Last year, I completed the 12 Projects of Codemas! Maker Advent Calendar from The Pi Hut. This year I’m back with their follow-up – Let it Glow! – dedicated to all things that light up, flash, illuminate and more! Day #1: Let’s Get Started! Monday 2nd December 2024 Today, we set-up the Raspberry Pi Pico … Read More
Author: Carl Rydings
12 Projects of Codemas! – Maker Advent Calendar from The Pi Hut
In addition to my Pringles and Tassimo Advent Calendar this year, I have picked up the 12 Projects of Codemas Maker Advent Calendar from The Pi Hut. It includes step-by-step guids taking you through 12 days of fun projects with new components every day! Day #1: Getting Started Friday 1st December 2023 Today, we Installed … Read More
James Bond 60th Anniversary Rewatch
2022 makes the 60th anniversary of Bond, James Bond, and with all the films recently coming to Prime Video as part of Amazon’s $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM earlier this year, I thought it was about time I watched them all again in order and see how I feel about each film. Since June 2020, … Read More
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Profile Picture Frame
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is just a few days away on Sunday, 5 June 2022. To mark the occasion there are many brilliant toolkits and resources across the internet. You can find activity packs, recipes, posters, playlists, bunting and more. However, the one thing I couldn’t find was a profile picture frame, so I made one and you can too.
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 goes online-only
Apple has announced that WWDC this year will be online only for the first time in its 32 year history. But what can we expect from this change? Will we see new hardware at the event including the HomePod Mini, AirTag or iPhone 9 or will it just be software including iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, tvOS 14 and macOS.
My week as a Podcast Digital Producer
The Withering Effect is a podcast for all Minecraft fans, Each week DuDs and Jimbo discuss the worlds best selling game. In this post, I’m going to to take you through my typical week as the shows Digital Producer.
Apple AirTag, Everything rumoured so far – Features, Release Date and Price
Apples AirTag item tracker is set to launch later this year, let’s take a look at the latest rumours for the Apple device that can help locate your missing item using over a billion active Apple devices.
DIY Smartphone Teleprompter for Content Creation (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram)
I show you how to make a cheap, easy and portable DIY Smartphone Teleprompter/Autocue for YouTube. This will help you if you are starting out making videos and need to be able to read a script while also looking at the camera.
Welcome from Carl Rydings
I’m Carl Rydings, and I want to welcome to my new website. I’m a Digital Marketing professional based in Manchester, United Kingdom. I have experience in graphic design, creating websites, App building, social media marketing, analytics, writing blog posts, technology reviews, video and audio production and editing.
Five ways you can help reduce plastic waste
We use billions of single-use plastic bags, disposable coffee cups, plastic water bottles, straws and more every year. Today, I want to let you know about a few small changes we can all make in our everyday lives to help reduce these numbers and make a difference to our environment.