PosterPi is a solution I created for turning a flat screen television into a virtual poster display. The script was written in Bash for Linux and designed to run on a Raspberry Pi. Although I designed PosterPi to display pictures of movie posters, it could easily be modified to display digital pictures, digital signage, or just about anything else.
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Category Archives: Raspberry Pi
Parting with Old Computers (It’s Dead, Jim)
Last weekend, I threw away a computer.
I threw away a computer that I’ve been hanging on to for at least a decade. And the funny thing is, I couldn’t even tell you why I kept it all this time.
From the outside, a Dell Dimension looks like a “modern” computer — and by modern I mean that if you… read entire post
Enabling the Aux HDMI Ports on an LG Hotel Television
I’m away from home this week, working in Texas and staying at a large hotel chain. I’ve been messing around with my Raspberry Pi a bunch lately, so I decided to bring one with me, assuming that the television in my room would have one or two unused HDMI ports that I could connect to. It did — it’s a… read entire post
Old Skool NES Raspberry Pi Case
Last year, Nintendo released the NES Classic Edition. It was a game console that looked like a tiny version of the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) from the 80s. It had 30 built-in games and cost $59.95. Nintendo woefully underestimated demand for the console. Stores couldn’t keep them in stock, and when they did hit shelves, scalpers scooped them up… read entire post
Revisiting RetroPie
I’ve seen a lot of articles over the past month (most recently this one on Ars Technica) suggesting that people who can’t find one of those new NES Classic systems in stores should build their own using a Raspberry Pi. I even mentioned the Raspberry Pi as an alternative to a real NES back in September in my Guide to… read entire post
A Guide to (Many) NES Alternatives
Big Lots is already consolidating their Halloween shelves to make room for incoming Christmas-themed items. (Yes, in September.) One hot item for retrogamers this holiday season will be Nintendo’s official NES Classic Edition, a miniature version of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that comes with 30 games built-in and goes on sale on November 11, 2016.. If the last… read entire post
The new Raspberry Pi Zero!
I’ve been a fan of the Raspberry Pi computer for some time now, although to be honest, I’m as big of a fan of the concept as I am of the actual computer itself. The Raspberry Pi is a small computer designed to run Linux that costs $35. On top of that price you’ll have to provide your own keyboard,… read entire post
Painting the Commodore Raspberry Pi Case
When we last saw it, the custom Commodore Raspberry Pi case my friend Aardvark made for me looked like this:
Despite a few people’s suggestion to leave it as is, I always envisioned the case being painted the same color as a real Commodore 1541 disk drive.
To chose the paint color I used the rather unscientific method of strolling… read entire post
Custom Commodore 64/1541 Raspberry Pi Case!
I currently own two cases for my Raspberry Pi. One is the gigantic red plastic case that came with it. The other is one I made out of a plastic Pop-Tart I bought at Big Lots. You can see both of those cases here.
Enter my friend Aardvark. Aardvark is a very talented guy who plays guitar and once made… read entire post
New Custom $2 Raspberry Pi Case
In a previous post I shared what the case my Raspberry Pi came with:
It’s big and dumb. The other day while shopping in Big Lots, I ran across the following item:
(To be honest, I’m not even sure what this thing is meant to do. It looks like it’s a thing that you could put Poptarts in to put… read entire post