Category Archives: Apple

Screen recording & controlling Raspberry Pi on a Mac with no extra software

Posted on April 26, 2014 by blogmywiki

It’s been bugging me for a while about how to do screen recordings on a RaspberryPi – it may be possible to do it using ffmpeg, but today I found a pretty easy way of doing it from a Mac, … Continue reading →

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Little Box of Poems with a Raspberry Filling

Posted on December 31, 2012 by blogmywiki

Back in October 2012 I made my first Little Box of Poems – this is a self-contained box that prints out a random short poem when you press a big red shiny button. I like having poems instead of receipts … Continue reading →

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Master and servant

Posted on May 1, 2011 by blogmywiki

Charlie Brooker has already written, far more amusingly than I could, about the hell that awaits an iPhone user who dares to try to manage their phone from a new computer. I’ve found myself in the same kind of nightmare … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t get Instagram

Posted on January 11, 2011 by blogmywiki

Maybe I’m too old, maybe even I’m just getting a bit jaded with the faded faux Polaroid aesthetic – but I really don’t get Instagram. Instagram is a suddenly fashionable iPhone camera and social networking thing that aims to snatch … Continue reading →

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Will you sign my Kindle?

Posted on September 19, 2010 by blogmywiki

The other night I ordered a 3G Kindle. I admit, it was late, I was bored… but in the cold light of day I’ve still not cancelled the order. I’ve never hankered after an electronic book reader before – this … Continue reading →

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