Author Archives: wfeiereisen

How fast is the Raspberry Pi 4?

Posted on March 2, 2022 by wfeiereisen

The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive, single board computer that is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) In these last ten years it has taken the educational, hobbyist and maker markets by storm, because of its large open source … Continue reading →

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Streaming to Facebook for Musicians

Posted on April 21, 2020 by wfeiereisen

With stay-at-home and shutdown orders in effect across the world, most performing musicians have had their gigs cancelled for the foreseeable future. There is large interest in moving performances to streaming services like Facebook and YouTube. This post shows one … Continue reading →

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Photo Studies of New Mexico Churches

Posted on March 31, 2018 by wfeiereisen

Churches are a part of our cultural history. In addition to having played a large role in the development of communities, I find them to be wonderful architectural subjects for photographs. Annette reminded me that I have plenty of these … Continue reading →

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Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshop – July 1-7, 2017

Posted on July 10, 2017 by wfeiereisen

We had an absolutely fabulous jazz camp, with Jamey Aebersold and a cast of famous musicians. Six days of combo, music theory and concerts. Having never been to one before, I had no idea what to expect. The days were … Continue reading →

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Illiac IV and Raspberry Pi. Which is faster?

Posted on April 4, 2017 by wfeiereisen

The Illiac IV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILLIAC_IV) was the biggest and baddest supercomputer of its time in the 1970s. It was eventually installed at NASA Ames Research Center in the San Francisco Bay Area and was reported to have been 13 times faster … Continue reading →

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Building an inexpensive “NAS”

Posted on March 23, 2017 by wfeiereisen

I have too many computers and they all have disks or SSDs to store my stuff. It’s a pain to keep the versions in order. But it’s easier if you can keep only one copy and all the computers can … Continue reading →

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Montoso Loop

Posted on March 8, 2017 by wfeiereisen

New Gravel/MTB ride and maps posted here

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Riding in the Black Range

Posted on February 28, 2017 by wfeiereisen

The last weekend in February is the annual time for the Santa Fe Road Riders Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Ride. There were two road rides and one mountain bike ride in the Black Range this year (2017). I used … Continue reading →

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Time Lapse Movies from Webcams

Posted on February 23, 2017 by wfeiereisen

There are many generally accessible webcams in scenic places. They lend themselves well to time lapse movies as they usually point at the same place for days (years?) at a time and store snapshots at regular intervals. It’s pretty easy … Continue reading →

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The 505 Riding Season Kickoff – Annual Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Ride

Posted on February 20, 2017 by wfeiereisen

The Santa Fe road riding season kicks off with the TorC weekend, February 25-26, 2017. Actually we ride all year, but it’s fun to have a kickoff anyway. See the ride routes on this page. Check the Facebook link for … Continue reading →

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