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BotQueue for Windows

A long standing issue is that BotQueue's client bumblebee doesn't work on Windows. I'm going to try to fix that with this blog post. I started by looking at  Portable Python  version 2.7. Note, that I'm installing this all on an 8GB flash drive. There's two reasons for this. The first is that I want to test this with multiple computers, and the second is that I don't have admin privileges on any of them. Go ahead and run the installer, it takes a while. Next thing to download is easy_install so I downloaded  ez_setup.py  onto my flash drive and ran it using the python I had just installed: python.exe ez_setup.py It might tell you to run a different command. I ended up having to run: python.exe ez_setup.py -U setuptools  Next, add the "Scripts" directory under your App folder to your PATH variable.  For me, this was at "E:\Portable Python\App\Scripts". You should also add the App directory so python can be found anywhere. You know it

A day with Google Chromecast

Today I decided to buy a Google Chromecast . This nice little device plugs into the HDMI port of your TV, and gets its power from either the USB port of your TV (Warning, plugging it into the service port might be dangerous for reasons unknown to me) or from a little wall adapter. Setup Setup was a little difficult at first, but most things are difficult when you swap two digits in your password. When you first load the device up, it will tell you to go to a URL. I went there on my Galaxy S3, and was greeted with an app link. Once I downloaded the app, it discovered a device was on the network I was on. How did it do this? I'm not actually sure. It didn't know any of the networks authentication at this point, so I'm guessing there's something low level with mac addresses that allows that to work. After clicking on the device, it puts a code on the TV and one on your device just to make sure you're talking to the right device. It will then ask you what netwo