How to: BITCOIN Alarm clock

3,829 views · Published 29 June 2014 · 5:20 · Indexed 25 September 2026

Channel: skiwithpete · 2014 · People & Blogs

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Download the news and then have it speak to you.

It's been a long time goal to build an alarm clock that would a) wake me up to the news, b) from news sources that are relevant and selected by me.

This really is the first stages of this project and I hope to expand on it over time.

Watch part 3 here: http://youtu.be/58HUqE70P-Q
Watch part 4 here: http://youtu.be/53dVMy4aYhA
**Remember:  Help each other in the comments section.  And please repost your code.

Get that little speaker:  http://amzn.to/1uYs8zl
Get the Raspberry Pi  2B: http://amzn.to/1zJlP9L

Get this stuff in the UK:  http://bit.ly/1zQVh8w

Get the code:
subprocess_2.py: http://lpaste.net/106451
get_url_btc2.py: http://lpaste.net/106452
PLUS - create an empty file called __init__.py

sudo apt-get install festival

$ crontab -e
33 7 * * 1-5 sudo python /home/pi/subprocess_2.py


To see my other Raspberry Pi projects:
Garage door remote: http://youtu.be/p2abZ90-eU0
Outdoor Automated Lights: http://youtu.be/xc1daIb1LVc
File Server (NAS): http://youtu.be/fGYCrYT114o
Weather Station: http://youtu.be/dRT39e3PQrk
How to Bitcoin Miner: http://youtu.be/U2_tFci61PE
Voice activated lights: http://youtu.be/puUnaLswaig

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