Raspberry Pi 2
The BBC reports on the new model: Raspberry Pi 2 unveiled with faster processor and more memory.
The pricing remains the same, about $35 for the board, but it is a more powerful computer with a Cortex A7 quad-core processor operating at 800MHz vice a single-core at 700MHz, and 1 gigabyte of RAM. Instead of standard SD cards the 2 uses microSD storage. Everything else is identical to the model B+ and fits in a model B+ case.
On the software front, Microsoft is supposedly readying a version of Windows 10 for the model 2.
February 2, 2015 2 Comments
Groundhog Day
It’s Groundhog Day and some of the militant marmots object to being disturbed.
The CBC has a background piece on the practice of annoying small mammals on February 2nd to check on the weather.
If they were looking for bad weather advice, instead of annoying hibernating rodents, they should just ask the current Congressional leadership. </snark>
Update: The majority of the groundhog community told the media to buzz off and invest in warm clothes because they were going back to sleep for another month or so. It was also suggested that they look at a weather map, because ‘it ain’t over, until it’s over’.
Meanwhile the latest Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the Northeast and a following system is a third of the way across the country.
February 2, 2015 6 Comments
