All posts by Aaron

Siri on the Raspberry Pi

I spent the weekend in Cannes at the MIDEM hack day. As well as some very strange/awesome experiences (which included seeing Psy do that dance first-hand), I spent 40-odd hours hacking away with a Raspberry Pi. I wanted to build Siri-like functionality into the Raspberry Pi, but specialising in the subject of music. Let’s cut […]

Customising v4 Pogoplugs

I’ve had many requests to support customising the newer (v4) Pogoplugs. Unfortunately I don’t own a v4 Pogoplug so could not create instructions for this device.  However, I have since worked through the issue (over email) with a v4 Pogoplug owner after they got in touch via my contact form. I’ve updated my original Pogoplug […]

Adding Torrents via my.pogoplug.com

If you have setup Transmission on your Pogoplug using my previous post, then this post will allow you to remotely (via my.pogoplug.com) add new torrent files and start them downloading to your home server. Why? I’ve been looking for a secure way to add Torrents to my Transmission server running on my Pogoplug, from a remote […]

“Grouped” book review

I recently received a copy of “Grouped” by Paul Adams (the Global Brand Experience Manager at Facebook), at a Facebook developer conference in London. Grouped proved to be a quick, interesting read with some fascinating insights into the complex social and psychological workings of social networks and the people contained within them. This book contains […]

New blog

Hello! Welcome to my new blog, now hosted alongside my personal website. Please note that my old blog posts (including all things Pogoplug-related) are still available over at http://aaronrandall.blogspot.com Any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. I’ve already received a couple of Pogoplug-related questions since moving the blog – these topics will […]

Facebook Hackathon Lights

Facebook Hackathon!

I was lucky enough to attend the Facebook Hackathon developer conference today at RichMix in Central London. It was a day of technical presentations, all mobile development (and Facebook!) related. Most demos pushed the new functionality of Open Graph, a protocol that allows developers to connect their webpages with Facebook, and in particular, a Facebook […]