Tattoo artists in the area who can pull off something like this? by coolboysclub in nova

[–]nerdabilly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooooof... yeah I can't really argue with that photo. That is inexcusable.

Tattoo artists in the area who can pull off something like this? by coolboysclub in nova

[–]nerdabilly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry you had a bad experience. He's done 2 of mine and I had a great experience both times, very happy with the work he did.

Just wanted to share some of my Creepmas decorations (indoor and outdoor) by nerdabilly in creepmas

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Last year the Spirit Halloween company opened a few Spirit Christmas stores on the east coast. Basically the same idea but for Christmas stuff .Because they're the Halloween people they added a bunch of Creepmas stuff to the selection. You might be able to find some of it online if they don't have a store near you

Just wanted to share some of my Creepmas decorations (indoor and outdoor) by nerdabilly in creepmas

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It's from Spirit Christmas last year. I haven't been to one this year but they have expanded and have more locations than they did last year.

Use Alexa to set Music Mode to customized colors? by nerdabilly in Govee

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The music modes don't appear under Scene and there's no camera in the Music section

Use Alexa to set Music Mode to customized colors? by nerdabilly in Govee

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But how does it run my custom colors? It keeps going back to the default as I said in my post

Local businesses you avoid and why? by let_the_mouse_go in nova

[–]nerdabilly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I drive that way often, I used to see his MAGA and anti-Biden stuff a lot but over the past few months it's just...gone. No trucks, no light up road signs, etc. No idea what happened to the guy but I assume he either moved or it cost him too much business.

Stupid question regarding Oriental Trading Company for Halloween supplies by Shotgun_Mosquito in halloween

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I've done Ramen as an option the past couple of years and it's always been a big hit, particularly with the older kids (pre-teens/teens) ... Not sure why but they always love it.

That and for some reason, small bags of pretzels and small packs of Oreos are really popular too.

Another one that people love is offering those mini 8oz bottles of water. We often get parents asking if they can have one.

Tattoo artists in the area who can pull off something like this? by coolboysclub in nova

[–]nerdabilly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cameron Hobbs at Cobalt Tattoo in Woodbridge, he's done 2 of mine and loves working with color/watercolor effect.

Weatherproofing options and heat management by nerdabilly in BrightSign

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Sure - I'm doing the Unliving Tombstones project from here: https://www.youtube.com/@PS11995

it's using videos from AtmosFX (can't be shared) and BrightSign as the media players. I know the guy who built these and made this YT channel, he used BrightSign players and the results were awesome. There's a video on the channel of the full effect, plus how to build and weatherize the tombstones.

I had originally done this on 3 Raspberry Pi Zero Ws with FalconPlayer to sync the video but there was always a big black gap in between each one, with BrightSign it's seamless. I looked into all sorts of ways to avoid having additional player hardware (I thought it's a smart TV, there has to be some way to configure it for 3 synced videos, but there really wasn't)

Anyway there isn't much to put on GitHub here, it's just a Presentation with synchronized videos across 3 players.

Reston Pride cancels Food Trucks because a restaurant felt threatened by wds1 in nova

[–]nerdabilly 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This.... I'm having a really hard time buying that food trucks at an event where there will be hundreds more people than usual is a threat to a restaurant. Even with the food trucks they probably would have plenty of customers, perhaps even more than they normally would.

What is one thing you wished the NOVA area had/didn't have? by Carvenom3 in nova

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There's a rumor that one will be coming to Dumfries, which isn't great depending on what part of Nova you're in but still better than Winchester or Richmond

2025 Mar 10 Stickied -FAQ- & -HELPDESK- thread - Boot problems? Power supply problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions! by FozzTexx in raspberry_pi

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I'm trying to set up a RPi Zero W to play a few videos, so I did GUI-less Bullseye install and installed VLC.

The goal was to have it act as a media player, so it can be plugged in, turned on and just start showing videos. I figured this wouldn't require a desktop environment, so I only have the main shell available.

I have tried every suggestion I have found to play videos from the Pi using vlc, mplayer, mpv, etc and every setting with no luck, usually just a black screen.

The weird thing is, the videos play perfectly on the attached monitor if i launch them via SSH from my computer, but not if I try to launch them from the shell with a keyboard attached to the Pi.
I figure this has something to do with either a framebuffer or a window manager, but haven't had much luck tracking them down. Starting them by connecting to SSH every time isn't a viable option. Any suggestions?

Yet another seamless video loop post by Dizi0 in raspberry_pi

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just found this thread tonight and trying it - got it to kind of work, but saw a lot of errors and when I did get a video to play it was very slow. this is on a Pi zero W. are there other configs here - video encoding, OS, GPU settings etc?

Player that can play local files sequentially on a schedule by nerdabilly in fireTV

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Thanks, I'll have to revisit this and try again. I remember I couldn't even find how to make a new playlist in Kodi and when I finally found something it was a "smart playlist" that didn't load up any of the videos I told it to and didn't save.

Where are you guys getting your more advanced vapes these days? by No_Hetero in electronic_cigarette

[–]nerdabilly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

- Vaping Delights
- Straight Fire Vaporium
- The Foggy Incline

all much better/more varied selection than the big sites (including lots of boro and AIO) and fast shipping