For a good few years now, my mornings have typically started with a cup of coffee and Wordle. It makes for a nice, gentle introduction into the day. Some people like to start Wordle with the same word every day adieu, audio, least, dealt these are all common starter words. I m not one [ ]
I’ve always enjoyed fiddling around with tech projects, especially the sort that solve small, everyday problems in a neat and slightly over-engineered way. So when JetBrains released their AI coding assistant, Junie, I saw an opportunity: could I get an AI to help me build something useful from scratch? The project I had in mind [ ]
A little while ago, I stumbled upon a nifty little device from Pimoroni called Presto. It s an RP2350 microprocessor and a 480 480 touch screen mounted onto an aluminium stand. All in all, it s a very neat little device. Without further ado, I ordered one. When it arrived a few days later, I was immediately impressed [ ]
This is the latest post detailing my foray into building a small Raspberry Pi Pico/e-ink display. You can find the start of this journey here. I need to put the Pico into a low power mode in order maintain a decent battery life. Following on from my aborted attempt to build new MicroPython firmware that [ ]
Spare time has been at a bit of a premium recently. Work has been keeping me especially busy just lately, and then the release of Civilization VII successfully stopped me getting anything else done for at least another weekend. All that meant that my little Pico/e-Ink project had to take a back seat for a [ ]
Due to popular demand, my Flickr Set Manager has now returned. Much of the code was written an awfully long time ago, so I ve done some fairly significant restructuring behind the scenes. It seems to be mostly behaving itself, but if you notice any problems, then either comment below, or message me on Flickr. You [ ]
When I decided to reboot this site the other day, I wanted to make a clean slate and start afresh. I intentionally didn t want to carry forward any baggage. It turns out that people still use my data: URI generator, so I ve decided to re-instate it here. It s 12 years old now, but still works [ ]
I had a crazy idea recently. That, in itself, isn’t that unusual, what’s odd about this one is that I actually followed through with it. Here’s how it went: E-ink displays seem to be becoming pretty commonplace, and once set to display something require no power. Would it be possible to build something small enough [ ]
The old site was sad and neglected, so I m starting afresh. This is a work in progress. If this is all you can see, it means I ve just started and haven t got very far yet. Check back later.