Lessp

Shiver me timbers!!!
After nearly six years at Tom's Hardware I am heading off for new horizons!
Pimoroni, purveyors of maker toys, tools and kits has added me to its crew!
From April 1st I will be Pimoroni's Content Editor. Creating content to inpsire everyone to be a maker!
https://youtu.be/q1FYxBLDyQk

I'm a maker with a leaning towards retro it seems. #shelfie

Oops!
Early birthday / I survived surgery present to myself!

RE: @andy_warb@mastodon.social

This is fantastic!

New laptop. A Lenovo X13 Gen 2 with an 11th gen Intel i5 1145G7, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Screen is 1920x1200 which is lovely! Runs great with Linux.

Been busy at Pimoroni and here is a sneak peek at an upcoming tutorial.
Using Tufty 2350 to control RGB LEDs connected to Plasma 2350 W via the magic of MQTT. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-ijFhtYLc4s?feature=share

Spent the day weeding and cleaning up rear garden. Brambles had started to take hold. Now it is clear and my back hurts.
The upside is that three robins dropped in to visit / supervise my progress.

My first piece of work for Pimoroni talks about the new Badgeware range. Badger, Tufty, and Blinky may sound like cartoon characters, but they are the new RP2350 powered boards. Badger is e-paper, Tufty is an IPS LCD, and Blinky is 872 bright white LEDs.
https://blog.pimoroni.com/tiny-screens-big-ideas-show-us-your-badgeware-projects/

A couple of months ago, Linus Media Group got in contact, asking me to review its range of screwdrivers. After many weeks of testing (fixing two PCs, 3D printer and some shelves), my review of the #LTT screwdrivers is now live!
https://bigl.es/ltt-screwdrivers-review/

I've also assembled a shallow drawer under my desk. A drawer for those little bits that you like to have handy. Drawer sliders are my design, and I made them to fit Hobbycraft's £2.50 trolley trays.

I've been meaning to read this. So tonight seems like a good time to start Project Hail Mary.

Today the postie delivered me the Hackers movie soundtrack. This makes me very happy!
The Thinkpad? That is my new X13 Gen 2. 11th Gen i5 CPU, 16GB DDR4 and I dropped a 1TB NVMe SSD in because I had one.

Currently playing:
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Tinkering with some code and listening to CDs while the sun shines through the window.

My portable vacuum cleaner has died... Again. Breaking out some new tools to have a tinker. LTT / LMG has sent me pretty much all of its screwdrivers for review on bigl.es They've got no input on the review and I turned down any form of payment. Looking forward to fixing stuff and reporting to you.

To fully confirm that I am middle aged and live in a bungalow. I am very pleased to announce that my tea and coffee shelf is now organised.

Powering a Raspberry Pi 1 web server using the USB port on my DIY NAS build. Yeah, I'm scared too :) Hope to reveal more over the next week.

I've printed sooo many "badgies" (Star Trek commbadges) to test my 3D printer manual bed levelling adventures. I'll have to find a home for them all. Any cosplayers / Star Trek fans need a few badges? Let me know.

RE: @thepihut@mastodon.social

And just in case you need a review to help your purchase decision. https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/the-dream-of-a-raspberry-pi-laptop-becomes-a-reality-argonone-up-review
I still use mine, the CM5 is a powerful platform. But the cost of a CM5 really ramps up the initial outlay. That said, you *should* be able to upgrade to a CM6 if it uses the same connector pinout.

Thonny on Ubuntu 26.04 is like the bottom line on an eye test...