Good news, Wild Carders.
Mark Lawrence is back with a brand new Visitor story, a sequel to his story in KNAVES OVER QUEENS.
It’s on Tor.com and it’s FREE.
Check it out. I think you’ll really enjoy this one. The Visitor is an amazing character, and Mark’s a wonderful writer.
And what better way to spend a day in self-quarantine than reading a great new story.
Note: The elves at Pi Towers are all taking next week off to spend some time with their families, and this blog will be quiet for the week. We’ll be back at the start of January. Happy holidays!
Happy 25th of December, everybody!
If you’re one of the many who woke up this morning to find some Raspberry Pi goodies under your tree, congratulations.
Now you’ve unpacked the Pi, confirmed it to indeed be roughly the size of a credit card, and confused a less tech-savvy loved one by telling them “This is a computer!”, you may be wondering to do with it next…and that’s where we come in.
The Raspberry Pi can be used to create no end of wonderful things, including robots, musical instruments, virtual pets, stop motion cameras, and much more.
It will also help you to learn programming, allow you to play games, offer the chance to explore space, and automate your home.
Not quite like this…
So many awesome things.
But how do you do any of them!? Well…
Awful pun. I’m sorry.
You’ll need to make sure you have the latest Raspbian operating system (OS) on your Pi. You may have been given an SD with Rasbian pre-installed but if not, head to our downloads page to get it.
ALL THE POWER!
You’ll need to plug your Pi into a monitor (your TV will do), keyboard and mouse in order to get started. You’ll also need a good-quality power supply providing at least 2A.
We’ve some great instructions within our help pages to get you up and running. And if you’re still stuck, our forum has loads of information and is full of helpful people. Feel free to join and ask a question, and search previous topics for advice.
With tinsel and tape and bows and…
Excellent question. But if you’ve never tried to code before, you may want to start with something a little smaller…like Scratch or Sonic Pi, or a physical build such as the Parent Detector or a Burping Jelly Baby.
You may also want to check out some great project books such as Carrie Anne’s Adventures in Raspberry Pi or any of The MagPi Magazine Essentials Guides and Project Books.
You’ll find a lot more suggestions in our Christmas Shopping List.
You’ll find more projects on our resources pages, along with some brilliant inspirational builds on our YouTube channel and blog. Or simply search for Raspberry Pi online. We’ve an amazing community of makers who share their code and builds for all to use, and now you’re one of us…WELCOME!
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Come Steam sale time, all logic goes out the window.
You'll buy games even though you already have droves of unplayed games. And, you'll look at games on sale way differently than when they're priced normally—Dorkly illustrates how that is perfectly in this comic:
Normal Reactions vs. Reactions During the Steam Sale [Dorkly]
