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Building the Lego Audi Quattro S1 Set

I received Lego’s kit of the 1985 Audi Sport Quattro S1 for my birthday recently, and decided to have a bit of fun building it by recording the process using my iPhone, then making a ...

In Lego, Hobbies,
Building the Lego Audi Quattro S1 Set

Releasing a Dead or Alive Wikipedia Package on npm

A long time ago, I used to be a regular listener to Simon Mayo’s Radio 1 show. He ran a “Dead or Alive” segment where a listener would call in, and he’d challenge them to tell him wh...

In Node.js, JavaScript,
Releasing a Dead or Alive Wikipedia Package on npm

Using the Raspberry Pi 4 as a Desktop Computer

Launched in 2019, the Raspberry Pi 4 was a significant upgrade over previous models. With USB 3, gigabit ethernet, a faster processor, dual 4K HDMI display support and options for 2,...

In Raspberry Pi,
Using the Raspberry Pi 4 as a Desktop Computer

Building a Visual Bloom Filter with Raspberry Pi, Python and Unicorn Hat

Bloom filters are a probabilistic data structure that I’ve wanted to learn more about for a while. When I started reading up on them, I found a lot of the material to be quite dry an...

In Python, Raspberry Pi, IoT, Programming,
Building a Visual Bloom Filter with Raspberry Pi, Python and Unicorn Hat

Visiting the Salton Sea

I got in the car, and did a 375 mile round trip to the Salton Sea and back! To break the monotony of being in the same place since March, I decided to take a day trip East to the Sal...

In Travel,
Visiting the Salton Sea

Making a Zoom Panic Switch with the Adafruit Trinket M0

Recently we’ve all been spending a lot more of our time on video conference calls from home. I’m sure that, like me, you find yourself needing to mute your microphone and turn off th...

In Arduino, C, IoT, Programming,
Making a Zoom Panic Switch with the Adafruit Trinket M0

Building a Redis Prize Draw Application with Flask or Express

I decided to build a small application that would demonstrate some features of Redis in a fun and engaging way. I quickly hit upon the idea of a prize draw web application that would...

In Python, Redis, Node.js, JavaScript,
Building a Redis Prize Draw Application with Flask or Express

Arduino Coding: Traffic Lights

I’ve written several articles before using Low Voltage Labs Traffic Light LEDs for Raspberry Pi, but never tried this with Arduino before. A little while back I noticed that they als...

In Arduino, IoT, Programming, C,
Arduino Coding: Traffic Lights

Making a Game with a Raspberry Pi, LED Arcade Button, Buzzer and Python

This is a project I’d wanted to do for a while, and finally got motivation and time to make headway with! As the current social distancing measures have made in person Meetups imposs...

In Raspberry Pi, Python, Technology,
Making a Game with a Raspberry Pi, LED Arcade Button, Buzzer and Python

Converting an 80s Peugeot Bicycle to Single Speed

I grew up in Nottingham, England in the 1980s-90s. At the time this was the home of the Raleigh bicycles HQ and factory, so almost everyone rode a Raleigh. They were solid bikes, an...

In Cycling, Hobbies,
Converting an 80s Peugeot Bicycle to Single Speed

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