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Quick and dirty Raspberry Pi radio scheduling
Many thanks to James West for putting me onto this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2013/09/prototyping-radio-experiences-with-radiodan and http://radiodan.github.io/. A lot of this seems quite complex – I like really, really simple things – but it’s got me thinking about building my own simple radio schedule, … Continue reading
Posted in Arduino, hardware, Linux, radio, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian
Tagged cron, Linux, radio, RaspberryPi, schedule
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Making my PiRadio run at startup
Oddly, the hardest thing so far has been making my Really Very Simple RaspberryPi radio start playing by itself when you turn it on. Which is really the sort of thing you expect a radio to do, really. Not much … Continue reading
Posted in radio, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian
Tagged boot, radio, RaspberryPi, raspbian, starup
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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
Posted in computers, internet, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Raspbian
Tagged GFR, printer, Raspberry Pi, RaspberryPi, weather
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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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Tagged GFR, internet printer, little printer, printer, Raspberry Pi, RaspberryPi, weather
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Kids in America: Newtown and Twitter
Watching Newtown unfold on Twitter was a strange experience. Like most news now, I first heard of it there, a colleague breaking the news in my timeline. I didn’t join in with RTs, and there was perhaps slightly less of … Continue reading