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Give the hudl a cudl

We got a Tesco hudl today – a very belated present for Son B. The hudl is a cheap (£119 – potentially much less if you have enough Clubcard points) 7 inch Android tablet that competes with the Amazon Kindle … Continue reading

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Python at CodeClub

Today William (11) and Henry (13) joined a group of kids helping CodeClub find out ways of possibly teaching the Python programming language in Primary school after-school clubs, in addition to Scratch. Scratch is a very kid-friendly graphical environment for … Continue reading

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Over The Bridge and Far Away

Review: The Bridge by Iain Banks (1986) I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this. I was going to re-read The Crow Road, my favourite Iain Banks, in the wake (wake, geddit? Aw, c’mon, give a guy a break, I’ve been reading … Continue reading

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Weather forecast on a RaspberryPi printer – now with added Pi

Here’s how I get the weather printed on my RaspberryPi-powered GoFreeRange internet printer every morning at 6AM. Overview I made a GoFreeRange printer using a RaspberryPi instead of an Arduino. I signed up for IFTTT and got it to send … Continue reading

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Daily weather forecast on my little internet printer

Rain, of course I want the weather forecast waiting for me on my little Raspberry Pi-powered internet printer in the morning. I tried signing up for the Printer Weather forecast app but it never worked – maybe it’s not running … Continue reading

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