This tutorial will detail how to build a wireless access point using a Raspberry Pi 4 with hostapd. I’ll also set up an Airplay server using shairport-sync so that my access point can play music. There are a number of tutorials for setting up a Raspberry Pi as… Read More »Building a Raspberry Pi 4 WiFi Access Point + Airplay Server
For completely impractical reasons I decided to try and browse the internet using my 1989 Macintosh IICI computer. Here’s how it went. I’ve previously tried web browsing with Web Rendering Proxy on a 1993 Windows 3.11 computer, and thought I’d see how the Apple experience… Read More »Browsing the Internet on a 1989 Macintosh II with a Web Rendering Proxy
This article will show you how I built a DIY Raspberry Pi Powered Pinball game using GDevelop and an Arduino to add physical push-buttons to control the game. GDevelop is a zero-code game development studio, so this article has almost no coding required. I’ve been… Read More »DIY Raspberry Pi Powered Pinball Machine [Kitchen Build]
Here’s an odd solution I came up with to deal with the tangled mess that is my Raspberry Pi HomeLab – mounting it on a cheap kitchen chopping board. There’s not a lot more to be said for it really – it’s a Raspberry Pi… Read More »DIY Raspberry Pi Chopping Board HomeLab
Here’s a quick screenshot walk-through of the installation of DietPi OS for Raspberry Pi. DietPi is a minimalist but fully featured alternative to Raspberry Pi OS. I’ve run through the install process so that you can see how everything looks before trying it yourself. Previously,… Read More »DietPi – A lightweight Raspberry Pi OS Alternative
This step-by-step guide will walk you through installing the OSMC media center software on a Raspberry Pi. Screenshots of the whole process are provided so that you can follow along! LibreELEC, OpenELEC or OSMC – What’s The Best? LibreELEC, OpenELEC and OSMC are the most… Read More »How to Install OSMC Media Center on Raspberry Pi [Screenshots]
Ads are annoying and they slow down your internet browsing experience. Here’s how to block them for your whole network using Pi-Hole and a Raspberry Pi Zero. No-one likes ads. Ads interrupt videos. Ads crowd up web pages while you’re trying to read. Ads pop… Read More »Installing Pi-Hole Ad Blocker on a Raspberry Pi Zero
I found some cool software called Web Rendering Proxy that lets your browse the internet on vintage computers and decided to try it out – here’s how it went. The result of this was that yes, I could browse the internet, and that yes, it was a… Read More »Browsing the Internet on a 1993 Windows 3.11 All-In-One PC
This article will show you how to install the OpenWRT operating system on a Raspberry Pi. I’ve previously covered this as part of our Installing OpenWrt on a BT HomeHub 5 article, but I thought I’d break it out on its own to make it… Read More »How to Install OpenWRT on a Raspberry Pi
This guide will walk you through the installation and configuration of RetroPie (a Linux distribution with Emulation Station pre-configured) and where to source some legal retro game console ROMS. RetroPie is a ready-to-use Linux OS for your Raspberry Pi, which has everything already configured and… Read More »Rasperry Pi RetroPie Emulation Station Install Walkthrough (Video Games on Pi)
