I picked up a Raspberry Pi Zero and a case kit that included the GPIO header (along with a power cable and some other nifty adapters). This is a really cool little computer that only has 512 MB of RAM, but it's still plenty capable. It's my favorite ...
tech (or other) ramblings.. for future reference, to clarify thinking, and hopefully also otherwise useful
I'm currently a finance professional, but was a corporate web/database developer in a previous life.., also enjoy guitar/bass playing, and bike riding
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