A little bit of a mini weekend project today as I wanted to put my Amazon Kindle to use when I’m not reading, and decided that the Kindle’s “Experimental Browser” could be useful. How about an eInk digital clock… Note: I’m using Python for this project but similar results could be attained using JavaScript or Java … Continue reading Using a Kindle as an eInk Clock (Python)
So far I have been scraping my website for a list of the divs, links and pictures that it contains, however I also want to interact with my site. Back in part 1 I briefly wrote about the GET command that is used when asking for data from a web page. The opposite of this … Continue reading Web Scraping: Interacting With Web Pages (Python)
Web scraping can be a very useful way to extract data from websites but for anyone that has only viewed the web with a browser they can seem like magic. For example, here is http://www.geektechstuff.com viewed via a web browser: And here is http://www.geektechstuff.com when the HTML is read by Python: The majority of people … Continue reading Web Scraping Part 1 (Python)
There has never been a better time to learn about the Python programming language, especially as there are so many free resources available. I’ll start off with a link to my Python category, and with that out of the way, here are some of the available free resources to help on the path to Python discovery … Continue reading Free Python Training
Now that the temperature sensor is taking readings and tweeting them I want to look at exporting the results another way, and what better way than a web page. I have created guides on using a Raspberry Pi as various different types of web server; see: Node.JS Apache / WordPress Django So today I am … Continue reading Installing / Using Flask or Raspberry Pi IoT Project: Temperature Part 4 (Raspberry Pi / Python)
Typically when using the search function in an operating system it returns just files where the titles contain the search terms. However as Raspbian is a Linux OS it contains a powerful search option within the Terminal called Grep. Grep was created in 1974 by Ken Thompson and allows for expressions (e.g. character strings) to … Continue reading Searching Through Files With Grep (Raspberry Pi)
This evening whilst setting up ESLint I was asked the question of which I preferred, tabs or spaces and instantly I thought of this: Tabs versus Spaces from HBO’s Silicon Valley Season 3 Episode 6. What is it all about? When writing code there are times when the code needs to be indented (e.g. … Continue reading Tabs versus Spaces
Monday 17th September 2018 sees the start of National Coding Week. National Coding Week is all about encouraging people to give coding a go and with that in mind, and to help encourage anyone that reads my site and has not yet tried coding I thought a pre-National Coding Week blog post was needed. For … Continue reading National Coding Week (17th September 2018)
When I write my blog posts I use categories to organise the content of the post. Code Club Code Clubs run to teach young people how to code. I’ve volunteered and voluntarily run a Code Club, which this category covers. Digital Eagle Talks about my role as a Digital Eagle; providing tech / digital advice … Continue reading Categories
You may be asking “Who is the Geek Dude behind this site”? Well I’ve been a computer user since the mid ’90s and have been working in the IT industry since 2004. Over that time I’ve used various versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS. I’ve moderated web forums and bulletin boards around comic … Continue reading About Geek Tech Stuff
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