Lonnie Utah

re: Josh Pate Ranks College Football's Eight Most Hated Teams 2026

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 2:11 pm to The Godfather

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Why is your link to an Linkedin page for a criminal attorney in Georgia?

Does he specialize in speeding tickets?

re: 2026 HS recruiting class and Portal

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 1:55 pm to SOSFAN

The athletic dept walked back their assessment of Josiah Thompson. Now saying he's out for the year... :banghead:

South Carolina Sports

re: South Carolina OL Issues Will Continue in 2026 | OT Jacarrius Peak Knee Injury

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 1:51 pm to iPad

Updated. They Announced today he's likely out for the year. Must have been worse than they thought when they opened the knee up.

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re: Josh Pate Ranks College Football's Eight Most Hated Teams 2026

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 1:50 pm to PistoleroPerro

I hate you for that link...

Here's the correct one...

Josh Pate ranks college football's eight most hated teams ...

re: The Body Cam thread brought to you by Rev. Al Sharpton.

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 11:19 am to RocknRollAZ

If you've never seen it, this is worth a post here... :lol:

Troops (1997) fan film by Kevin Rubio.

re: anyone using an android, ipad or retro pixel display for HA or weather station data?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 10:44 am to CAD703X

Tell it to make it a 16:9 ratio for the overall display.... (I'm sure it's making the smaller ones that ratio and that's what's messing it up...)

re: anyone using an android, ipad or retro pixel display for HA or weather station data?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 10:15 am to CAD703X

Bonus points for Daft Punk... :lol: :bow:

re: anyone using an android, ipad or retro pixel display for HA or weather station data?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 9:53 am to CAD703X

From ChatGTP...

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You’re talking about a true “wall-mounted dashboard OS” on a 32–34" touchscreen, not just a Grafana / Node-RED static panel. You want split panes with independent content, touch interactivity, and optional full-screen expansion, all controlled from the screen itself. Let me break this down.

1. Pane Layout Concept (Six Panels)

Here’s how I’d design your dashboard:

Quadrant / Pane Content / Functionality Notes
Top Left YouTube / Plex / Streaming Can tap to go full screen, swipe to restore; maybe mini controls below video
Top Right Weather Station Static, updating periodically; shows current temp, forecast, maybe weather alerts
Middle Left Home Automation Summary Garage door status, lights on/off, locks, motion sensors; interactive buttons
Middle Right Reolink Camera Grid 2×2 grid of camera feeds; touch to expand a single camera full-screen
Bottom Left Stocks / Scores / News Ticker Scrolls horizontally; minimal touch needed, just tap headlines for detail if needed
Bottom Right Misc / Sixth Dash Could be: calendar, timers, music visualizations, system health, Cajunomics dashboard, etc.

Total: 6 panes, split logically across a 32–34" display.

Each pane independent; one can go full-screen while the rest remain in place.

Optional: gestures or “tap edges to swap panes” like a giant phone dashboard.

2. Software Stack Ideas

You’ll need a platform that can host independent apps or widgets in touch-friendly panels. Some ideas:

Custom Electron App / Kiosk Mode

Use a single Electron window split into resizable webviews / panes.

Each pane loads a URL or local content:

YouTube embed or Plex web app

Weather API display

Reolink RTSP feeds in HTML5 player

Home automation web app or Node-RED dashboard

Stocks/scores ticker

Touch gestures to “maximize / restore” each pane.

Could run full-screen on Raspberry Pi 4/400 or a small mini PC under the bar.

Browser Kiosk (Chrome / Chromium) + Dashboard

Use Browser in Kiosk Mode and a web-based dashboard framework:

Web technologies (HTML/CSS/JS)

Can embed multiple iframes or webcomponents

Libraries like Golden Layout or GridStack.js allow draggable/resizable panes

Each pane can host independent content (YouTube, cameras, API data, music players)

Touch support is native in Chromium.

Home Assistant Lovelace + Custom Cards

Lovelace is flexible and supports:

Cameras, media players, lights, locks

Tap-to-fullscreen media player cards

Custom weather & sensor cards

Limitation: integrating YouTube/Plex in a fully interactive pane may require extra tweaks.

Touch-First Web Dashboard Framework

Frameworks: React + Golden Layout or Vue + GridStack

Pros: fully custom, exact interactivity

Cons: requires coding, but you get exactly what you want

Can embed:

YouTube / Plex via iframe

Reolink via RTSP-to-WebRTC

Home automation via REST API / MQTT

Weather / Stocks / Scores via APIs

3. Hardware Considerations

Screen: 32–34" touchscreen (VESA mount, flush behind bar).

Controller: Mini PC (Intel NUC, Zotac, or similar) or Raspberry Pi 4/400.

Cabling: HDMI/DP for video, Ethernet for stable streaming, power routed under the bar.

Audio: Built-in bar speakers, or small amp under bar.

4. UX & Interaction Notes

Full-screen toggle: Tap on any pane ? expands ? tap again ? restore.

Drag / swap panes: Optional if you want to “reorganize” the dashboard.

Touch gestures: Scroll ticker, adjust volume, swipe through camera views.

Notifications: Home automation alerts can temporarily flash over a pane.

Animations: Subtle visualizations for music, weather, or sensor status without being distracting.

re: Most horrifying mascots

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 9:26 am to southernboisb

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Why would a bird have teeth?

To bite bulldogs on the @$$...

re: anyone using an android, ipad or retro pixel display for HA or weather station data?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 9:17 am to CAD703X

Update: It was a LG, not a samsung. sorry about that.

However, They are a bit pricy. A bunch of unknown brands on amazon for a lot less. Conceptually, this sounds like a cool idea....

re: Most horrifying mascots

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 8:42 am to InternationalPlayboy

Some of the early South Carolina Mascots were nightmare fuel...

And one for good measure...

re: anyone using an android, ipad or retro pixel display for HA or weather station data?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 8:36 am to CAD703X

I posted too quickly yesterday and instead of posting statements, I should have asked question? Mainly, what's the end game here.

Then I read this statement:

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maybe something cool to put on the wall behind my bar? music vizualiations??

And it occurred to me. Samsung (and others) make Touchscreen monitors up to 32". I have no idea what you'd really use it for, but something that big with that functionality could be cool behind a bar. Maybe an embedded GUI with a spot for a sports feed with embedded game scores on the side?

Dunno. Just spitballing here. Something like this? (Thanks Chatgpt...)

And (at this point) I have no idea how you'd make that work.

:lol:

re: If the AD only has the money to fire 1

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 8:24 am to SOSFAN

After reading this thread a few days ago I initially thought Paris.

But the more I've though about it, I've landed on Paul if we can just do one.

South Carolina Sports

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re: Which one of you was yelling at Free Speech Alley today?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 8:20 am to TexasTiger08

Unfortunately, after watching that video, we had to see the belly of the beast...

re: Gen X kids rated most emotionally durable generation

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 8:10 am to Joshjrn

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That’s not the answer I seek. I agree, and have already posted on this thread, the Facebook going fully public combined with the release of the iPhone 3G was the next massive watershed event. We could argue over which is more impactful, but that’s not particularly relevant to what we were discussing in this context, which was the watershed separating early millennials from late millennials. I was long past my formative years when that watershed occurred, so it had zero impact on my worldview. Now, it certainly is what drives a wedge between late millennials and Gen Z, but that’s another issue entirely.

Not really sure how to respond other than saying, if the things you've laid out in this thread are how it felt to you, then that’s your reality. So in that regard they are valid from your perspective. It might not be a 100% accurate view of the world, history and how events of the time shaped it, but it's still your reality as you understand it. And to truly understand someone’s perspective (and clearly we've misunderstood each others perspectives here), you’d have to live their entire life up to this exact moment, and that’s impossible given the unidirectional flow of time....

However, I will add this. It’s often easier for an older person to grasp a younger person’s perspective, since the younger person has never lived through the older version of the world. The reverse isn’t necessarily true as it can be very difficult to conceptualize how technological, cultural, and economic changes have fundamentally altered the world we live in today. (Conversely, older people don't fully experience the pressures, social norms, and influences shaping a younger generation.) A kid who grew up in the 80s can read about the 70s, but it’s hard to truly grasp that version of the world without having lived it. Just as someone from the 70s can’t fully comprehend what life was like in the 40s, 50s, or 60s, each generation experiences a reality shaped by its own time and context.

re: Smoothie King employees that refused service to two Trump supporters are...

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 7:46 am to wareaglepete

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You know what, people need to be more uncomfortable. Comfort breeds stupidity and laziness.

Rollins nailed it back in the late 90's (pre 9/11 which is a little ominous....)

NSFW Audio.

re: Mark Stoops hired as special assistant to Sark @ Texas

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 4:57 am to mortgageman82

Sark needed a drinking buddy?

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re: Eclipse has started

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/3/26 at 4:50 am to Havoc

Pouring rain here

re: Gen X kids rated most emotionally durable generation

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 3/2/26 at 7:53 pm to Lonnie Utah

And I feel I have to elaborate. They all worked together in a stepwise process. The shift from a text based web led to desire for"Unlimited" WWW access which led to the proliferation of broadband. It culminated in the smartphone. 9/11 and other world events serve as time markers along the way, and did change the world in their own way, but in reality were unrelated to the technological things that were happening. The technology allowed us to absorb the events more efficiently but their influence on the world (tech vs current events) was separate from one another.