Monthly Archives: April 2013

Adding an LED to the internet printer

Sometimes I’m not sure if my little Raspberry Pi-powered GoFreeRange internet printer is actually working or not – the Raspberry Pi is hidden inside the box, and you can’t usually see the onboard LEDs. Today I thought my printer had … Continue reading

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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PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS NOW OUT-OF-DATE.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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Dorothy Parker in Reverse

An unsuccessful attempt to get a book club to pick The Collected Works of Dorothy Parker as their next book reminded me that I once rewrote her short story ‘A Telephone Call’, swapping the genders to see if it still … Continue reading

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