I saw the film “We bought a Zoo” before I read the book. As soon as I’d watched the film I ordered the book (well later that evening as I actually saw it as an in-flight movie) and I knew straight away that I wanted to read the true story rather than the Hollywood version. […]

These are the steps involved in getting a Belkin USB network adapter to work on the Raspberry Pi. I have deliberately done this all on the command line rather than using a GUI application. As this will show some of what is going on behind the scenes. This is the configuration for a single wireless […]

To use Linux as a server or to access it remotely requires a static IP address. This is assuming a computer on a home network with a router that connects to the Internet over a broadband connection. The following is based on the Raspberry Pi running Debian Linux, but will be similar for other distributions. […]

The Raspberry Pi is an inexpensive lightweight computer designed for teaching programming to school children. At the moment it is available as a bare-bones processor board, but there are plans for a cased version in future. In the meantime there are some 3rd parties that have created or are in the process of creating cases. […]

What is the Raspberry Pi? The Raspberry Pi is a small computer. It’s about the same length and width as a credit card and costs only $32. It has been designed as a educational computer for school children to learn to program, but is also hugely popular due to it’s small size and amazing low […]

Make: Electronics is a practical guide to hobby electronics. It’s very much a hands-on guide encouraging learning by experimentation. Some of the experiments involve deliberate damage to components. Whilst I understand that this can be a good way to learn I think there are other ways of teaching which don’t encourage deliberately overloading components. My […]