Experiments

Turn a Raspberry Pi into a NAS (Network Attached Storage) Server

In this tutorial, I'm going to talk you through turning your Raspberry Pi into a NAS server to hook up a hard drive, and access it over your local network.

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Battery powered Raspberry Pi

Can you reliably run a Raspberry pi off a battery pack? Here's my findings.

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Install and run Raspbian from a USB Flash Drive

In this tutorial, I'm going to talk you through running Raspbian from a USB connected drive instead of from an SD card.

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Can a Raspberry Pi serve a mobile app with lots of users?

Is a Raspberry Pi powerful enough to serve data to an app with lots of users? I discuss this here

Tutorials

Switch your Wordpress installation from 'Blog mode' to 'Site mode'

Learn how to switch your WordPress website from 'blog mode' to 'site mode' in this tutorial

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No static IP? Point a domain to your Raspberry pi with dynamic IP address

Find out how to point a domain to your Raspberry Pi, even if you only have a dynamic IP from your ISP

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New tutorials coming soon - You choose what comes first!

Here's an update to the project, and what's coming next. Let me know what you want to see.

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Tutorial - Enable 512mb RAM on Raspberry Pi with Firmware Update

In this tutorial, I will guide you through enabling 512mb of RAM on the Raspberry Pi via a firmware update/.

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Free Raspberry Pi Model B

Want to win a free Raspberry Pi? Simply tell me what project you want to work on for a chance to win

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Raspberry Pi RAM increased to 512mb

Since the launch of the Raspberry Pi, the 256mb RAM was seen by many as an oversight. They've fixed this with a 512mb model.

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Interesting uses for a Raspberry Pi

Here's a selection of interesting uses that people have found for their Raspberry Pi's

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Convert movie files to M4V format free on a Mac

Use this handy utility to convert files to M4V on a mac.

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Tutorial - Install Postfix to allow outgoing email on Raspberry Pi

In this tutorial, I will guide you through installing Postfix on your Raspberry Pi so that you can allow outgoing email

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Dingleberry Pi running well on Raspberry Pi hardware

My experiment has been to see if a £30 Raspberry Pi can reliably host a WordPress website. Here's what I found

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Tutorial - Install PhpMyAdmin on your Raspberry Pi

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PhpMyAdmin on your Raspberry Pi to easily manage your databases.

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Tutorial - Install Apache, PHP and MySQL on Raspberry Pi

In this tutorial I'll guide you through the steps to install a LAMP stack on your Raspberry Pi

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Tutorial - Prepare your Raspberry Pi to become a web server

In this tutorial, we will take a number of steps in preparation for using your Raspberry Pi as a web server

Experiments

Boost Raspberry Pi Performance with Turbo mode!

Learn how to boost your Raspberry Pi performance with turbo mode in this experimental tutorial

Experiments

Improve Raspberry Pi performance with USB stick

How can we squeeze more performance from a Raspberry Pi aside from overclocking? Run Raspbian from a USB stick

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Raspberry Pi over-clocked to 1GHz

Find out how to overclock your Raspberry Pi in order to squeeze more performance from it