Raspberry PI must-have’s

So I set up 2 Raspberry PI’s in the past week as a friend of mine needed something to do DDNS. I have not completed an Arduino DDNS but I have been comfortable with the PI. I wondered why the price went up in til I realized that the new RPI 3 B+ has wireless and bluetooth now. Nice – and not sure why the name didn’t change :-). Some must have’s I have found are:

• enable SSH and/or VNC – can even do config via ssh in a console like way!
• An off switch via a paperclip – this made me laugh and I reviewed the code. Slick! So put a screw in the official package I gave back to my friend as the off switch (short last 2 pins on GPIO)
• A reboot every week (not necessary but the place I am putting this is 2 hours away – so if any memory leaks etc. occur – I want it to work – can you tell I use Windows for a living?) It is super stable but it needs a reboot still every 3 weeks or so
• turn the time-sync on – there is no battery so it can go off time

I didn’t want to lose these links so I made an article. Also how to setup no-ip ddns which is super easy – plus I found Snotty Ron’s Cupcake recipe and the Snotty Ron commercial which I must share.