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hpr3717 :: Video editing with Shotcut on a low end PC

2022-11-01. 00:11:35. Clean. general.
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In this episode I explain how I use the shotcut video editor to edit video on a low end PC.

hpr3468 :: Distro upgrade intervals on my Raspberry Pi

2021-11-17. 00:13:06. Clean. general.
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In this episode I discuss Debian distro upgrade intervals for my raspberry Pi

hpr3382 :: How I fixed a fault on my car for free thanks to YouTube

2021-07-20. 00:12:40. Clean. general.
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How I fixed a fault on my car for free and as an added bonus without injuring myself!

hpr3285 :: Upgrading Lubuntu on my Samsung N150 Plus netbook

2021-03-05. 00:17:59. Clean. general.
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Lubuntu 16.04 LTS to 20.04.1 LTS upgrade on ageing Samsung N150 Plus netbook.

hpr3266 :: Upgrading Debian on my raspberry pi

2021-02-08. 00:33:21. Clean. general.
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In this episode I cover the process of upgrading Debian from Jessie 8 to Stretch 9 on my raspberrypi

hpr3254 :: The Markdown editor Retext

2021-01-21. 00:24:54. Clean. general.
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In this episode I cover the markdown editor ReText. I found this useful when creating show notes

hpr3192 :: A light bulb moment, part 3

2020-10-27. 00:12:57. Clean. general.
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The LED revolution

hpr3186 :: A light bulb moment, part 2

2020-10-19. 00:07:30. Clean. general.
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The history of lighting

hpr3145 :: A light bulb moment, part 1

2020-08-21. 00:10:49. Clean. general.
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Finding the working voltage of a bulb

hpr3132 :: Keeping track of where I am

2020-08-04. 00:22:42. Clean. general.
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How I keep track of where I am

hpr3067 :: Getting my Python3 code working in Python2

2020-05-05. 00:25:26. Clean. A Little Bit of Python.
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What I had to do to get my raspberry Pi PifaceCAD board working after a Debian upgrade.

hpr3044 :: mocp snooze tip

2020-04-02. 00:06:31. Clean. general.
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A quick snooze tip when using mocp

hpr3030 :: My new Samsung tablet

2020-03-13. 00:28:06. Clean. general.
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A general discussion about my new 10.5 inch Samsung Galaxy tablet

hpr3024 :: A funny thing happened the other day

2020-03-05. 00:04:19. Clean. general.
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Describing a funny thing that happened the other day.

hpr2976 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 4

2019-12-30. 00:06:31. Clean. A Little Bit of Python.
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This is the last show in the series and covers the main program section at the bottom of my script

hpr2963 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 3

2019-12-11. 00:14:40. Clean. A Little Bit of Python.
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In this episode I cover functions activated when a button is pushed on the PiFaceCAD board

hpr2951 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 2

2019-11-25. 00:14:48. Clean. A Little Bit of Python.
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In this episode I cover some generic functions at the top of the code.

hpr2933 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 1

2019-10-30. 00:14:31. Clean. A Little Bit of Python.
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In this series a do whirl wind tour of the Python code I developed for my PifaceCAD board

hpr2923 :: Describing how I listen to podcasts PART 5

2019-10-16. 00:29:10. Clean. general.
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In this episode I cover how I use my 2nd add on board the PiFace Control and Display

hpr2914 :: Describing how I listen to podcasts PART 4

2019-10-03. 00:08:46. Clean. general.
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In this episode I cover my 2nd add on board for the raspberry pi

hpr2901 :: Describing how I listen to podcasts PART 3

2019-09-16. 00:13:55. Clean. general.
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In this episode I cover the 1st add-on board I purchased for one of my raspberry pi's

hpr2889 :: Describing how I listen to podcasts PART 2

2019-08-29. 00:17:32. Clean. general.
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In this episode I cover the hardware I've used over the years to listen to podcasts.

hpr2879 :: Describing how I listen to podcasts PART 1

2019-08-15. 00:31:17. Clean. general.
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This episode badly covers the console audio player moc.

hpr2872 :: Shoe Lace Tips

2019-08-06. 00:07:52. Clean. general.
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In this episode I give some shoe lace tips

hpr2867 :: The Kenwood TS940S Automatic Tuning Unit

2019-07-30. 00:13:04. Clean. HAM radio.
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I cover the Automatic Tuning unit on my Kenwood TS940S, re comment from HPR2668

hpr2744 :: Yet Another Rambling Drive Into Work

2019-02-07. 00:33:42. Clean. general.
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Yet another rambling attempt at making a show on the way into work

hpr2734 :: Mashpodder

2019-01-24. 00:18:59. Clean. general.
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A poor rushed attempt at covering the excellent podcast client mashppoder

hpr2688 :: Explaining the controls on my Amateur HF Radio Part 5

2018-11-21. 00:17:19. Clean. HAM radio.
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In this episode I cover the remaining Receiver section controls of the TS940S.

hpr2678 :: Explaining the controls on my Amateur HF Radio Part 4

2018-11-07. 00:16:24. Clean. HAM radio.
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In this episode I cover the first four Receiver section controls of the TS940S

hpr2668 :: Explaining the controls on my Amateur HF Radio Part 3

2018-10-24. 00:18:10. Clean. HAM radio.
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In this episode I cover the Main / sub displays meter memory and band keys of the TS940S.

hpr2656 :: Explaining the controls on my Amateur HF Radio Part 2

2018-10-08. 00:14:04. Clean. HAM radio.
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In this episode I cover the mode and frequency selection controls of my Kenwood TS 940S

hpr2648 :: Explaining the controls on my Amateur HF Radio Part 1

2018-09-26. 00:27:26. Clean. HAM radio.
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I attempt to explain the controls on my Kenwood TS940S HF Amateur Radio.

hpr2640 :: Another Rambling Drive Into Work

2018-09-14. 00:13:55. Clean. general.
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An second attempt at making a show on the way into work

hpr2561 :: A reluctant dog walk

2018-05-28. 00:24:32. Clean. Sound Scapes.
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A reluctant dog walk after some hand stripping

hpr2559 :: My Favourite Browser extension

2018-05-24. 00:18:37. Clean. general.
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In this episode I cover my favourite browser Add-on

hpr2499 :: Tuning around the HF 40Mtr band

2018-03-01. 00:12:47. Clean. HAM radio.
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In this episode I give an example of what sort of things you can expect hear on the HF band

hpr2486 :: Some stuff I bought at a recent amateur radio rally

2018-02-12. 00:16:08. Clean. HAM radio.
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In this episode I talk about some stuff I bought at a recent amateur radio rally.

hpr2418 :: What's in my ham shack, part 2

2017-11-08. 00:24:16. Clean. HAM radio.
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A description of what's in my amateur radio shack

hpr2414 :: What's in my ham shack, part 1

2017-11-02. 00:22:11. Clean. HAM radio.
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A description of what's in my amateur radio shack.

hpr2377 :: A Rambling Drive Into Work

2017-09-12. 00:22:41. Clean. general.
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An attempt at making a show on the way into work

hpr2367 :: How I create and post a show to HPR

2017-08-29. 00:20:09. Clean. general.
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In this episode I describe the process I use to create and post a show to HPR.

hpr2344 :: Follow on to HPR2340 (Tracking the HPR queue in Python)

2017-07-27. 00:14:29. Clean. Programming 101.
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Improved version of script to capture the number of HPR shows in the queue using python.

hpr2340 :: Tracking the HPR queue in Python

2017-07-21. 00:21:32. Clean. general.
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I explain how I capture the number of HPR shows in the queue using python

hpr2335 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 9

2017-07-14. 00:15:12. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2328 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 8

2017-07-05. 00:13:50. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2321 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 7

2017-06-26. 00:18:27. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2316 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 6

2017-06-19. 00:15:41. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2311 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 5

2017-06-12. 00:19:26. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2307 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 4

2017-06-06. 00:15:42. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2301 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 3

2017-05-29. 00:13:24. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2296 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 2

2017-05-22. 00:12:04. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2292 :: Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF Handset part 1

2017-05-16. 00:21:46. Clean. HAM radio.
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An in depth series about the Baofeng UV5R VHF/UHF hand-held transceiver.

hpr2112 :: My old home server

2016-09-06. 00:15:45. Clean. general.
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A show about my old home server

hpr2106 :: My Podcast Client

2016-08-29. 00:19:51. Clean. general.
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A show about my podcast client

hpr2089 :: Solving a blinkstick python problem

2016-08-04. 00:20:20. Clean. general.
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How I solved a problem I found when trying to control my new blinkstick nano with Python

hpr2071 :: Undocumented features of Baofeng UV-5R Radio

2016-07-11. 00:08:51. Clean. HAM radio.
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Follow on show about undocumented features I found on my Baofeng UV-5R radio

hpr2062 :: Now The Chips Are Definitely Down

2016-06-28. 00:40:46. Clean. general.
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Show about an interesting documentary I recently came across and new piece of hardware

hpr1980 :: Fixing An Audio Problem while having a rant

2016-03-04. 00:09:53. Clean. general.
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Describing how I solved an audio problem while having a rant about automation limiting control

hpr1709 :: Hacking Your Teeth

2015-02-19. 00:20:50. Clean. general.
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Advice on hacking your teeth

hpr1563 :: Starting Programs at boot on the Raspberry Pi

2014-07-30. 00:15:43. Clean. general.
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How I start programs at boot on my Raspberry Pi

hpr1496 :: wiki on the raspberry pi

2014-04-28. 00:18:48. Clean. general.
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My experience of playing with wiki software on the raspberry pi

hpr1478 :: Batteries Part 2

2014-04-02. 00:48:03. Clean. general.
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My early experience with batteries & memorable battery operated devices

hpr1398 :: Batteries Part 1

2013-12-11. 00:20:22. Clean. general.
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A show about batteries - Part 1

hpr1348 :: Fuse

2013-10-02. 00:15:35. Clean. general.
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MrX speaks about a bomb fuse that belonged to his grandfather

hpr1047 :: Soldering Part 2: An audio demonstration of soldering

2012-08-07. 00:27:18. Clean. general.
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More about the process of soldering

hpr1037 :: Soldering Part 1

2012-07-24. 00:27:45. Clean. general.
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A show about the tools needed for soldering

hpr911 :: Hobbies

2012-01-27. 00:34:26. Clean. general.
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Mr X talks about hobbies he's had over the years

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