Hacking & Retrocomputing

Mine cryptos with your Raspberry PI

Twelve years ago, Bitcoin was the only cryptocurrency. Today, there are now thousands of coins. And you can mine them all, on a Raspberry Pi. Are you curious to see how much profit you can make mining some crypto coins on a Raspberry Pi?

The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost …
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The new PalmOS open source links database

More than 20 years ago, the Open-Source database for PalmOS was born.

This site was very popular at the time and then with the advent of smartphones, Palm went bankrupt and PalmOS eventually disappeared.

So it's been 10 years that I was wondering if I should keep the database online …
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Custom Shopify notifications with webhooks on your Music shop

You use Shopify for your Music store? With Shopify Webhooks you can execute code when a specific event occurs on your shop. For example, you can fire a notification when an item is added to a shopping cart, or when a new customer enters its details. The goal is to …
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Raspberry PI 4 benchmarks: How does it compare to the PI 3 B+

As you may know our beloved Raspberry PI got a nice upgrade with the PI 4B! You will see in the benchmarks below that our Raspi has really improved on all aspects...

So is it worth the upgrade? I compiled the benchmark results I have found around the Net and …
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My review of the Amazfit Bip smartwatch

A smartwatch what for? Even if I'm a little geeky on the edges and like to test new Soft or Hardware stuff, I must admit that I've never been tempted to buy a smartwatch, such as the Apple iWatch or Samsung Gear, or any fitness tracker, but this Amazfit Bip …
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