I just had to have the Quad-Core Raspberry Pi

As soon as I heard about the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B+ I had to have one. I went to adafruit.com and got on the waiting list. Those things sold out fast. I received an email about a week later saying they were in stock. I immediately went online and placed my order. I could only get one. “One per customer.”, the sign said. Chris was going to have to wait.

In preparation for the new Pi I downloaded the latest raspbian and installed it to an SD card. Once I put the card into the new Pi I booted it up. Wow, was that ever fast! I expanded the disk space and set up the monitor settings. I kept it set to boot to console instead of X-window. Some of the stuff I do doesn’t need a desktop. I am happy with that.

I can set a VNC server and get into it with my iPad, or Mac.

Then I decided to share. I am hosting a Pi Day Introduction to Raspberry Pi at the Upper Lake Library on Pi Day. I have put out a few posters and the main library in Lakeport has put out a press release. I hope to get interested parties showing up.

I registered the Pi Day with raspberrypi.org and got contacted by Matt Richardson. He said he’s going to send (I have already received) stickers for the event. It feels so official. I hope to be able to start a user group out of this, or at least a programming group. That remains to be seen.

As for the stickers that Matt Richardson sent, I can’t wait to share them with the other Raspberry Pi enthusiasts. Thank you Matt!

Been Busy

Went up to Eureka to work. The office is “repaired” and people can move back in. I loved reacquainting myself with co-workers. I work with a great group of people. They like each other, mostly. To save the corporation money, I stayed at my daughter’s. That was fun, too.

I loved being able to show three of my Raspberry Pis. One of them is set up as a camera in a Lego case. I actually love that one. I guess I should figure out if I can set up the Raspberry Pi 2 with the camera. I am having fun with them.

On the 14th, PI Day, I am doing a Raspberry Pi demonstration at the Upper Lake Library. It is on the corner of Main and Second. Maybe it will blossom into a user group. I would LOVE that.

I am glad to be home and able to relax (relapse). Listening to Floater. Repaired the vacuum. Tasting wine. Loving life.