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  • Smart TV - Raspberry Pi style

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    When I ordered my £25 Raspberry Pi, I didn't know what I was going to do with it, but when I heard that XBMC had been ported to run on the Pi I realized that I needed 2 Pis; one for XBMC, and the other so I could have one I didn't know what to do with!
  • Tweeting Front Door

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    First of all, allow me to apologize. I set up my Tweeting front door at the end of 2011. Its only about 6 weeks away from…

  • First steps with a Raspberry Pi

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    I missed out on the chance to order a Raspberry Pi on launch day by a few minutes. No worries though, I could wait. After…

  • Stop Motion Beard

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    Ever wished you had the foresight to take a photo of your bead every day as it grew? I did. Until I did this!  

  • Ride The Lobster Qualifying Ride 144 Unicycle Miles

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    This is not a new document, but is one I wrote in 2007 after qualifying for a 800km unicycle race in Nova Scotia.  After a hard drive crash in 2009 I thought this had been lost forever.  I have recently managed to recover a load of files from this drive, including my write up as a Word document.  I've decided to publish it here to share with you lovely internet people and hopefully reduce the likelihoods of loosing it again.   

    Ride The Lobster Qualifying Ride

    Nottingham To London Via Unicycle

    September 10th & 11th 2007

     
  • Rubiks Cube - a 30 year on-off love afair

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    It was over 30 years ago that I first learned to solve the Rubiks Cube. Then 15 years ago I learned to solve it all over again. And recently, I've learned that learning to solve it is still good fun!
    Read on to find out how this little twisty puzzle has featured in my life...