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Les Pounder

Les Pounder

Tinkerer, maker, hacker, teacher, writer, learner, failure.

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Star Trek Desk Lights

Control the real world from a Python powered web app...oh and make all the lights flash like you are on the bridge of the USS Enterprise...but no exploding consoles!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Bullet

Create fun and easy to use prompts / menus for your Python projects!

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Custom Key Holder

Taking a break from tech this week and in this post we learn how to convert a tool keychain into a folding keyholder.

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ubuntu

Tooling Tuesday - Using ukuu to upgrade my kernel

Need to update a kernel but a bit scared? No need to panic with this easy to use GUI tool.

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Bear Grylls Poundland Buck Converter

Need a DC to DC step down converter but your nearest electronics shop is miles away? No worries you can find something in Poundland

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Blog

When life gives you lemons...

A quick blog post explaining the last few months, and a short story explaining a part of what makes me...me!

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Mu

Bett 2019 micro:bit hacks

Grab some cheap Poundland LEDs and learn how to use them with your micro:bit. This post is a reference source for those taking part in my Bett workshop. But anyone can have a go.

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pounderland

#Pounderland Bike Light Hack

Turn a bike light into a controller for a string of LEDs, all for less than £3!

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poundland

#Pounderland LED Star

Hack the halls with Pounderland gadgets..tra la la.... I popped to the Poundland sale and got 75% off an LED star...ready for hacking!

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Six New Projects!

Six new projects covering Python, Pi, Arduino and much more!

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christmas

Poundland Hack - Sound Reactive Christmas LEDs

Make Christmas dance to your beat...well ok make your Christmas lights flash to the beat of your music.

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microbit monday

Christmas Noise!

Ho Ho Ho, Santa, Snowman and a Christmas Tree are here to light up your Christmas...oh and they play music!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Nativefier

Create apps from web pages with nativefier!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - gTTS

Want to enable Python to speak using a natural voice? Well this library will help your computer speak to you!

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friday fun

Friday Fun - Look No Code!

You don't need a Raspberry Pi or Arduino for this project, but you can still dabble with electronics.

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neopixel

Tooling Tuesday - Bright Lights!

Fancy decorating your home / Christmas tree / self with neopixel fairy lights? For less than £10? Read on!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Ampy

Write code to your ESP8266, ESP32 and other MicroPython / CircuitPython boards with this little command line tool!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday: What 3 Words?

Can you find Blackpool Tower with just three words? Well now you can!

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poundland

Poundland Surprises!

Need a LiPo battery and boost converter? Got £1? Then go to Poundland and give this a go.

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Wemos D1 Mini & MicroPython

Learn how to use MicroPython on a $2 board...oh and blink LEDs!

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friday fun

Friday Fun - Hacking Poundland Halloween Electronics

Can we hack three items from Poundland into one much better project? Of course we can!

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Playing YouTube videos in Python

Ever had the need to play YouTube videos from Python? Well with this library you can!

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microbit

micro:bit Monday - bread:bit

Got lots of electronic components for your Pi / Arduino and want to use them with your micro:bit? Then you need this.

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fridayfun

Friday Fun - Adafruit Chainsaw

Scare more candy while trick or treating by making your own chainsaw...

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tuesdaytooling

Tooling Tuesday - Using VLC with Python

Use Python to control VLC and open up the possibilities of controlling media using sensors and new inputs.

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