Hi everyone. I’m taking a few days off from blogging over the Christmas period to be with my family and get a bit de-screened! I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas. Be happy, be…
Merry Christmas from Raspberry PiPod
Category: Opinion
PiPod Podcast – a quick update
Hi all, The PiPod podcast will be back, and it’ll be back soon. I’ve been rather busy of late preparing for the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on 3rd December and just haven’t had time to get to the podcast. Work’s been rather…
Do you watch the PiPod Podcast? Have your say!
I’ve been trying to figure out if the video version of the podcast is worth the blood, sweat and tears of the editing process. What do you think? Leave a comment, please help me make a decision!
Electronics for Kids – book review
Wiley sent me this book as well as Adventures in Coding. I’m free to give an honest opinion. Introduction Electronics for Kids is a rather nice full-colour publication by Cathleen Shamieh. It seeks to give kids (or beginner adults) an…
Adventures in Coding – book review
Another interesting release from Wiley. I’ve been sent this and another book to review, but I’m free to give an honest opinion. Introduction Adventures in Coding by Eva Holland and Chris Minnick is another in the series of “Adventures” books…
Crowdfunding Raspberry Pi projects – the Pros and Cons
They say to get advice you should ask an expert. Well, when it comes to crowdfunding Raspberry Pi projects, Alex Eames of RasPi.TV is about as close to an expert as you can get with four campaigns under his belt. At…
Merry Christmas from the Raspberry PiPod
This is just a quick message to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing tomorrow, I hope you’ll be filled with the Christmas spirit and have a lovely time. Please spare a thought for those…
GPIO Zero for the Raspberry Pi – by George, I think I’ve got it!
When Ben Nuttall announced his GPIO Zero Python library a few weeks ago, I was very sceptical. It seemed to me to be dumbing-down the flexibility of RPi.GPIO. I didn’t like it. The truth is, I’d got so comfortable (and, perhaps,…
New Raspberry Pi hits the shelves – the Zero is here
Exciting news today: the Raspberry Pi Zero is here! It’s half the size of an A+, has twice the memory (512MB) and will likely run 30-40% faster than the A+ thanks to some special magic (Read Alex Eames’ blog post for…
Apologies for lack of bloggage
Hi everyone. My apologies for the lack of blogging action over the past week. I’ve been performing in a musical called Parade at Sharnbrook Mill Theatre (that’s me, first on the left in my guise as Hugh Dorsey, lead prosecutor in…