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Ten pi-fect projects for your new Raspberry Pi

Coffee table gaming Pi
Feature Set the cig-pack sized micro to work doing something useful
There was an article a while back, in Scientific American I think, that posed the question: given a super-powerful computer, with infinite computing power shoe-horned into a coke can, what would you do with it?* The arrival of the Raspberry Pi (RPi) prompted a similar sort of question: given an (almost) disposable PC with late- …
14 Mar 10:05

Review: Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi ARM PC
Bare bones computing
No review is ever written in isolation, absent from context. Usually, you can guess the reviewer's bias within a few paragraphs, and compensate accordingly. He hates LCD display quality, she dislikes proprietary software, they yearn for the days of full bandwidth vinyl. You get the idea. Raspberry Pi ARM PC Raspberry Pi Alpha …
22 May 06:00

Basic instinct: how we used to code

ZX81 Basic Programming manual
Retro Week In praise of Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Reg Hardware Retro Week Logo I’ve recently caught myself, like some horrific solo re-write of the Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen sketch, waxing lyrical to my two iPod-wielding young ‘uns about the good old days; when men were men, computers were effectively clockwork, and computer games… well, come to think about it, they …
27 Apr 06:00

IRISnotes Executive 1.0 digital pen

IRISnotes Executive 1.0
Review Knows your writes
Composed of standard looking battery-powered pen and rechargeable receiver module, the IRISNotes Executive aims to relieve some of the tedium of transcribing handwritten notes by converting your scribblings into useable text and drawings. IRISnotes Executive 1.0 Pen pal: IRISnotes Executive 1.0 Designed to work independently …
02 Aug 06:00