Tag Archives: RaspberryPi

A tiny screen for a Raspberry Pi

Posted on June 9, 2022 by blogmywiki

I have a few old Raspberry Pis lying around, including a Model B Rev 1 running Raspberry Pi OS Buster lite. I use it to serve up my simple MUD game. It has no wi-fi so it’s connected by ethernet … Continue reading →

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Ceefax from an old Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 30, 2021 by blogmywiki

Got an old Raspberry Pi? Nostalgic for the golden age of teletext? Why not make your own in-house teletext server? For those who may be unaware, teletext was a service common in European (PAL TV standard) countries that transmitted news … Continue reading →

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The distraction of distraction-free word processors

Posted on December 28, 2020 by blogmywiki

I’m currently not writing at least three books. At least one of them, I am convinced, is an amazingly good idea. I’ve written a dozen chapters, at least one of which doesn’t make me cringe when I read it back, … Continue reading →

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piPlay

Posted on April 8, 2018 by blogmywiki

A simple Raspberry Pi audio playout system with GUI for radio or theatre. It runs from one Python 3 program (code on Github) on a vanilla Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and requires no other software or libraries to be installed. … Continue reading →

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Fip Now Plays

Posted on April 3, 2018 by blogmywiki

I’ve been tweaking my touch-screen Raspberry Pi radio. It’s optimised for the Pimoroni HyperPixel display, but it would work with any touch-screen, although it may need scaling for different sized screens. Aside from the mpd/mpc music player and adding some … Continue reading →

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