• Home built Z80 video on Computerphile

    In posts to come I’ll go in to some details about the breadboard Z80 computer I built recently, but, in the mean time, here’s a video that Computerphile made about it Be sure to check out Computerphiles Youtube channel too!

  • Useless Machine

    A machine is a device that does something useful, right?  Well, what about if the thing it does is useless? Well, here is my useless machine

  • Smart TV – Raspberry Pi style

    When I ordered my £25 Raspberry Pi, I didn’t know what I was going to do with it, but when I heard that XBMC had been ported to run on the Pi I realized that I needed 2 Pis; one for XBMC, and the other so I could have one I didn’t know what to do with!

  • Stop Motion Beard

    Ever wished you had the foresight to take a photo of your bead every day as it grew? I did.  Until I did this!  

  • A World First – Rubiks Cube Meets Inverticycle

    Rubiks Cubes have been around since the early 80’s, and Unicycles have been around since, well, the invention of the wheel as far as I can tell.  And in that time every possible new idea around either one has been done.  Until now that is! Although there are a lot of people that can ride […]

  • Xino Dice

    A couple of days ago I got a Xino board like this one. Not is this about the cheapest way to get an Ardunio compatible microprocessor, but it has the benefit of a nice little prototype area on board too. So, although it fits standard Arduino shields, many simple projects can be completed on just […]

  • 30 Second Nanode Build

    A couple of months ago I bought a Nanode, which required self assembly. Whilst I was building it, I thought it would have been nice to get a photo of each stage of the build. Well, when I bought my second Nanode, I decided not only to photograph it, but to make a little animated […]