Various ramblings from an IT professional
In the past few years we’ve created a family craft project at Christmas. This has normally been a large Christmas picture. This year we have created a craft project using electronics and programming on the Raspberry Pi.
Read MoreThis guide is how to turn a Raspberry Pi into a host Wireless WiFi hotspot. First what does that mean?
Read MoreI first heard about Dartmoor Zoological Park through the film “We Bought a Zoo”. Whilst the Hollywood version of the film was very different from the true story (although still very good), it was the Book: We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee that made me want to visit Dartmoor Zoo. I visited the zoo as a normal paying customer, but I must confess that because of the book I had become a fan of the zoo long before I actually visited it.
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi is a low cost, low power computer ideal for learning computing and electronics projects. It is available
Read MoreThe PiFace is a digital input output board that fits on the top of the Raspberry Pi computer. The board provides an element of protection for the Raspberry Pi. Connections are made to external devices through screw terminals mounted on the board. This is easier than connecting wires to the GPIO ports on the Raspberry Pi.
Read MoreWhilst we are used to hearing about computer viruses and I am aware of many people’s Windows computers that have
Read MoreWe visited Pendennis Castle whilst staying at John Fowler’s in St Ives. It was a wet day and whilst castles
Read MoreWe visited the Eden Project on a very wet day during the summer holiday. It seamed like lots of other
Read MoreWe have stayed at a different John Fowler site previously (John Fowler holiday at Ilfracombe) and found it to have
Read MoreFirstly as someone that runs a Code Club and a STEM ambassador I admit that I am a little biased,
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