To demonstrate the colours of the rainbow, I wanted to knock up a quick Arduino project that allowed any colour of the rainbow to be selected. The user input was simply a potentiometer, and the output was to be three LEDs – a red, green and blue. Working out how to map the potentiometer value […]
Archive | April, 2012
Helping friends fix their computer, remotely using join.me
I originally saw this on BBC Click and it has been invaluable since then. The site allows you to take control of a relative’s PC (let’s face it – mum or dad’s PC) remotely. You can see what is happening, move the mouse, click in stuff and operate the keyboard, giving you full control to […]
CultureCode Hack – some project notes
I attended the CultureCode Hack run by CodeWorks on the 24/25 March 2012. I will blog about my personal experience at the event in good time. Or, when I can find some time. In the meantime I will offer some notes on the project that I worked on, specifically the technical aspects of it. The […]
Setting up an iPhone on an SME Server
The SME Server is a Linux distribution that sets up a server providing email, file sharing and authentication services. When used as a mail server, it provides SMTP and IMAP mail services over SSL. Connecting an iPhone to this server involves a couple of unintuitive steps, which are documented here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/bizmail/mobile/mobile-11.html When it [erroneously IMO] […]