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I got some Raspberry Pi for Christmas.

I enjoy getting socks and selection boxes for Christmas, really I do. But my favourite present by far this year was the Raspberry Pi. A credit card-sized computer and the brainchild of the Raspberry Pi Foundation (http://www.raspberrypi.org/about), the charity produces cheap, accessible computers for programmers and education. I deliberated long and hard about what I would use the Pi for, but it has finally been configured as a web server with the purpose of checking all of our clients’ websites every 5 minutes and alerting us if they are offline for any reason. The Raspberry pi has no moving parts, uses an SD card (the kind that goes in a digital camera) as storage, and is powered by a USB cable (similar to many phone chargers). With such a low energy footprint, it is possible to keep the server monitor running 24/7, so it is an ideal backup to alert us to any issues with our client’s web hosting. I also built my own bespoke Lego case for it, and I’m not ashamed in the slightest. Photo Credit: GijsbertPeijs on Flickr
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Happy New Year!

Just taking the chance to say Happy New Year! We’ve been continually working on some great web and mobile projects over the past year, and have some really exciting projects  that we’re looking forward to launching in 2013.   Wishing you all the best for 2013, Papertank