Tag Archives: raspberry pi

Raspberry pi XBMC media server (completely)

Posted on 03/03/2013 by Pete

I wrote a post a while back about installing Sam Nazarko’s Raspberry Pi flavoured XBMC – Raspbmc, but now things have moved on a bit, rendering my original instructions out of date. Sam has now released the final release version … Continue reading →

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Using a Raspberry Pi LEDborg as an IFTTT.com blinky LED notifier

Posted on 04/02/2013 by Pete

Here’s a little project to build a very simple web-controlled multicoloured LED indicator with your Raspberry Pi and the PiBorg LEDBorg board. Using IF This Then That (IFTTT.com) – a simple online service which allows you to daisy chain different … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi as an adblock server for iPad, iPhone, Android and anything else on your network

Posted on 27/01/2013 by Pete

Adblocker without Jailbreak: On my computer I find using Adblock plus a handy way to speed up surfing and hide invasive pop-up ads. Annoyingly you can’t install Adblock on an iPad without jailbreaking it – and I’ve yet to come … Continue reading →

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