Category Archives: Raspberry Pi

Making a GoFreeRange internet printer with a Raspberry Pi

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS NOW OUT-OF-DATE. The Go Free Range printer is now at http://exciting.io/printer/ – I’ve not updated my Raspberry Pi code because my own thermal printer is broken, and will only spew out lines saying ‘CP437′ – … Continue reading

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Little Box of Poems with a Raspberry Filling

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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Making a media centre with a Raspberry Pi

Our kids have a multitude of gizmos, but still they fight over the TV; Kid A wants to watch something back off the PVR, while Kid B is playing on the Wii and Kid C wants to watch Strictly back … Continue reading

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Fridge Gizmo recap

Here’s a quick recap on the main steps I took in making a self-contained gizmo which displays London weather, global random tweets and Twitter trends on an LCD display. No soldering was involved. It’s really rather hypnotic watching utterly random … Continue reading

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Making FridgeGizmo run automatically

…or How to Get a Script to Run Automatically at the Auto-login on default Raspberry Pi Raspbian Linux. I want to get my FridgeGizmo that displays local weather and global tweets on an LCD display to start itself up automatically … Continue reading

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