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Raspberry Pi

Using Raspberry Pi in museums

Blackpool has a long history of entertainment with many big names coming to Blackpool during it's "Golden Age". I was recently asked by Blackpool Council to provide a Raspberry Pi workshop

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Origins

I’ll let you into a secret. I’ve not always been a programmer, in fact I’ve only been programming for a few years. Ok compose yourself, get a brandy or a

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Simple VNC connections

Creating a VNC connection Controlling a Raspberry Pi using VNC is a great way to remotely control a robot. But how can you do it? For this project you will need. A Raspberry

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Directly Connecting To a Raspberry Pi

At a recent Picademy Bytes CPD session I was asked by Monica "How can I connect my laptop to a Raspberry Pi?" Good question! Monica was keen to take her Pi

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Staying sane - Your guide to writing multiple Raspberry Pi SD cards

If you are like me then you probably host a lot of Raspberry Pi themed events. You've probably built up quite a stash of kit, including around 20 Raspberry Pi. So what do

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Setting up a VNC server on your Raspberry Pi

Controlling your Raspberry Pi over a network is a really handy thing to do, but how can you do it? Well in this tutorial I show you how to setup a VNC server

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Using Python to get weather data

Being British I have an unatural obsession with the weather. In a taxi my opening gambit is usually "Well, isn't the weather nice/wet/cold ?" to which the poor driver responds

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Picademy@Google Leeds - Sneak Peek

Picademy, the Raspberry Pi Foundation's own brand of CPD training is a fantastic opportunity for teachers to learn more about the Raspberry Pi and how it can revolutionise their delivery of Computing in

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Smile - You're on Minecraft Camera

Minecraft Pi is considered to be one of the killer apps that ships with the Raspberry Pi. I do a lot of work for web and print magazines and they always want a

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Like a phoenix rising from the ashes

I've had to keep a secret for a very long time! In January 2015, Russell Barnes of Raspi.today and formerly editor for Linux User contacted me to ask if I would like

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Shortcrust Pis

I recently received two Short Crust cases for the Raspberry Pi B+ from Pi Supply I wanted to write a short review to look at these cases from a buyers point of view.

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Toys Stories

New toys to play with. PiFace Relay + joined with a PiFace Motor Control EXTRA One of the perks of being a tech journo is that you get to play with some pretty amazing

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Minecraft Teleporter using Pibrella

I've written this project up as a direct response to a query from my good friend Tom Sparrow, who will be running a demo of Raspberry Pi, Pibrella and Minecraft at his local

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Tinkering, tailoring with a Raspberry Pi

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

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Robots, Pi & Biscuits

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

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Biscuits, Turtles and Dojos

This week has been totally non stop for me, and it's going to be like that for the next week or so with Oggcamp and print deadlines to hit. Am I complaining, not

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Podcasts, Pi and Python

Podcasts Earlier this week I was interviewed for episode 18 of the Raspi.Today Podcast, hosted by ex Linux User and Developer magazine editor Russell Barnes. Russell was keen to know more about

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A month at full throttle

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

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Unicorns wearing HAT

No I haven't gone mad, I have a unicorn wearing a HAT on my Raspberry Pi. Ok let me explain, the Unicorn HAT is a new board designed especially for the Raspberry Pi

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Where does he get those wonderful toys?

I am a lucky, lucky lad. Companies send me samples of unreleased kit to play with and in the last couple of weeks I have been playing with three very special bits of

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An interview with Hamish Cunningham

In this last interview from this year's Raspberry Jamboree, We hear from Hamish Cunningham about his kickstarter project MoPi. Which was successfully funded and is now a available for purchase Interview Les Pounder:

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Building a Raspberry Pi computer lab

Busy day at the "office" today. My good friend Tom Sale, from Mereside Primary School needed a hand building a Raspberry Pi powered computer lab. Mereside Primary School are no stranger

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Raspberry Pi Camera - An interview with Dave Jones

In February 2014 I had the chance to attend the second Raspberry Jamboree. The Jamboree is an annual event where hundreds of Raspberry Pi enthusiasts meet to discuss and show their latest Pi

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2013 – A Year In Review…or how the Raspberry Pi Changed My Life!

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

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