Category Archives: computers

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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Python at CodeClub

Posted on August 7, 2013 by blogmywiki

Today William (11) and Henry (13) joined a group of kids helping CodeClub find out ways of possibly teaching the Python programming language in Primary school after-school clubs, in addition to Scratch. Scratch is a very kid-friendly graphical environment for … 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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Root my Nook!

Posted on May 19, 2013 by blogmywiki

With apologies to any Australian readers – although if I break it, that may be an appropriate usage of the word ‘root’. The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch has been on sale for £29. £29! At that price, it … Continue reading →

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