo wget -O /usr/bin/zram.sh

Make it executable.

sudo chmod +x...

IF the resolution is too high and you can barely see the text, this is the fix.

I was able to set the resolution with a bootparameter in /etc/default/grub but when the tty loads, it gets overriden by something.
Then I found this: and I added / changed this:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= nomodeset
GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

then do: sudo...