Shea Silverman has launched an official site for PiMAME, the gaming and emulator distro for the Raspberry Pi. This is a great project from Shea and if you haven’t tried it out yet, get yourself over there and enjoy the retro goodness.
#RaspberryPi controlled sous vide water bath
Chris Swan has been using the Easter weekend to work on a Raspberry Pi-controlled sous vide water bath. He’s used a radio controlled mains socket from Maplin and a Github project called Raspberry Stroganoff to make it happen. Read more about it here
Dealing with issues with the Adafruit I2C libraries on the #RaspberryPi
Blogger “Static” has been writing about his issues with the Adafruit I2C library, in particular reading sensors such as the BMP085. Apparently the newest version has been changed enough that it can produce random readings. He has got a modified version of Adafruit_I2C available for anyone experiencing the same problems. Read more here
#RaspberryPi powered Cat Feeder
Hack Factory member “Videoman” has created a cat feeder with a Raspberry Pi brain to automatically dispense cat food. Read all about it here
Manufacturer Ponoko highlights Nwazet products for the #RaspberryPi
International manufacturer Ponoko has just published a blog post in which they discuss how US-based Nwazet uses their services to produce their Raspberry Pi cases. Read the article here
Here’s a pic of a couple of the groovy Nwazet cases:
Firefox on the #RaspberryPi
Mozilla employee Nick Cameron has been working on getting Firefox working on the Raspberry Pi. He managed it, albeit without hardware acceleration. Read about his efforts here