Running python tasks in the background In the past few months I’ve built a couple of web apps using python and flask, and the main task of the programs takes significant time to run. The web app for my client… Continue Reading →
I recently found a great podcast on Python, called Talk Python to me: https://talkpython.fm/. I’d treid a couple of other but either it was a one person show or expected you to be sat at your computer coding alongside. This… Continue Reading →
I had a number of comma seperated items in a string that I wanted to use as a python, e.g I wanted them in a python list, that is for each individual item to be treated as a string. Thus… Continue Reading →
I’ve been creating a python-flask web app based on miguel grinbergs excellent tutorial. It’s not a blog, more of an online ordering system, but needs user and admin access, i.e. different options available for different users, which is not included in… Continue Reading →
How about some mood cool lighting in your house powered by a Raspberry Pi? All you’d need is an AndyPi PixelLights strip (or compatible WS2801 RGB LED strip). Our first tutorial controlled the lights directly using python, but for this… Continue Reading →
AndyPi has just released PixelLights – a strip of 6 RGB (red-green-blue) LED pixels controlled by the WS2801 chip. You can get them on ebay.co.uk – search AndyPi. It’s perfect for adding all manner of visual output to Raspberry Pi or… Continue Reading →
Amazon’s cloud storage system s3 is a pretty useful online service. It’s really cheap and has lots of features, although its a little bit more difficult to use than something like dropbox. You can access some of the features from… Continue Reading →
After getting the command line interface for s3 working on the Raspberry Pi, I decided I actually needed something a bit more automatic, so I wrote a python script to automatically get s3 bucket sizes and send out an email… Continue Reading →
WS2801 pixels can create really cool displays – for longer strips you can turn them into a matrix, or shorter ones can be used for lighting effects, visual notifications or anything you can dream up! Below is a short guide… Continue Reading →
We’re hosting a Christmas Party for some deaf friends on Boxing Day, so we thought it would be fun to play a few games, such as pass the parcel… except the key ingredient of “stop passing when the music stops”… Continue Reading →
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