Les Pounder

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http://bigl.es Not interested in contact from recruiters thanks. Lead Trainer for Raspberry Pi Foundation Picademy Leeds Centre in 2015 Freelance writer for Linux Format, MagPi - The Official Raspberry Pi magazine, HackSpace, Electromaker.io, Element 14. Technical Reviewer for No Starch Press Blogger for https://www.kidscodecs.com/ Maker and hacker for Arduino and Raspberry Pi based projects, such as my Fortune Teller arcade cabinet project and my various projects for magazines. Experienced Linux System Administrator, using Debian and Red Hat based systems. Web development using HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery. PHP, Python, Ruby, Arduino and Scratch programming. Specialties: Linux, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Maker Culture, Teaching, Public Speaking, Events Management, People Skills

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How to use Plex and a spare computer to build a streaming movie service | Tom's Hardware

Share Share by: Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google In this how-to, I will show you how to create a Plex server on a spare computer running Debian Linux, in my case, a Raspberry Pi 4, but you could eas... See more

tomshardware.com•Les Pounder•Jan 2, 2026

How to connect an Xbox controller to your Windows PC - wired and wireless gaming made easy | Tom's Hardware

Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google How can you connect your new gaming controller to a Windows 11 or 10 PC, and what can you do with it? ... See more

tomshardware.com•Les Pounder•Dec 31, 2025

Maker builds tiny $10 secondary 1.14-inch display using an ESP32 - you could play Crysis on it, if you squint | Tom's Hardware

Share Share by: Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google When thinking of a desktop monitor, one would naturally think about a high-resolution display, perhaps one of the best monitors would suffice? But, s... See more

tomshardware.com•Les Pounder•Dec 22, 2025

The USB Power Delivery (PD) Specification - everything you need to know about USB-PD | Tom's Hardware

Share Share by: Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google USB PD (Power Delivery) is an advanced, fast-charging standard that supports various power requirements over a USB connection. Its predecessor, USB (... See more

tomshardware.com•Les Pounder•Dec 20, 2025

Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: 21st Century Computing from a 1982 perspective | Tom's Hardware

It's the end of 2025, and here I am, reviewing something that I owned as a child. The Commodore 64 (C64), announced at CES in 1982, is the best-selling desktop computer of all time according to the Guinness Book of Records. From August 1982 to April 1994,... See more

tomshardware.com•Les Pounder•Dec 15, 2025

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How to use Plex and a spare computer to build a streaming movie service | Tom's Hardware

How to connect an Xbox controller to your Windows PC - wired and wireless gaming made easy | Tom's Hardware

Maker builds tiny $10 secondary 1.14-inch display using an ESP32 - you could play Crysis on it, if you squint | Tom's Hardware

The USB Power Delivery (PD) Specification - everything you need to know about USB-PD | Tom's Hardware

Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: 21st Century Computing from a 1982 perspective | Tom's Hardware

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How to use Plex and a spare computer to build a streaming movie service | Tom's Hardware

How to connect an Xbox controller to your Windows PC - wired and wireless gaming made easy | Tom's Hardware

Maker builds tiny $10 secondary 1.14-inch display using an ESP32 - you could play Crysis on it, if you squint | Tom's Hardware

The USB Power Delivery (PD) Specification - everything you need to know about USB-PD | Tom's Hardware

Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: 21st Century Computing from a 1982 perspective | Tom's Hardware