Alex over at RasPi.TV has been doing a series on the GPIO. His latest post is a quick-reference cheat sheet for using the GPIO from the popular Pi language Python. Take a look at the cheat sheet here
#RaspberryPi powered Hexapod comes together
Dan Durusky has been building a hexapod robot called B.E.T.H. He’s just finished crowding the parts into the chassis and has provided a lot of detail as to the components used. Take a look at the project update here and see how it all began here.
Digital vintage radio using a #RaspberryPi
Florian Amrhein has been messing around with a decades-old Philips tube radio. He’s put a Raspberry Pi and a bunch of other stuff inside the ultra-retro casing and created an IP radio. He’s blogged in-depth about it. Read about the project here
Pidora and Python on the #RaspberryPi – a quick look
Francois Dion has been looking at the Pidora distro and seeing if Python will work on it. In short, it doesn’t totally work yet, but have a read of his blog post to hear more about it.
Using a professional VPN service to evade geographical restrictions with a #RaspberryPi
Arc Software has blogged an enormous post about using the VPN service “Hide My Ass” to protect and encrypt your internet activity when using your Pi. The service isn’t free, but there are a lot of benefits including getting around any geographical restrictions there may be on the internet connection in your area.
Read the article here. It is very long but multiple methods of connecting are covered and it’s well worth a read if you don’t mind paying a little for the security.
Build your first game using Scratch on the #RaspberryPi
TechRadar have just published an in-depth tutorial on creating your first game using Scratch on the Raspberry Pi. Read the tutorial here