Tag Archives: Python

Little Box of Haiku

Posted on November 19, 2014 by blogmywiki

Following on from my Little Box of Poems – which printed a random poem on till-roll (and which also inspired Carrie Anne Philbin’s Little Box of Geek) – I present: The Little Box of Haiku. It’s made from a RaspberryPi … Continue reading →

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Adding a station and summertime to PiRadio

Posted on April 12, 2014 by blogmywiki

“Summer’s here! It’s time for MAYONNAISE!” I think that was how Bill Bryson described a typical British women’s magazine strapline of the 50s or 60s. Summertime also means that my PiRadio is displaying frosty old GMT, so I need to … Continue reading →

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Scrolling LCD text on Arduino/Raspberry Pi

Posted on December 30, 2013 by blogmywiki

As part of my Raspberry Pi/Arduino internet radio project, I’m tinkering with getting the display to show something other than the station name and the time and date – the weather, for example. Now we’ve been having quite a lot … Continue reading →

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Fip Radio

Posted on December 26, 2013 by blogmywiki

I was tinkering with my Raspberry Pi / Arduino internet radio, and stumbled upon David Hepworth talking about Fip radio. This is France Inter Paris, which plays ‘French chanson, jazz, world music, film soundtracks, alt.rock and the occasional blast of … Continue reading →

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PiRadio with clock

Posted on December 25, 2013 by blogmywiki

I’ve made my RaspberryPi internet radio much more reliable – by swapping it for my other Pi. Not sure if it’s the Pi or the wifi dongle that was dodgy – I may have a poorly Pi. (New readers – … Continue reading →

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