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!

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Ultrasonic Elephant Cheese-puff Game using Raspberry Pi and Scratch

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In two previous posts I've written how my kids and I used an ultra sonic sensor , Raspberry Pi and Scratch to make a press up counter ...
Sunday, 22 February 2015

Ultra Sonic Pinky Pig Anti-Theft Device

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Meet Pinky Pig: Pinky Pig is the most loved soft toy in the Geek household.  He's been owned by my eldest daughter since birth, ...
Monday, 16 February 2015

Raspberry Pi Ultra Sonic Press Up (Push Up) Counting Machine using Scratch

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Looking at back at recent posts I've noticed: I've not done any electronics related projects recently. I've not done much pro...
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Saturday, 7 February 2015

Fixing LightwaveRF UDP Power Measurements

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The thing that got me into this Geek blogging lark was a challenge from an old boss to look into how home automation equipment works.  This ...
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Saturday, 31 January 2015

Terrific Times Table Test Tool with SL4A

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School test practice for my daughter has again given me inspiration for a Geek project (after my previous project to create a spellings test...
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Saturday, 24 January 2015

Raspberry Pi - Python - MySQL - Cron Jobs and Physical Jerks #2

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In a previous posting I described how I used Twitter, Python and MySQL to capture and log my exercise habits (what I like to call physical ...
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