Matthew Manning of Raspberry Pi IV Beginners has done an excellent video of how to take timelapse photographs with the Raspberry Pi camera module and then convert them into a video with mencoder. Great job, Matt!
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Free Linux Magazines on Android that feature #RaspberryPi
Gary Newell has posted about the availability of several mainstream Linux magazines that are available for free using the Android Kindle app available from the Play App Store. Great titles: Linux Format Linux User & Developer Linux Journal The first…
Run a Python script on boot on the #RaspberryPi
Matt, at Raspberry Pi Spy, has written a nice little tutorial on using ‘cron’ to run a script whenever the Pi is started up or rebooted. Read here
Book reviews cover Scratch and Minecraft for the #RaspberryPi
Shea Silverman has written two summary book reports for “Super Scratch Programming Adventure” and “Minecraft: Pi Edition Coding How-to”. Read the reviews
Create a camera with a #RaspberryPi camera module
Les Pounder, who wrote the excellent Raspberry Jam coverage in this month’s Linux Format, has written a straightforward tutorial for creating a push-button operated camera with camera module and it’s bendy wendy cable. Read it here
Linux Format this month covers #RaspberryJam phenomenon
This month’s Linux Format UK magazine has the following articles for the Raspberry Pi: Short news piece on Eben Upton winning the silver medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Short report from Manchester Raspberry Jam’s 1st anniversary meet-up. Review…
#RaspberryPi Camera module review and tutorial at TweakTown
Good, well-balanced review of the pros and cons of the camera over at TweakTown. There’s also a giveaway for those of you with camera modules already – just take a picture with it and enter the draw for a free…
Why programming matters with Clive Beale of the #RaspberryPi Foundation
Great video from the Activate Summit in London. Clive Beale, the Foundation’s director of educational development, talks to the conference about the importance of encouraging young people to explore coding and programming. He uses the Pi as an example of…
Game of Life programming tutorial for the #RaspberryPi
Trevor Appleton has done a great tutorial on creating Conway’s Game of Life using Python and Pygame. This is a great idea for schools as it teaches children programming in general, algorithms, a little graphics and has a good, visual result.…
Rescued pet bird gets a #RaspberryPi powered surveillance system
Jorge Rance has created a surveillance system to monitor an injured bird he rescued which tweets when different aspects of the environment need tweaking (e.g. a water level monitor). The Foundation just featured it on their front page (so hopefully…