I agree.. I would love to follow someone who is a radio engineer on a tech channel like this! He was great!

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Definitely have Katie on. If Stephen Colbert can have Evie on, Jeff can do no less for his mom.

Yes, I'd love to hear about his Software Defined Radio setup that we saw at the end of the clip. Does he use it to transmit?

Mine is dead from a heart attack. Make do.

Except I keep my shirt on! Most of the time, at least.

I was going to say, Jeff your Snapchat “Dad Filter” Ain’t foolin anyone.

@Jeff Geerling knowing what he will look like in old age ...wait is that time travel?

@@JeffGeerling Does he even recompile the kernel xd

@@JeffGeerling Lol. I look just like my dad (RIP). The difference is that I have extremely sensitive skin (due to a random genetic mutation) so I am often shirtless, whereas he was usually in a suit.

Amen, the amount of times I have had to go into a data centre just to reset a KVM…….

have you use Raritan KVM? or know about it>>

@@yudhavidian102 I've used them from time to time. I see they finally have switches with HTML. Still stupidly expensive though. My prediction is that we will see an overall price drop as a flood of Chinese manufacturers start skinning PiKVM and start producing equipment the same way openWRT caused a price drop/better flexibility in the Wifi Market.

@@pkf4124 Can't you use a KVM to control the KVM?

@DOOM GRIFTER raritan kvm now does not use java... free java...i know cuz i use it full UST+KVM and CCSG..

You'll get some NASty stares tomorrow.

Is this a time to get a NAS included a KVM function?

Would love that feature!

@@JeffGeerling I don't care. Gotta make it easy for the customer and compete!

@@ASUSTOR_YT If that follows through I can go bug my boss to look at purchasing one of those!

It shall be done!

@@JeffGeerling Also some RPi Outernet aka Othernet stuff pls..

I remember my first job in radio was helping decommission the cart machines; they were upgrading to CD players instead, so for a while there were 3 cart machines and 3 CD players with the CDs installed in 'carts' of their own. The wall of the studio was basically like a video store, with hundreds of carts and CDs for all the music and commercials the station would play. Back then disc jockeys were actually that-half their job was grabbing the programming binder and making sure to line up all the carts and CDs in the right order, then hit the button for each and every one (at least until basic automation was in place so the console could switch between them itself). A project soon after that was installing 'RCS' PCs for each studio, which involved importing thousands of reels, carts, and CDs into the system so the computer could play all the audio.

I had to make an ad and dub it to a cart for a radio course I took in college. Now you can just make an mp3 file or whatever audio format you like and push a button. No carts that jam.

@@JeffGeerling My first job in radio was helping move WIOD studio into new building sometime in 2000 - 2001 when I was a highschool kid. Then almost 20 years later I helped dismantle it all and replace it with modern IP audio tech but this time as a full time employee.

In my case, I accidentally pinched the 5v fan wire in the GPIO pins... and the first time I turned it on some smoke started coming out. I thought I fried the whole thing, but luckily it was just some burning insulation on the fan wire.

@@JeffGeerling Ouch! Maybe I should send you some wire splicing materials to get that all fixed up ;) Please say that's in the bloopers.

@@MarcoGPUtuber Unfortunately of all the assembly process, I forgot to record "first boot". I should learn by now that's the shot that has the most potential for excitement!

@@JeffGeerling Exactly! Same with the 2.5G Card. We missed the magic smoke and had to settle on a re-enactment.

It's also not the case anymore, because of the kickstarter you can get a PIKVM in a metal case.

A RPI Compute Module 4 IO Board for PiKVM ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mZWZg5euf6GdqHk.html

Oh yeah, an analog clock using a arduino nano I believe...such a cool build

Don, I fully echo those sentiments, I too have been in that position of losing my dad's companionship...

For a special project, perhaps. otherwise, I'd concentrate on RDP, remote management, powershell, etc first, and save the money for more useful endeavors.

@@MrPir84free RDP, Remote Utilities, and VPN are all deployed, but there are times, i just need to see the HDMI output and send HID. This is especially the case when dealing with hardware RAID, which seems to be interfaced with prior to the OS booting. This is especially true with my clients that have dell R720 servers in their office. But usually my go-to is RDP ove a VPN.

45 now, probably some now that read your comment

$150 board, $50 pi, $100 4 port switch (with 50% discount). That is $350 already. Or $450 on a regular price. These "cheap" solutions are nowhere cheap at all.

@@D9ID9I you assume the 4-port switch, but all you need is a free port on the switch that feeds the machine anyway.

I didn't thumb down this but it is a bad video because you can get way through it (about half way in my case) without being told exactly what these Pi KVMs are and how one uses them!!!

@@D9ID9I May be we have a misconception here between (i)KVM and IPMI. Jeff explained what IPMI is very briefly starting at 1:39. Don't confuse this with desktop (USB, HDMI, DP) or enterprise (IP-based) KVM Switches like ATEN's. This is supposed to plug into your computer to provide an IPMI interface which the computer doesn't provide or which is present but doen't fit your needs. You connect to the Pi to manage the computer like you would connect to an IPMI or a virtual machine console. I'm not a fan of giving one thing more than one name and confuse the heck out of others trying to make sense of marketing jargon either. But they've been pretty consistent with iKVM (integrated KVM).

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That's exactly what we're planning over on ukposts.info :)

Are you me? I do (well did, now it's mostly for this channel) a lot of photography, and as a teen I would spend a ton of time figuring out how to break and fix anything on any of the PC hardware my Dad would bring home. I learned how to build and repair computers then and started doing it enough to buy a few new rigs for myself. That's where I started doing video, using a miniDV camera and a Mac G3 with FireWire back in 1999! And now I get to do the same thing today but also share what I learn here. It's tons of fun!

​@@JeffGeerling Oh man, thank you for sharing! Haha, definitely sounds like we had a similar childhood. I absolutely loved to understand the tech I was using and build my own computer or repair stuff. But I also had a technical limit because back then I wasn't able to get too much into hardware. I grew up in Germany, but my parents were immigrants from Poland, so we had a bit of a financial limit or even understanding what's out there. My playground was more software sided, and I liked it. But to be honest, that's why I love the PI so much. It looks like something I would have loved back in the days (I sound so old, I was born in 1987, but on the internet timeline I am a boomer). At the same time, I was playing soccer at an academy and at one point I had to decide where I put my time in. However, all the computer stuff is still deep in my heart and since I am traveling a lot in undeveloped countries and volunteering, I am constantly finding myself thinking about how I could make use of that. I mean, there are several great use cases. I might just get one and explore all the possibilities to understand all of its potential better :) Anyway, just want to let you know that I am a keen watcher and I appreciate your content. I don't sell anything, but if you would like to have a look at my photos (as a fellow photographer), just google "oliver maximilian kulturhybrid". It should lead you to my dot com site. I am mostly in the eastern parts of the world, but maybe we cross paths one day and have a little exchange. I would be great! Until then, best luck with your channel and thank you again for sharing :)

@@OliverMaximilian Thanks! And interestingly, I made the decision to not go too deep into soccer (my family is originally from the Netherlands, tons of soccer runs deep in my blood... look up Bernie Geerling!)-and that must've freed up the extra time for my computing pursuits. I did play for a hear in high school, but switched to volleyball and focused on that as my main sport... until Crohn's disease kind of knocked me out of commission for anything beyond playing for fun!

@@JeffGeerling Haha. Seems like our existence and choice for or against soccer keeps the world in balance. I am glad it worked out for all of us 🙏🏻

@@OliverMaximilian Indeed!

I aim to make it easy for you to browse the videos. Plus I need the references when I need to link back to a part of a video later!

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A RPI Compute Module 4 IO Board for PiKVM ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mZWZg5euf6GdqHk.html

I think he's trying to make sure the 'big' radio station to the left there doesn't start interfering with his tiny 250W transmitter in the case of what was on his screen that day. It's fun decoding signals though!

I know of some radio stations now that don't even retain a full time employee for their IT or engineering needs... many are trying to consolidate to one regional engineer for dozens or even hundreds of stations!

@@JeffGeerling It's all about profit margins.

Check out Geerling Enginnering (new 2nd channel)-it'll have a new video on a new Pi KVM solution in a few days!