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  • Alternatives to ordering from Amazon

    Amazon has it’s place as a supplier, but for many things I’d like to avoid their marketplace and buy directly. So, I’m making a public list for myself so I know where else I can look for suitable alternatives. Please comment if you know good sources for other products, it will help me and maybe…

  • Santa-pi, a music player for a charity fundraising float

    This is a Raspberry Pi. A small, powerful, low cost computer. I’m writing this blog post from the pi you see in the photo. It is very slow compared to my laptop but it works and is in front of me now, whereas my laptop is a whole 2 meters away on another desk. This…

  • Batch qr code generator in python

    I needed to generate a lot of sequential QR codes for work. After a little searching I found a Python module that generates QR codes so all I had to do was work out a small python script to generate each code and save the image. https://www.roots.uk/qr/001 as 001.pnghttps://www.roots.uk/qr/002 as 002.png and so on. Having…