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TalkTech / Vince
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A like to talk tech! I love SBC's and tech in general!
I work as a technical support manager for Civica UK
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Do you remember that, 10 years ago today - if you where quick (or a subscriber) you got a FREE computer attached to your Magazine?

#RaspberryPi #PiZero #Free #Covermount #MagPi @raspberrypi.com
Issue 40 of The Mag Pi Magazine in plastic wrap with a free Raspberry Pi Zero computer attached to the front.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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A Practical Pimoroni Presto Project
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#Pimoroni #Presto #Project #Pico #Python #MicroPython #Media #NowPlaying
The image shows a digital display screen, likely part of a music player or audio interface, with a black border. The screen displays the title "Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody - Live Aid" at the top, followed by "Bohemian Rhapsody (The Original Soundtrack)" in smaller text. Below the text, there is an album cover featuring a silhouette of a person performing on stage against a sunset background, with the album title "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" prominently displayed in yellow text. At the bottom of the screen, there are two buttons: a green "Pause" button on the left and an orange "Skip" button on the right. The background of the image is dimly lit, with a glimpse of a keyboard or control panel with labeled buttons such as "GP0," "GP1," "Ground," "GP2," "VBU," "VST," and "VS" visible at the bottom. The overall setting suggests a music production or performance environment.
June 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#Uber what the hell is this rubbish?
May 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I love having a multi colour 3d printer. #bambu #A1Mini.
April 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Keyboard and mouse for scale.
#Pinout #RaspberryPi #Pico
April 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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a close up view of the desk mat showing the pin names a useage from pin 1 to pin 12 a close up view of the desk mat showing the pin names a useage from pin 31 to 40 a close up view of the desk mat showing the pico2.pinout.xyz domain name and logo a close up view of the desk mat showing pinout.xyz logo
April 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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My so-far one of a kind
@gadgetoid.com
#Pico2 #Pinout #deskmat arrived just now!

#Deskmat!
This image shows a gray fabric bag that is long and narrow sitting on a desk. This image shows a gray fabric bag that is long and narrow sitting on a desk with black desk mat poking out of one end. there is some writing on the mat of the Raspberry Pi Pico pin names. This image shows rolled up black desk mat. There is some writing on the mat of the Raspberry Pi Pico pin names. This image shows a black desk mat. There is some writing on the mat of the Raspberry Pi Pico pin names. and a diagram of the Pi Pico board
April 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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March 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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So, Half Life Alyx is on sale - 70% off. Time to play!
March 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Very much
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Found the one that caused you the pain
February 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Are you looking for a weekend project?
Do you have Spotify Premium?
Do you have the #Pimoroni #Presto screen?
github.com/vwillcox/Pre...
Features:
* Artist Name
* Track Name
* Album Artwork
* Pause/Play Button
* Skip Button
A Before & After of the progress in just a week.
February 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Hello #Friday! Finally found time to carry on!
Now shows the album artwork!

github.com/vwillcox/Pre...
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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More done
Massive thanks to @gadgetoid.com for spinning a new firmware on a weekend! I can't express my gratitude!

So now a new look!

using the vector graphics mode in full resolution.
The button text changes to show play or pause
Long track titles now truncated.

Got lots and lots still to do!
A touch screen that is mainly black colour There is text "Walk the Moon" and "Shut up and Dance" displayed along with a green button with a label "Pause" in white text at the bottom of the display.
February 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Thanks to @gadgetoid.com and others the code is no longer crashing WITHOUT REASON! there are still crashes to code out!

I've also switched to using #Presto Vector as I can then label the buttons and it looks a lot nicer.

I am also now using full res mode as there is not a need for high-speed!
February 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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You may need to install other bits... here is the layout of my Pico
February 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Basic functionality is coming along nicely!
Now I have a play/pause button that actually works.

Still lots and lots to do. But this now gives me basic something to use when I am playing #Spotify during the #WFH day.

Code is nowhere near ready to share yet. Let me know if you are interested!
February 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Hmm won't round up lol
January 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Look what a nice delivery man just handed me
A photo showing the robot maker's almanneck and 3 books of maker notebooks. The robot maker's almanack is Brown. The maker notebooks are yellow, blue and green
January 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I have put together a tool that generates a word-cloud for my toots on Mastodon.

Would people be interested in a BlueSky version?

github.com/vwillcox/Mas...

#WordCloud #Pythin #Mastodon
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December 28, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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#yarrbooty #2024 This funny font is a if it's a human tried to create a font in 2020 using ai of the time.
November 29, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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#yarrbooty #2024
November 29, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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I can pin
November 28, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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NEW PI!
November 25, 2024 at 5:32 PM