Category Archives: Linux

PiRadio part 2 – adding a button

Posted on December 18, 2013 by blogmywiki

Tonight my daughter (8) helped me add a button to my RaspberryPi internet radio, which I made out of bits of electronic rubbish lying round the house. We started by going back to basics and just getting a button working. … Continue reading →

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Making a wireless printer from a Raspberry Pi

Posted on December 9, 2013 by blogmywiki

I had two bits of unused hardware knocking around – a Raspberry Pi that used to run my Go Free Range weather printer (the thermal printer broke – another story), and an old Samsung ML-1510 black and white laser printer … Continue reading →

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Give the hudl a cudl

Posted on October 31, 2013 by blogmywiki

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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Weather forecast on a RaspberryPi printer – now with added Pi

Posted on May 25, 2013 by blogmywiki

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

Posted on May 24, 2013 by blogmywiki

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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