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Two bottles of dried up Gorilla Glue.

Gorilla Glue. The most useless, expensive glue I've ever attempted to use. If you are lucky you might get to use it once before the whole bottle dries up and you have to throw it away.

A photo of a Raspberry Pi 5 box next to a coffee in a red cup.

I wandered past the Raspberry Pi pop-up shop in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol. I may have purchased some items.
(coffee not included).
#RaspberryPi #Bristol

As a quick update for anyone finding this post ... I rebuilt my Pi-Hole using the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite (32 bit) and PH v6. Restored settings from a backup. Everything is running fine on a Raspberry Pi B+. My TV spyware is furious 😂

At #CamJam today talking and showing all things #RaspberryPi. Also taking donations for bits in a box of old (and not so old!) Pi tech. Be interesting to see if old Pis have got any value to people!

Almost managed to update my Pi Hole OLED screen script to use the new V6 API. It's taking me longer to simply control an LED due to gpiozero not liking Python virtual environments.

I remember the days when using an LED was the easy bit!

Started to work on writing up my Psion 5 / #RaspberryPi conversion project over on my blog:
www.recantha.co.uk/blog/?page_i...
Going to take some time, this one! :-)

I had a much smoother experience once I did a fresh install of Raspberry Pi OS. Imported my settings from a backup and everything worked as expected.

Mine seems to be on 80. What caught me out was despite picking OpenDNS in the setup wizard my DNS resolver settings were empty. Which resulted in no internet for many of my devices. Once I ticked the boxes it's now running perfectly. Hooray!

I suspect the lighttpd was still running alongside the new built in webserver. Just reimaged the SD card, reinstalled Pi-Hole and imported some settings from a backup. All looking good so far.

I didn't realise the next update was a big version otherwise I would have waited. Got it running again but there are some weird issues. The shutdown/reboot/logout buttons are missing from the GUI and the API has changed so my custom oled screen script needs re-writing.

Native. I've just checked it and it is not responding at all so must have died in the night 😔

Pi-Hole screenshot showing CPU usage ate 122.5%.

Just upgraded Pi-Hole to v6. Now it melts my Pi whenever I load the dashboard. Performance is definitely lower than v5 versions. Not sure I ever saw CPU over 50% never mind 122%.

I pulled the trigger and launched the kickstarter for SPOKE this morning.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

If you like it, consider supporting it or sending it to friends who might!

First #CamJam of 2025! Saturday, 1st March in Cambridge. mailchi.mp/b8588f80c3c6... Call for volunteers and contributors open now! :-) Being organised by Brian @cannonfodder.bsky.social and Rob.

Raspberry Pi TV and Film Appearances 2012-2024 Since 2012 the Raspberry Pi single board computer has appeared in numerous TV shows and two movies.This video is a run through of those appearances where the...

Want a video showing all the times a Raspberry Pi was used as a prop in TV and Film? Updated for 2024? Of course you do you lucky people!
#RaspberryPi
https://buff.ly/4aBBu1f

Just remember to lick that off before using!

The obvious one is to just use it as a low power compact desktop PC. Perfect for day to day tasks without the power consumption.

Next up would be retro gaming.

Looks like another post-Christmas present for me!

That's interesting. Not come across it before. I use Pushover alot for phone notifications. Are you able to compare the two services?

A photo of a small ST7567S based LCD screen. It is being driven by a Raspberry Pi Pico.

Making good progress with the ST7567S based screen. At some point I'll publish the code. #RaspberryPi #PiPico

I hope you find it. It resonates with me because I've been tidying up and having to be pragmatic about "stuff" I haven't used in 5 years and am unlikely to use in the next. Or ever. But I hate throwing away stuff.

Sounds like my scrap wood and 13A fuse collection.

A Compute Module 5 in a basket of Raspberries

Lots of Compute Modules

My review of the new #Raspberrypi Compute Module 5, and development kit is live on Tom's Hardware. I tested the board, CM4 compatibility, SSDs, cameras, displays and overclocked it to 3 GHz!
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...

Compute Module 5 on sale now from $45 - Raspberry Pi The modular version of our flagship Raspberry Pi 5 is available now, priced from just $45: an ideal form factor for custom embedded products.

Raspberry Pi 5 Compute Module 5 released.
#RaspberryPi5
www.raspberrypi.com/news/compute...

I found that the "repeat" feature gets stuck on with short files. I think because the Stop command gets blocked by the rapid incoming data on the UART every time the file finishes.

I've been playing with these modules. I started a draft blog post but got bogged down with various things. I had a lot of issues with the folder structure options, timing of commands and everything got more complicated with short mp3s.

A RP2040-ZERO device.

I would have sacrificed speed, memory, my sanity and 1p for the sake of a reset button. It's why I really like the RP2040-zero devices.

I reworked it to use date/time helpers and that seems to be more robust.

Gambled on a Node-Red automation which I created at 1am to manage my GivEnergy battery during the Octopus #FreeElectricity session while I was asleep.

It failed. Anyone used the Local Calendar node to trigger on events?

#HomeAssistant

- Don't forget to add Alt text to images.