Day out at Beamish open air museum
I visited the Beamish open air museum with my son during the February half-term holiday, there were also special World
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First Aid Manual 10th edition
The First Aid Manual is the official guide from the UK leading first aid organisations: St John Ambulance, St Andrew’s
Read MoreTheme Hospital game for Linux – CorsixTH
It’s not often I write about running games on Linux, although that is likely to change. It’s even less that
Read MoreInstalling Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 17 laptop (7737) dual boot with Windows 8 / 8.1
This is a guide to install Ubuntu on a Windows 8 based laptop. Specifically this is how it can be
Read MoreErratic mouse behaviour on Dell laptop with soft touchpad – Adjusting the trackpad in Ubuntu
I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 17 laptop, to primarily run Linux. This is a 17″ laptop with touchscreen and
Read MoreReview of the Raspberry Pi Fuze – Raspberry Pi based computer with Fuze basic
As an adult I often try and imagine myself in my children’s shoes to try and think about how appropriate something would be for their age group. Usually I can get a reasonable idea of how well they will pick something up, but this review is one where my daughter has helped me to see what it is like to learn programming through a child’s eyes.
This is a review of the Fuze Raspberry Pi based computer.
Read MoreChristmas craft with kids – Electronic project with the Raspberry Pi
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 MoreSetting up the Raspberry Pi as a host wireless hotspot
This guide is how to turn a Raspberry Pi into a host Wireless WiFi hotspot. First what does that mean?
Read MoreDartmoor Zoological Park – Real home of We Bought a Zoo
I 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 MoreRaspberry Pi – configure wireless using the command line – useful on Model A with only one USB port
The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, low power computer ideal for learning computing and electronics projects. It is available
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