Monthly Archives: March 2012

Processing 2

I have recently discovered the Processing programming environment, following some more experimentation with Arduino hardware. It feels like I am back in front of my TRS-80, but with GHZ of power, the door seems to open again to plenty of … Continue reading

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Pickled Shallots

Again a good old family traditional. Shallots / Spring Onions A few cloves / Ground Ginger / Pickling Spices Malt Vinegar. Very nice with “Hate Levee”, to be done next week sometime once the shallots have pickled a bit more.

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Fruit liqueurs for March…

  I said I would do it, so I did. My Grand Dad recipe for fruit liqueur. Recipe is on the box, just need to wait 30 days now… Our elders did not teach us to flap our wings but … Continue reading

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Internet Enabled Thermal Printer

This is another Arduino project. I am using an Arduino Ethernet with a prototyping shield. Everything is in a Radio Shack box. I also use 2 Stainless steel led buttons. A green one, which is wired so that it is … Continue reading

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Did not play Tennis

This morning it is raining. Well it’s the UK so what do you expect. Actually, we played almost all winter, cold and windy it is still ok, rain …no. Note that in the UK there is less rain than in most … Continue reading

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Internet thing

This is my new Thing. It is connected to the internet and is checking at regular intervals if there is any Tweets FROM my Twitter account or TO my twitter account. If it finds one, it retrieves it and print … Continue reading

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Processing test

This is a test to see if I can link a post to a Processing sketch. It works on my local system. I Need to test remotely, very cool !

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School today

This week boat build for my 7 years old school project. I know it is not very clever but I was given a total build time of about 2 hours and only 12 hours “notice”. (including office time) It floats, … Continue reading

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