This post is for people who wish to explore the 3 hour forecast features of openweathermap.org I’ve kind of found the learning process fun so here is it is: Once you have called a list of weathers, then you can work you way through that list using a FOR LOOP. I personally find loading each…
This is a nerdy post. So unless you’re interested in python programming and getting weather information then this post is *not* for you. Well here we go! I’m going to assume that you have python installed on your computer (or raspberry pi). Firstly, you will need to install pyowm package. You can do this with…
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I thought I might write a couple of blogs to help churches get their heads around some of the issues and questions one should ask when choosing a church management solution. I’m no expert but here are my credentials: In my years following university, I worked for two software companies. Both were start-ups. Both made significant…
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One of the fun things about holidays is tinkering around on projects that you never get around to normally during the year. These last few years, I have had fun (and much frustration) tinkering around with Arduino. The task for the Summer 2013 holidays was to automate our newly built chicken coop. Whilst chickens actually…
I’m writing this as a survivor of smart phone addiction. In days gone by, I could spend all day and all night playing with my phone. This was dreadful for my sleep patterns, my work patterns and my relationships! But, by the grace of God and after incessant pressure from my beloved wife to change,…
For all those who keep finding the inherent limitations of “Rock paper scissors”. All hail Sam Kass and thankyou to The Big Bang Theory. Rock Paper Scissor Spock Lizard
I finished an engineering degree at UNSW in 1996. One of my big regrets over the past 15 years is not keeping up with my fascination with electronics – funnily enough it was one of my majors (such a waste of a uni education!) Maybe it is pre-mid-life-crisis jitters, but that is all changing because over…
Taste and See that Jesus is good! 