My simple Etch A Sketch project
The project in action What you’ll need 1 x ST7735 1.8″ TFT display 2 x potentiometers 5 x 1k resistors 1 x breadboard 1 x Arduino Uno R3 …a bunch of jumper wires Wiring guide The code
Chris
My bootleg Simon game Arduino mini project and tutorial
It’s been a while since my last Arduino-related blog, in fact my last project post was way back at the end of May, shortly after this website went live, with my arduino crypto fear and greed index desktop trinket thing. This is particularly bad form given the name of this blog and my original intentions … Read more
GBDK2020 continued: The beginnings of my first Gameboy game
Last month I published a post about my first attempt at dabbling with GBDK2020—a homebrew game development kit for the original Gameboy. I stumbled across GBDK on one of my aimless evening reddit browsing sessions, and as I’m looking for ways to learn and practice C, it made a lot of sense to give it … Read more
Amazon affiliate review site recovery, after getting wrecked by Google
I’ve been putting this one off for a while, mostly because I just wasn’t ready to get back into it. This is for a mixture of reasons really—but ultimately, it’s a little depressing to look at, given where it once was and where it is today, and the thought of cranking out more copy for … Read more
Prepping for UK load shedding with portable power stations
I’m sure by now we’ve all seen the stream of news stories about the ongoing energy crisis in the UK, from the ever increasing price cap to the prospect of rolling blackouts and shortages as we head into the winter. This got me thinking about what I could do in such an event to keep … Read more
Integrate IndexNow with WordPress, using the “save_post” hook
For today’s post, we’re back on the topic of SEO—specifically implementing IndexNow for WordPress. Those of you who work in SEO will no doubt be aware of what IndexNow is, but for those of you who don’t, the first thing we’ll do is provide a brief overview of what it is and why it’s worth … Read more
Mucking about with GameBoy development in C using GBDK 2020
I’m old enough to remember playing a GameBoy on the school playground, but I’ve not given the retro handheld much thought since then. It was only recently, when I came across the impressive WiFi GameBoy cartridge project from Sebastian Staacks—a project that is well-worth a look if you’re unfamiliar—that I became interested in the GameBoy … Read more
Automate the alphabet soup method with Node JS and Puppeteer
It’s been a while since my last post—over a month in fact, which is pretty poor form. Shame on me! I’ve been fairly busy, as I expect we’ve all been, with work and a few side projects. In particular, a number of projects that involve web scraping. This got me thinking about daily SEO tasks … Read more
Controlling servos from WordPress with Nodemcu, NGINX, and Dynamic DNS
I was browsing the other night looking for project ideas when I came across a question on the official Arduino forums posted back in 2015. The question was “How to use wordpress to control servo?”—a question which with my web background sparked my interest. I’ll admit that I thought this one would make a nice … Read more
Automate PageSpeed Insights site testing with Node JS
I was debating whether to post this, given the name of my blog—but in the end, I thought what the hell. It’s my blog, I’ll use it to write about everything and anything I make, not just Arduino projects. For those of you who don’t know, when I’m not tinkering I work as an SEO, … Read more