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Confession - I love early 2000s Apple design asthetics. So when I had the chance to own an A1048 mechanical keyboard...I jumped at the chance. The keyboard itself was a little unloved, being left in a storage rooms for years. So I took it home and photographed it as
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November was another full throttle month, especially due to print deadlines for Christmas. So what happened? Firstly We won an award! I've been working with Mereside Primary School, Blackpool, for about 18 months and in this time we have created some great work with the kids. * PiBeacon -
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October has been a busy month :D Oggcamp## It started with Oggcamp, all the way down in Oxford. Oggcamp has been around since 2009 and is a great event for hackers and makers to get together and share skills. Since 2011 I have been the Oggcamp Chief, and 2014 was
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It has been another busy month in my still young freelancing career. The Raspberry Pi has been my main work horse once again. I even pitted the Pi against the many other development boards on the market. But honestly my go to board is always a Pi. Here's
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Thanks to a kind donation from Paul Court Blackpool Makerspace have their first RepRap 3D printer. The Makerspace team are excited to learn how this printer works and will be spending a few sessions hacking around a learning how to print and what are the best tools for Linux. At
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I really do love Arduinos. These small electronic prototyping platforms provide a wealth of connectivity options and they are really easy to work with. Today at Blackpool Makerspace I worked on an Arduino Leonardo based controller for an art installation project in Blackpool. The premise is that the Arduino emulates
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It’s traditional at this time of year to reflect on the past 12 months and to see how much you have changed in that time. In 2013 I went from being in full time employment to becoming a freelancer and I have to say that it has been the