I’m just setting up a new blog for the Cambridge Raspberry Jam. 🙂
I’ve managed to install WordPress on a rev 1 256mb Raspberry Pi using Nginx as the web server and MySQL as the back end.
This was accomplished by following the tutorial on CNXSoft:Â WordPress for Raspberry Pi using Nginx and MySQL.
I found that in order to get desired page-load times I had to install the alternative PHP cache php-apc: sudo apt-get install php-apc
A much-improved and much-enlarged version of Raspbian is now the standard install for download from the Foundation’s site. The new release contains:
This last item adds masses to the distribution and so the install now requires a 4GB SD card. Hopefully not too many people will have 2GB cards that are rendered useless…
Plus! NOOBS 1.3 is now out of beta and includes the following:
The distros are available to download, as usual, from the Foundation website.
New Raspbian release, and NOOBS v1.3 goes gold | Raspberry Pi.
Over at Lifehacker, Thorin Klosowski has done a comparison of the three XBMC distros (Raspbmc, OpenELEC, XBian). It’s pretty comprehensive and well worth a read if you’re trying to decide between them.
Myself and Tim were given a wooden Pi case at the recent Cambridge Raspberry Jam. I’m pleased to say that they are now available on the Pi Hut website.
These are really beautiful – they’re made from Maplewood and beat the pants off the laser-cut cases out there. They are solid, provide amazing protection and fit perfectly – no rattling here. At £20, they are a little pricey at first glance, but you’re really paying for quality workmanship. They’re more like a piece of furniture and are ideal for when you want to have a permanently installed Pi. There’s even a slot for a GPIO cable.
Thoroughly recommended.
For a limited time, you can also buy the custom CamJam ones for a couple of pounds less! I believe there are only a few left though!
St Faith’s school in Cambridge has had help from ARM to build it’s battery-powered racing car, the Green Goblin. To keep track of the performance of the car, they use a Raspberry Pi!
Following a suggestion from and Twitter conversation with David Whale (@whaleygeek), Martin O’Hanlon (Minecraft Pi guru) has mashed together some recently released Ordnance Survey data, the map-of-Pis data from Rastrack and some Minecraft know-how. He’s created a map of the UK with every Pi from Rastrack floating in the air above it’s location.
You can visit the World, hosted by Martin, but I’ll let his blog post speak for itself in terms of connection.
Let’s face it, this is just a million times of awesome.
