Notices by Raspberry Pi :raspberrypi: (raspberry_pi@raspberrypi.social), page 2

We hired a policeman & it's going really great. Meet our #Maker in Residence @TobyRobertsPi.

"I was a #Surveillance Officer for 15 years, so I built stuff to hide covert video & audio gear. I’d disguise it as something else, like a piece of street furniture or a household item.

During all those years of working with Raspberry Pi, I never thought I’d end up working here; as I’ve always been a #RaspberryPi fan, I’m fascinated to see what takes place behind the scenes."

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/meet-raspberry-pis-maker-in-residence-toby-roberts/

Every Monday, we post an update in Slack about what we've got on this week. And Liz the boss rewards us with a custom emoji.

Each week she chooses a theme for the emojis, so we all get something on the same topic. It's a team bonding masterclass.

This week, the theme is: "things which don't smell the same when you leave them on the radiator overnight."

I got a ?

Hands up who has heard of "Queen of Wearable #Tech" Sophy Wong.

We got to know her a bit better in official #RaspberryPi magazine The MagPi.

https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/sophy-wong-interview-meet-the-queen-of-wearable-tech

How to host your own Mastodon instance on a #RaspberryPi:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/host-your-own-mastodon-instance-on-a-raspberry-pi/

Thanks to Pete @beasts for this brilliant step-by-step guide.

@kejames You'll always be our Space Karen.

@emilryge Tuuuuuuesday.

@tateyrg omgomgomgomgomgomgomg

@HaysTechSvcs Match made in...

@markmcgookin 'tis!!!!

@TCMuffin if that hashtag takes off I will give you one billion dollars

@ON8SD gawjus

@axwax We are sympatico

@y4si0 #PiInTheWild !!!!!

For absolutely no reason at all, today we looked back at our most popular tweet ever.

This is it. Are you all as moved by incredibly niche #LEGO sets?

One of our favourite games to play on social media is #PiInTheWild. We’ve seen our computers powering airport departure boards and train timetable screens, and even telling people which way they should walk round IKEA to maximise the likelihood that they file for divorce before getting out of IKEA.

In all of these instances, Raspberry Pi is running in kiosk mode.

Here's how you can do yourself:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-to-use-a-raspberry-pi-in-kiosk-mode/

Hands up if you remember these ?♀️

@rickwookie it is #chefskiss. Do we do chef’s kiss here?

Helen is EVER SO pleased with her very neat and tidy journey to yesterday’s #Wordle solution.

The people on the bird site were aghast that we thought it cool these LED dance poles were powered by Raspberry Pi.

We got in a lot of trouble. It was most unexcellent.

Are Pi-powered poles cool here?

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/polefx-livens-up-acrobatic-dance-with-raspberry-pi-magpi-123/