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16 August 2019 Stewart

Camping trip to Bala Lake in Snowdonia Wales

This year our main holiday was at Easter. We still wanted to do something during the summer but having spent

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ChildrenComputersLinux
14 August 2019 Stewart

Running at Code Club at a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU)

In the past I have run a Code Club in a mainstream first / primary school. This involved going into

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ComputersLinux
14 May 2019 Stewart

Installing Linux is getting harder but it’s not Linux at fault

I’ve recently bought myself a new computer. It’s a high spec laptop, a Dell Inspiron 5580 (Inspiron 5000 series), with

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ComputersGeneralLinuxProgrammingRaspberryPi
11 April 2019 Stewart

Amazon Dash Button Home Automation with Raspberry Pi, Sengled home automation lights and pi-power Energenie Power Sockets

I have recently been upgrading some of my home automation. I already use Energenie Pi-Mote to control some electrical power

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ElectronicsGeneralLinux
3 April 2019 Stewart

Home automation light bulbs from Sengled

I have created some DIY home automation in the past. This was based around using remote control of mains electrical

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5 March 2019 Stewart

Raspberry Pi Birthday Party – Birmingham 2019

I was again involved with the Raspberry Pi Birthday Celebrations in Birmingham. This years event was held at the STEMHouse

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24 December 2018 Stewart

G-Scale building for garden model railway – part 3 – Adding a roof and other features

In this final part of the design for a 3D printed model railway building I’ve added additional features such as

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21 December 2018 Stewart

G-Scale building for garden model railway – part 2 – TinkerCAD code blocks

This is an update on my first outdoor model railway building created using a 3D printer. In the first version

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18 December 2018 Stewart

3D printed Aquarium – Gift idea for Megaquarium Computer Game

Megaquarium is a computer game where you get a design your own aquarium tourist attraction. It’s like Roller Coaster Tycoon,

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17 December 2018 Stewart

Raspberry Pi Christmas Project – Christmas House and Neopixel Snowman

New Christmas House Project web page Since this post was written I’ve now created a new version of the Christmas

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