Hey All,
New week, new revisions to PiMAME 0.8.
The new version of the frontend now includes:
Please run the following on the command line:
wget -O - http://pimame.org/update.sh | bash
Have a great weekend all!
Hey All,
Happy Friday! I got an email this morning from Packt giving me the stats for my book sales from October to December of 2013. I’m happy to report that I have sold over 200 copies. Thank you all so much!
This weekend I will be doing a last minute presentation of PiMAME with FamiLAB at the Orlando Science Center. I will then be preparing for PyCon in Montreal, where I will be doing a poster session on how PiMAME was built in Python. I will also be attending Instructurecon in Utah and speaking about LTIs and how we program and implement them at UCF. It’s going to be a fun two months of traveling 🙂
I have gotten some great feedback on PiMAME 0.8, and I am going to be working on some fixes this weekend (these are my two low hanging fruit goals to complete):
Have a good weekend all!
Hey All!
First of all, HAPPY FRIDAY! Spring break is over for us at UCF, which means that campus won’t be dead for us full time employees and the food court will finally be reopened. Little things in life…
It’s been a week since PiMAME 0.8 Beta 1 has been released and there has been great feedback.
Updating PiMAME
A small update is available. All you need to do is go to the command line and run:
wget -O - http://pimame.org/update.sh | bash
This update includes Commodore 64 support and fixed NES emulation.
PiMAME Stats
In one week, PiMAME 0.8 has been downloaded from SourceForge over 400 times. My server (which hosts a mirror copy) has transferred 84GB in 5 days. My usual monthly bandwidth is 30-40GB.
I’m excited about this release. There are bugs, but they are getting fixed, and this version has a great new foundation to grow on. Thank you all for the feedback, suggestions, complaints, issues, and support!
-Shea
Update 3: PiMAME 0.8 Beta 1 now uploaded! Download Here!
Update 2: Apparently 4 other people have reported issues this weekend with SourceForge and uploaded files not appearing. I’m starting a new upload to a different host now.
Update: PiMAME 0.8 has been uploaded, but I’m still waiting for SourceForge to finish mirroring it before they turn on the download link. 🙁
Hey All!
Very happy to announce that PiMAME 0.8 Beta is going to be released this weekend. I’m building the SD card image now and will be uploading it.
I’m very happy with this release. I know it still has some bugs and issues to work out, but I’m confident that this will be the best evolution of PiMAME yet.
On another note, the presentation I gave at the Information Fluency conference went well. I have a lot of different colleges and universities interested in the applications I developed for UCF. Hopefully I can open source them soon.
I’ve started to receive the parts for my SmartRap 3D Printer build. This is the first time I’m building something this complex without any instructions, so hopefully it all goes well.
Have a good weekend, and I’ll update this post with the image file when it’s finished uploading.
-Shea
Hey all,
Wooo it’s Friday! Next week I’m speaking at UCF’s Information Fluency conference. I’m very excited. Presenting an application I wrote that helps with Online Learning.
Time to get to work on PiMAME. Making great progress. Can’t wait to release it 😀 One of the issues I ran into was that I didn’t realize git sub-modules don’t update to the latest code, they stay at the commit they were committed in. Anyone who has been using the installer for 0.8 has been running on older code, which explains why the bug fixes weren’t being seen. It was a silly mistake on my part and will be fixed soon.
Misumi
Misumi is offering a free $150 credit for new customers placing an order via credit card. In the reddit thread advertising this promotion, a few people have put together a build list with part numbers for making your own 3D Printer. This will greatly decrease the price of building your own RepRap. I’m going to try and build a Smartrap Mini.
UUGear
I got an email today about a new hardware company that’s making items for the Raspberry Pi. They are called UUGear, and they are making some pretty good looking sensors and add-ons. I haven’t yet had a chance to test their products, but the online store should be opening soon.
Titanfall
I was playing the Titanfall beta over the weekend, and I can’t remember ever being this excited over a game. Mechs, freerunning, jet packs! It’s like my inner 12 year old was asked to make a video game and he delivered. Sorry for the terrible quality video. Here is a couple minutes of my Titanfall gameplay:
Have a good weekend all!
-Shea
Hey All!
Happy Friday! It has been a long week. The weather in Florida right now is crazy. One day it’s 80 degrees, the next day its 50, then 70, then 40. I wish it would make up its mind! The bad part about it is everyone is getting sick. Anyways…
PiMAME 0.8…
… preview release only for the brave edition
PiMAME 0.8 is almost done. We have a few more bugs to fix, and some more features to test, but the basics are there.
I have an installer available for the brave to try. It will make a new pimame folder in your home directory, so I recommend using a fresh install of Raspbian.
From the home directory in your command line, enter in the following command:
wget -O - http://pimame.org/installer.sh | bash
When that has finished running, reboot your Pi. It should automatically boot up into the new launcher, and a web interface should be available at your Pi’s IP address.
If you decide to test this, please send me any and all feedback! It is much appreciated!
This has been a huge labor of love, and I couldn’t have done it without some of the contributors to the codebase:
Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend!
-Shea
Hey all,
The new version of PiMAME is sooooo close to being released. Only a few little kinks to work out. I’m hoping to put out an alpha this weekend for those who are adventurous to try it out.
All those who requested PiMAME stickers should have received them by now. If you have not gotten your PiMAME sticker, please let me know!
Have a great weekend!
-Shea
Hey All,
It is the middle of January and it already feels like a year full of events has occurred. I turned 30. It’s a weird feeling not being in my twenties anymore. It will take some getting used too. I spent my birthday with good friends.
My new computer has been built and is running beautifully. Had to return the old PSU because one of the fan blades cracked, which was causing it to overheat. Picked up a Corsair modular PSU and it’s been running 24×7 with no issues.
PiMAME was featured in the January / February issue of Raspberry Pi Geek. It was given a 2 page spread, as well as reviews of other gaming environments for the Pi.
PyCon 2014
I was notified that I was chosen to give a poster session at this years Python programming conference, PyCon, in Montreal. I am very excited to be showing off the work I have done with Python and the Raspberry Pi. It’s going to be April 9th through the 11th. The past two conferences have been amazing, and I am excited to be able to have more of a role this year. More information is available at us.pycon.org
Adafruit
Back in 2012 I hacked together a crude but effective USB power cord with a switch. Adafruit is now selling a professionally manufactured cable that does the same thing for only $2.95.
Mine:
Adafruits:
I’m so glad this cable has finally been made. It was a pain to hand make them!
Have a great weekend all! PiMAME news next weekend 😀
-Shea
Hey All,
So, I’m turning 30 this weekend. Crazy. I’ve decided to treat myself by building an awesome budget gaming PC. I haven’t built a PC since the P4 days.
Specs:
All in all I spent about $600 on this machine. I’m getting 200FPS in Team Fortress 2, and I’m currently waiting for some new games to download. Happy Birthday to Me!
If anybody is on Steam, I made a PiMAME group. Let’s get some TF2 games going 🙂
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/pimame
PiMAME
In other news, since the new menu system is taking longer than expected, I’m going to do one more 0.7 PiMAME release. It’s going to be upgrading to the new Raspbian version, and including some much needed functions to the console menu (joystick support, and favorites).
Look for that update this week!
-Shea
Hey All,
Happy Friday!! This week marks the end of the semester. Finished my finals and got an A! Pushed a lot of work code to our production servers, and waiting for them to turned on on Sunday. Months of hard work finally coming online. It’s been an exciting week. Been playing around with joysticks and working on some issues.
I was also featured on the front page of the Raspberry Pi official site!
Cool things on the way! Have a great weekend.