Thanks for this entertaining and informative episode. I've been meaning to test out temperature monitoring on a Raspberry pi for some time. Do you know if the process you described will work for one-wire temperature probes like the one shown here  https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N6GAR11/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1502420419&amp;sr=8-7&amp;pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&amp;keywords=one+wire+temperature+probes&amp;dpPl=1&amp;dpID=416dSXz3BUL&amp;ref=plSrch