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29 April 2013 Stewart

PenguinTutor website update – new menu

I recently upgraded the blog import function on my website. This imports the blog posts from WordPress and updates the

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28 April 2013 Stewart

HDMI to VGA for the Raspberry Pi – getting one that works

Connecting the Raspberry Pi to an analogue vga monitor The Raspberry Pi uses a HDMI output for its video. Ideally

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20 April 2013 Stewart

Running Scratch program – auto full screen (presentation mode) with Raspberry Pi GPIO

One of the things I’ve been doing recently is a school project with my children using the Raspberry Pi. My

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31 March 2013 Stewart

Battery powered computer – Raspberry Pi using AA or D size batteries

A feature of the Raspberry Pi is that it uses very little power for a computer. Admittedly it takes a

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22 March 2013 Stewart

Runner up in the PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition

During last year I entered into the PA Consulting Raspberry Pi competition. The aim to “Make the world a better

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1 March 2013 Stewart

Happy 1st birthday to the Raspberry Pi

Congratulations to the Raspberry Pi foundation as the Pi is now? 1 Year old today! The $25 (or $32 for

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17 January 2013 Stewart

Technical reviewer – Learn Raspberry Pi with Linux

I’ve reviewed a number of Linux books through my website, but this was a review of a completely different kind.

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10 January 2013 Stewart

First steps in teaching programming to a 7 year old

Yesterday I had my first proper attempt at teaching my 7 year old daughter programming. This is done using the

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8 January 2013 Stewart

Day out at ThinkTank Science Museum, Millenium Point in Birmingham

We visited the ThinkTank Science Museum in Birmingham towards the end of 2012. A great day out, so much so

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30 December 2012 Stewart

Christmas holiday at Center Parcs – Sherwood Forest near Nottingham

We went on holiday to Center Parcs, Sherwood Forest during the last week before Christmas 2012. We have visited Center

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