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The plastic T-connectors broke over the winter.  Not very hardy.  Use the internal ones with hose clamps.

The solenoids kept up, so far.
 
Lost the code to the automated system.
 
GPIO pin 7 – Far East solenoid – hanging plants.
GPIO pin 8 – One West of Pin 7 solenoid – walk way floor bed. Soaker hose. North side of garage.
GPIO 24 – not in commission ATM (2014-05-14) reduced watering schedule, to stress plants to help fruit. Back deck.
GPIO 25 – not in commission ATM (2014-05-14) [was in action, but disabled, as overgrown with weeds. South side of garage.
 
Cron job should be
GPIO pin 7 morning, evening 30 seconds, spray
GPIO pin 8, 60 minutes, morning.
GPIO 24/25, …
 
 
Ideas:
Web Status page, for GPIOs…
 

Some people love it.  Some people hate it.
To get rid of new car smell… Febreze your car.  Just got these from home depot ($6.00 CDN + tax).  New car smell, by the next morning, gone/masked.  Two things: it smells nice (if you like that scent), and it’s getting rid/masking the new car smell.
Still drive with the windows down to air out the minivan though.

Someone cracked my site, and started running a litecoin cpu miner on my server.
I didn’t know how to remove them, thought I patched up the system.
If you found out your site is hacked:

1. Calm down
2. Back up the system
3. Diagnose what happened. Log files, etc… google it.
4. Wipe it clean, and start fresh.

Luckily I had backups… but still frustrating.
Keep calm, carry on. Remember to update your site on a consistent basis.

I was getting “Unable to contact YouTube”. I believe my current version as of writing is 1.0.4.
This is how I fixed it. I change the DNS settings on the PS3, to point to 8.8.4.4, and 8.8.8.8 (google’s DNS servers). After this change, the youtube app worked just fine.
I gave my PS3 a static IP, and and applied the proper settings. Test the PS3 internet settings, and start the YouTube app. Everything should work, at least it did fo rme.
Hope this helps… drop a line if it did.
[Update: 2017-01-17] Ensure that your time and date are correct.  Without this, SSL will fail, as it requires that your time is near correct.