Raspberry 5 test-to-speech using Piper

I wanted to make my Raspberry tell me about power outages and air alerts near my location.

The setup is pretty simple and described ar the repo:

Alex 2024 April 17 (Wed) 22:49 tech raspberry python linux
Installing NUT - Network Ups Tool Notifications and emails

Notifications and email

 

Simple

 Go to file:

sudo vi /etc/nut/upsmon.conf
Add at the EOF:
# Email script for NOTIFYCMD
# Simple
NOTIFYCMD "/etc/nut/notifycmd.sh" …

Alex 2024 April 14 (Sun) 17:15 tech raspberry linux
Installing NUT - Network Ups Tool

I'll describe a full path on how to install and use NUT.
My implementation is using Raspberry Pi 5 and a TP-Link router attached to 800W UPS.
RPi will be …

Alex 2024 April 14 (Sun) 16:28 tech raspberry linux
WSGI mod, Python, Django, Celery and a nice fella virtualenv

Here I'll show how to use Python (3.8.0 in the current example, but legit for latest 3.+ versions, not for os.name == 'NT') and virtualenv to setup WGSI enabled …

Alex 2019 Oct. 28 (Mon) 23:31 python
Helix Perforce - the name has changed and that`s all for now

Overview

Perforce is a commercial, proprietary revision control system developed by Perforce Softw…

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Alex 2015 April 09 (Thu) 15:30 linux
Plone installation

Will try to use Plone CMS for test cases, interesting to see what and how CMS on Python worked. Sta…

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Alex 2015 April 20 (Mon) 17:35 python linux
ИБП Powercom + VMware ESXi 5.5

Сейчас передо мной стоит задача заставить работать связку ИБП Powercom + VMware ESXi 5.5 В качестве…

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Alex 2013 Dec. 09 (Mon) 11:40 virtualization
VMware vCenter Single Sign-on install

Установка первого пакета: vCenter Single Sign-on Описание: если вкратце, из того что я понял, …

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Alex 2013 Dec. 05 (Thu) 15:16 virtualization
WSGI mod, Python, Django, Celery and a nice fella virtualenv

Here I'll show how to use Python (3.8.0 in the current example, but legit for latest 3.+ versions…

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Alex 2019 Oct. 28 (Mon) 23:31 python
MySQL how to Alter multiple schema tables

To MyISAM from all InnoDB:

SET @DATABASE_NAME = 'db_name';
SELECT  CONCAT('ALTER TABLE `', table_…

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Alex 2015 March 25 (Wed) 23:22 SQL DB
MySQL How to Reset the Root Password

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html Added to bookmarks:

  1. Log on to…

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Alex 2015 June 26 (Fri) 17:03
Virtual Machine Disks consolidation is needed

Do not forget to delete your old snapshots or you will suffer because of CONSOLIDATION! If you're m…

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Alex 2015 March 27 (Fri) 23:04 virtualization
MySQL troubleshooting

Возможные проблемы:

  •  отваливается сокет /var/lib/musql/mysql.sock

Can't connect to l…

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Alex 2013 Nov. 09 (Sat) 02:22 linux SQL DB
Инсталим Redmine на Centos 6

Для начала следует сразу прочесть: официальный гайд СДЕЛАЛ СНЕПШОТ ВИРУАЛКИ После чего пойдем по не…

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Alex 2014 June 19 (Thu) 19:03 project man