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In their seminal work Getting Real, 37 Signals talk about scratching your own itch when looking for a new project. Well I was itching to brew consistently tasty beer. And brewing consistently tasty beer requires reliable temperature control. Sure...
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Today I'm very pleased to make available the first beta release of Braubuddy. Braubuddy started as a simple Python script to monitor the fermentation temperature of my home brew using a Raspberry Pi and a USB thermometer. Since then the project...
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In my workshop I have a Raspberry Pi whose primary function is to control the temperature of my home brew using Braubuddy. Said workshop is part of a detached garage, so I planned to employ a USB WiFi adapter to connect the Pi to my home wireless...
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Do you remember learning trigonometry in high school? If so, you might also remember the moaning... "This is a waste of time. When am I ever going to need this?" I felt the same as everybody else. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, but …
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I previously blogged about the tosr0x, an inexpensive USB relay controller board which I'm using as part of a computerised thermostat. Having creating tosr0x.py to control the tosr0x' relays using Python, I required a device which employs these...
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Introducing... The Hammer Of Doom: To celebrate Halloween this year, some good friends hosted a LARP & Furries-themed costume party. Just days after the event hit Facebook, a post entitled 'Gigantic Dwarven Hammer' was featured on Instructables:...
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