Les Pounder
@biglesp.bsky.social
Associate Editor at Tom's Hardware.
I've worked with
Raspberry Pi Foundation
BBC
No Starch Press
TechRadar
The MagPi
Hackspace
Electromaker
Linux User & Developer
Linux Voice
Linux Format
No Starch Press
All views are my own
I've worked with
Raspberry Pi Foundation
BBC
No Starch Press
TechRadar
The MagPi
Hackspace
Electromaker
Linux User & Developer
Linux Voice
Linux Format
No Starch Press
All views are my own
Saw these books in a charity shop and thought of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social I bought the Spectrum book for my collection.
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Saw these books in a charity shop and thought of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social I bought the Spectrum book for my collection.
Raspberry Pi has released the new $200 (£180) Raspberry Pi 500+ which has a full mechanical RGB keyboard, 16GB of RAM and now features the Pi 500's missing NVMe.
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Raspberry Pi has released the new $200 (£180) Raspberry Pi 500+ which has a full mechanical RGB keyboard, 16GB of RAM and now features the Pi 500's missing NVMe.
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
I got my hands on a unit and wrote a review over at Tom's Hardware
www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi...
#raspberrypi
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After 25 years, 329 issues, and thousands of pages, #Linux Format, a leading UK magazine dedicated to Linux and open-source software, ends its journey.
linuxiac.com/linux-format...
linuxiac.com/linux-format...
Linux Format Magazine Ends with Issue 329
After 25 years, 329 issues, and thousands of pages, Linux Format, a leading UK magazine dedicated to Linux and open-source software, ends its journey.
linuxiac.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
After 25 years, 329 issues, and thousands of pages, #Linux Format, a leading UK magazine dedicated to Linux and open-source software, ends its journey.
linuxiac.com/linux-format...
linuxiac.com/linux-format...
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I'm helping to run the Device Prototyping Summer School this year. There is so much going on: soldering, learning about PCBs, guest speakers, a live gig! It's a lot going on fun over 3.5 days in Lancaster in July and it's only £50.
Look below, ask me questions and please share with your friends 🙂❤️
Look below, ask me questions and please share with your friends 🙂❤️
Registration now open for our 3.5 day, hands-on summer school at Lancaster University this July!
30 places available with accommodation, meals and all course content for just £50, plus £4000 in prizes. Open to all interested in low-volume device creation.
Learn more & apply: buff.ly/mX7ihRV
30 places available with accommodation, meals and all course content for just £50, plus £4000 in prizes. Open to all interested in low-volume device creation.
Learn more & apply: buff.ly/mX7ihRV
April 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I'm helping to run the Device Prototyping Summer School this year. There is so much going on: soldering, learning about PCBs, guest speakers, a live gig! It's a lot going on fun over 3.5 days in Lancaster in July and it's only £50.
Look below, ask me questions and please share with your friends 🙂❤️
Look below, ask me questions and please share with your friends 🙂❤️
Reposted by Les Pounder
#OnThisDay, April 13, 1970, the NASA Mission Control Center received a radio communication from Apollo 13 astronauts John "Jack" Swigert and Jim Lovell: “Uh, Houston, we’ve had a problem.” (🎥 depicted in Apollo 13, 1995)
April 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#OnThisDay, April 13, 1970, the NASA Mission Control Center received a radio communication from Apollo 13 astronauts John "Jack" Swigert and Jim Lovell: “Uh, Houston, we’ve had a problem.” (🎥 depicted in Apollo 13, 1995)
Quick(ish) phone call to my ISP as I am now out of contract and I have reduced my broadband bill by 45%! Nice!
April 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Quick(ish) phone call to my ISP as I am now out of contract and I have reduced my broadband bill by 45%! Nice!
@seanferrick.bsky.social Hello! I found this in the loft and thought of you after hearing of your Star Trek Micro Machines history in a recent video. If you want it, it is yours. Free of charge. Note the incorrect text for the Defiant.
April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
@seanferrick.bsky.social Hello! I found this in the loft and thought of you after hearing of your Star Trek Micro Machines history in a recent video. If you want it, it is yours. Free of charge. Note the incorrect text for the Defiant.
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DeluxePaint II for the Commodore Amiga. One of the best, and most useful, tools for the Amiga. I think everyone I knew had this. Lean and mean, well before all the bloatware art packages on the PC became the norm.
April 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
DeluxePaint II for the Commodore Amiga. One of the best, and most useful, tools for the Amiga. I think everyone I knew had this. Lean and mean, well before all the bloatware art packages on the PC became the norm.
After 206 episodes, Tom’s Hardware: The Pi Cast is taking a well-earned break. Thank you for tuning in, talking tech with us, and being part of the fabulous Raspberry Pi and maker community. Stay tuned — we’ll be back! (This is not an April Fool)
April 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
After 206 episodes, Tom’s Hardware: The Pi Cast is taking a well-earned break. Thank you for tuning in, talking tech with us, and being part of the fabulous Raspberry Pi and maker community. Stay tuned — we’ll be back! (This is not an April Fool)
Watching it print while I'm lazing on the sofa.
March 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Watching it print while I'm lazing on the sofa.
Now running a longer print (Gridfinity part) via the web interface. I forgot to turn off the auto levelling so I had to wait for a bit.
March 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Now running a longer print (Gridfinity part) via the web interface. I forgot to turn off the auto levelling so I had to wait for a bit.
And here are the close up pics to pour over. There is ringing, but very minimal stringing. I've done no post processing on this. I just pulled it from the print bed and took the pics.
March 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
And here are the close up pics to pour over. There is ringing, but very minimal stringing. I've done no post processing on this. I just pulled it from the print bed and took the pics.
A benchy, printed in neon green Overture Silk PLA on my new Elegoo Centauri Carbon. This is the first print after a painless setup process.
March 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A benchy, printed in neon green Overture Silk PLA on my new Elegoo Centauri Carbon. This is the first print after a painless setup process.
My new Elegoo Centauri Carbon is printing it's first project. A speed benchy! Speed being the operative word!
March 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My new Elegoo Centauri Carbon is printing it's first project. A speed benchy! Speed being the operative word!
Live in two hours time!
Tomorrow at 2pm ET >>6pm GMT<< on Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast I am geeking out with fellow Psion fans Kian Ryan and Mike Horne! Mike is building a Raspberry Pi powered Psion 5 project, and Kian has extensive knowledge of interfacing the Raspberry Pi with a Psion.
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Live in two hours time!
Tomorrow at 2pm ET >>6pm GMT<< on Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast I am geeking out with fellow Psion fans Kian Ryan and Mike Horne! Mike is building a Raspberry Pi powered Psion 5 project, and Kian has extensive knowledge of interfacing the Raspberry Pi with a Psion.
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
March 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tomorrow at 2pm ET >>6pm GMT<< on Tom's Hardware: The Pi Cast I am geeking out with fellow Psion fans Kian Ryan and Mike Horne! Mike is building a Raspberry Pi powered Psion 5 project, and Kian has extensive knowledge of interfacing the Raspberry Pi with a Psion.
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
youtu.be/PNlbR-aNpPI
It is now nearly three weeks. Still no chocolate, Greggs, crisps, chips, red meat. No pain from Gallstones. Also lost a little weight, nothing major, but a little. :)
It has now been nearly two weeks since I ate chocolate, crisps, chips, Greggs pastries, red meat and many other lovely foods. I feel better for it, not in pain like I was before (Gallstones it seems!) and a bit healthier. :)
March 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It is now nearly three weeks. Still no chocolate, Greggs, crisps, chips, red meat. No pain from Gallstones. Also lost a little weight, nothing major, but a little. :)
No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got a really good excuse though. Power company is upgrading the local substation, so 600+ houses will have no power for most of tomorrow.
March 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast this week. I've got a really good excuse though. Power company is upgrading the local substation, so 600+ houses will have no power for most of tomorrow.
It has now been nearly two weeks since I ate chocolate, crisps, chips, Greggs pastries, red meat and many other lovely foods. I feel better for it, not in pain like I was before (Gallstones it seems!) and a bit healthier. :)
March 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It has now been nearly two weeks since I ate chocolate, crisps, chips, Greggs pastries, red meat and many other lovely foods. I feel better for it, not in pain like I was before (Gallstones it seems!) and a bit healthier. :)
Today on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast at 2pm ET / 6pm GMT (Note the time change!) I'll be showing you how I installed Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Botspot Virtual Machine. This is a pre-recorded show to accompany the Tom's Hardware tutorial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqy...
March 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today on Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast at 2pm ET / 6pm GMT (Note the time change!) I'll be showing you how I installed Windows 11 on a Raspberry Pi 5 using Botspot Virtual Machine. This is a pre-recorded show to accompany the Tom's Hardware tutorial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqy...
"I have a choice. Let the world get darker or do what I can, big or small to make it brighter"
March 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"I have a choice. Let the world get darker or do what I can, big or small to make it brighter"
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Just seven days to go for SPOKE (a touch sensitive microcontroller) which I've backed. Looks like a really good RP2040 ( #RaspberryPi Pico chip) based board
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
March 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just seven days to go for SPOKE (a touch sensitive microcontroller) which I've backed. Looks like a really good RP2040 ( #RaspberryPi Pico chip) based board
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
I'm back after a couple of days being unwell. Dr has sent me for some tests, but nothing to fear, no life threatening issues, just a few lifestyle changes to make.
March 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I'm back after a couple of days being unwell. Dr has sent me for some tests, but nothing to fear, no life threatening issues, just a few lifestyle changes to make.
No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast today because I am unwell.
March 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
No Tom's Hardware The Pi Cast today because I am unwell.
All gone! :)
Any UK based Star Trek fans/cosplayers need 11 Voyager / TNG / late DS9 commbadges? Free to a good home. I print them to test filaments before doing big jobs.
February 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
All gone! :)