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I had this idea, probably more than 10 years ago now, to have an e-ink display on my wall which does nothing other than show me my calendar. Every couple of yea
by mike-cardwell 7y ago
I had this idea, probably more than 10 years ago now, to have an e-ink display on my wall which does nothing other than show me my calendar. Every couple of years I go hunting for a simple and affordable display that's at least 13 inches, but preferably larger. I don't even care if it's colour or not.
The closest I can find is those picture frames that people have. But to auto update them over the network, they always seem to require the use of some crappy online intermediary. And they're always way more expensive than they should be.
- hmottestad 7y agoI turned my old ebook into a weather and subway screen: https://fluffyelephant.com/2015/12/reuse-my-ebook-reader/ https://fluffyelephant.com/2015/12/reuse-my-ebook-reader/ Any ebook that can be hacked to run "regular" android will do the job, since you will need to turn off the auto-sleep settings. I then used the stock browser to show a simple webpage with some small javascript. Benefit of using the stock browser was that sony had implemented partial refresh...so when the subway times update every 10 seconds it doesn't cause a full screen refresh. Wifi needs to be rock solid, had quite a few problems with my old linksys....no problems since I switched to unifi.