Updated with more suggestions! Christmas is literally around the corner! So if you haven’t got any idea of what buy your software developer/programmer friends then perhaps this post is going to help you a lot. Buying gifts isn’t always easy as we don’t always know what the other person likes,... View Article
If you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to download the latest Firefox today (just to be sure) and have a look at their opening page, there is a playable game powered by ASM.JS. The mini game is an excerpt from the full game “Voxatron”. This is of course one... View Article
Continuing on from part 2, here is the full script for the image resizer. Let’s call the script crunch2.py for now, so create a file called crunch2.py under /home/pi/image_cruncher. You can of course use any other directory but we will refer to this one in this article. We will go through the... View Article
Welcome to Part 2 of the Raspberry Pi Image Cruncher. We will talk about preparing the Raspberry Pi for our image cruncher. We know that we will use Python with ImageMagick for resizing and Own Cloud for the image sharing medium. To do that we have to make sure our... View Article
A Raspberry Pi image cruncher, this is something that I have been wanting to write about for quite some time. The plan is to get this article out weeks ago however I had to hold back and make sure that the script and processing actually works all the time. Most... View Article
Just a quick update on the special Quotes Page. I have added 2 new high resolution backgrounds so that it randomizes a bit more. In addition to that I have also optimized all of the backgrounds compressions so that it doesn’t take too long to download on slower internet connection.... View Article
It’s probably just me, but one of the best way to start a day is by being greeted with an inspirational quote from great people. In fact not just at the beginning of the day but perhaps any time when you are feeling a bit tired or stressed. Opening a... View Article
I have been using my Galaxy Tab 7 Plus for a while now. While it’s not the latest and greatest Android table around, it does its job. I’m able to read, work and play wherever I am and because of the form factor it’s pretty easy to carry around. The... View Article
Quite a while back ago, I talked about the benefits of having good keyboards for your daily software development work as well as playing games obviously. Now, it’s all good when you first use the keyboard and all, however things gets a bit “interesting” as the keyboard becomes dirty. Not... View Article
I have used my Pebble watch for a while now and I still maintain my positive opinions about this smartwatch just like my initial article. Of course, being a gadget enthusiast, the black KickStarter backed pebble is starting to look somewhat usual. Perhaps because I kept using this watch almost... View Article