Paul's Geek Dad Blog

I'm a Dad and a Geek. My blog is about teaching my kids to be producers, not just consumers of technology. My tinkering exists somewhere at the intersection between home automation, the internet of things, the maker movement and fitness. It's a nice place to be!

Friday, 26 April 2013

Blue Raspberry Pi

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There was much excitement in the Geek household yesterday when my limited edition Blue Raspberry Pi arrived. The Raspberry Pi Foundat...
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Sunday, 7 April 2013

Raspberry Pi Scratch GPIO Disco Lights Game

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Eben Uptons's Pycon keynote speech reminded me that the Raspberry Pi project was all about getting kids in to coding.  To date, I'd...
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Raspberry Pi - Fridge Monitor

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My fridge-freezer has this control unit on the front of it: As a geek I'm not prepared to believe this display so I thought I'd...
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Sky IP Speech Control with Android

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Just after Christmas I asked my eldest daughter what geekery she wanted me to do next.  She suggested being able to control the TV by speak...
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Friday, 8 March 2013

Raspberry Pi Environment Monitor

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I follow Raspberry Pi on Twitter and one day they posted a link to this site .  Some students from Westminster College have posted full det...
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013

An aside from my Usual Geekery - Use of Statistics by the Media

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A quick aside from my usual coding related geekery.  One thing I get a little stressed about is the way the UK media uses numbers and statis...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

SL4A and Bing Human Language Conversation

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Just before Christmas, my English colleague told me how he likes to conduct instant messaging sessions with my Italian colleague in Italian....
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