Saw these books in a charity shop and thought of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social I bought the Spectrum book for my collection.

Raspberry Pi has released the new $200 (£180) Raspberry Pi 500+ which has a full mechanical RGB keyboard, 16GB of RAM and now features the Pi 500's missing NVMe. I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi... #raspberrypi

After 25 years, 329 issues, and thousands of pages, #Linux Format, a leading UK magazine dedicated to Linux and open-source software, ends its journey. linuxiac.com/linux-format...

I'm helping to run the Device Prototyping Summer School this year. There is so much going on: soldering, learning about PCBs, guest speakers, a live gig! It's a lot going on fun over 3.5 days in Lancaster in July and it's only £50. Look below, ask me questions and please share with your friends 🙂❤️

#OnThisDay, April 13, 1970, the NASA Mission Control Center received a radio communication from Apollo 13 astronauts John "Jack" Swigert and Jim Lovell: “Uh, Houston, we’ve had a problem.” (🎥 depicted in Apollo 13, 1995)

Quick(ish) phone call to my ISP as I am now out of contract and I have reduced my broadband bill by 45%! Nice!

@seanferrick.bsky.social Hello! I found this in the loft and thought of you after hearing of your Star Trek Micro Machines history in a recent video. If you want it, it is yours. Free of charge. Note the incorrect text for the Defiant.

DeluxePaint II for the Commodore Amiga. One of the best, and most useful, tools for the Amiga. I think everyone I knew had this. Lean and mean, well before all the bloatware art packages on the PC became the norm.

After 206 episodes, Tom’s Hardware: The Pi Cast is taking a well-earned break. Thank you for tuning in, talking tech with us, and being part of the fabulous Raspberry Pi and maker community. Stay tuned — we’ll be back! (This is not an April Fool)

Watching it print while I'm lazing on the sofa.

Now running a longer print (Gridfinity part) via the web interface. I forgot to turn off the auto levelling so I had to wait for a bit.

And here are the close up pics to pour over. There is ringing, but very minimal stringing. I've done no post processing on this. I just pulled it from the print bed and took the pics.

A benchy, printed in neon green Overture Silk PLA on my new Elegoo Centauri Carbon. This is the first print after a painless setup process.

My new Elegoo Centauri Carbon is printing it's first project. A speed benchy! Speed being the operative word!

Live in two hours time!

Tomorrow at 2pm ET >>6pm GMT<< on Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast I am geeking out with fellow Psion fans Kian Ryan and Mike Horne! Mike is building a Raspberry Pi powered Psion 5 project, and Kian has extensive knowledge of interfacing the Raspberry Pi with a Psion. youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI

It is now nearly three weeks. Still no chocolate, Greggs, crisps, chips, red meat. No pain from Gallstones. Also lost a little weight, nothing major, but a little. :)

No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got a really good excuse though. Power company is upgrading the local substation, so 600+ houses will have no power for most of tomorrow.

It has now been nearly two weeks since I ate chocolate, crisps, chips, Greggs pastries, red meat and many other lovely foods. I feel better for it, not in pain like I was before (Gallstones it seems!) and a bit healthier. :)

Today on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast at 2pm ET / 6pm GMT (Note the time change!) I'll be showing you how I installed Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Botspot Virtual Machine. This is a pre-recorded show to accompany the Tom's Hardware tutorial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqy...

"I have a choice. Let the world get darker or do what I can, big or small to make it brighter"

Just seven days to go for SPOKE (a touch sensitive microcontroller) which I've backed. Looks like a really good RP2040 ( #RaspberryPi Pico chip) based board www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

I'm back after a couple of days being unwell. Dr has sent me for some tests, but nothing to fear, no life threatening issues, just a few lifestyle changes to make.

No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast today because I am unwell.

All gone! :)

Last chance before I recycle them.

We had an issue with the YouTube stream, but Facebook worked well. Full show here www.facebook.com/tomshardware...

In case you missed it.

This week on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast (2/25 2pm ET / 7pm GMT) we are joined by our guest Abe Haskins, who has used a Pimoroni PicoVision to build their ideal mini computer. https://buff.ly/4krmAPJ

It looks like we'll be seeing a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 laptop sometime in 2025. The Upton One, from Argon40 uses the CM5, has NVMe storage & is "Launching Soon" on Kickstarter. No idea on the price or release date. But here are the key features. https://buff.ly/4bddbqH

To get some work done, I have to tether to my 5G phone, as Virign Media are having issues. Started on Friday, cost me lots of time.

This week on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast (2/25 2pm ET / 7pm GMT) we are joined by our guest Abe Haskins, who has used a Pimoroni PicoVision to build their ideal mini computer. https://buff.ly/4krmAPJ

Any UK based Star Trek fans/cosplayers need 11 Voyager / TNG / late DS9 commbadges? Free to a good home. I print them to test filaments before doing big jobs.

Messing around with #nodered on a spare laptop and I can trigger vlc to play an audio file using an HTTP endpoint (an URL). This could be fun :D

I'm happy to announce that #CamJam has a talk from Raspberry Pi’s Luke Wren, Principal ASIC Engineer. His talk is about the RP2350 microcontrollers design. Luke is also the designer of the Hazard 3 RISC-V cores on the RP2350. Tickets are available here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1243972107...

I made a quick tour video of my office / workshop to celebrate two years of working in there. youtu.be/500kvRA-dlw?...

Today at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT

Tomorrow at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT we have a pre-recorded episode of Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast. This week I've got some new Pineboards Modulo Compute Module 5 and 4 carrier boards to talk about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQA-IP-m0Q

The next episode of Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast will be on Febraury 18 at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT.

On Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast Feb 4 2pm ET / 7pm GMT we have Raspberry Pi CTO Gordon Hollingworth on the show to talk about software engineering for the Raspberry Pi. Join us live! https://youtu.be/UxO4qiw9kIw

By the way, if you solder somewhat regularly, and you DON'T have a bevel/"hoof" tip in your collection, I highly recommend it! It makes soldering SO much easier. I see a lot of people use fine needle tips, or blunt round tips. But you can't beat beveled for balancing control + heat transfer IMO.

On Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast Feb 4 2pm ET / 7pm GMT we have Raspberry Pi CTO Gordon Hollingworth on the show to talk about software engineering for the Raspberry Pi. Join us live! https://youtu.be/UxO4qiw9kIw

On Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast tomorow at 2pm ET / 7pm GMT, I'll be taking a look at the new Argon40 case for the Raspberry Pi 5 and saying that the old cases look like props from "The Expanse" far too many times. This is a pre-recorded show, https://buff.ly/4hvBgLk

No episode of Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got some camera issues that I am unable to resolve.

Star Trek Voyager (1995) is now as old as the pilot episode of Star Trek (1965) was when Star Trek Voyager came out.

Live in an hour!

Join us tomorrow!

Picked up Alien Romulus bluray today. Damn fine movie.

On Episode 200 of Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast (1/14, 2pm ET / 7pm GMT) we have special guest Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton on the show to talk about the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB and the many Pi products of 2024. Join us live! https://youtu.be/RAy_vF-KXzk

Just in case you missed it.