General, Write-a-palooza 2017

Feuding with the Trumps!

In a previous post I talked about setting up a RetroPie. I loaded it up with a bunch of old games and hooked it up to our entertainment system. The boys loved it and had fun trying out campy old games. One of them in particular gave us a big laugh. My youngest found a […]

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General, Write-a-palooza 2017

RetroPie

I realized I hadn’t played with my Raspberry Pi in a while so the other day I decided to download RetroPie and give it a whirl. RetroPie is a game emulation system for the Pi that allows you to run old classic video games such as Super Mario and Castlevania. I grabbed the system image […]

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General, Write-a-palooza 2017

Some pi hacking

For my birthday recently I got myself a raspberry pi to play with. I’ve wanted to check one out for a while, and I finally decided to pull the trigger. I got a basic Canakit model with power supply and case, and for the past couple of weeks I’ve been playing with it on and […]

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General, Write-a-palooza 2017

Considering some Pi

My birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I’ve been toying with the idea of picking up a Raspberry Pi to play with. It’s been awhile since I’ve had a piece of pure hardware that you have to mold and shape into something. I’m actually coming late to the party on this, as […]

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