Are you tech savvy? Of course you are - you are reading this blog. But do you enjoy using your computer? Or is it a chore? Observing members of my family and close friends over the years I have … [Read more...]
Computers – my progress since the early 80’s
The Coding Evening at the Pi-Top HQ in Bethnal Green was the second time I had attended an event aimed at teachers, a place where they could gather to exchange ideas and information. On both occasions … [Read more...]
Camjam Piwars
I was absolutely shattered - physically and mentally - from the exciting Piwars event at Camjam yesterday. No, I did not actually enter a robot - but was part of the SoSLUG team with robot Darth … [Read more...]
The robot Cthulhu – SoSLUG entry for Piwars.
The deadline is almost upon us and our robot is almost ready. Now it needs a shell. On reflection we should have measured this up weeks ago, but the team was focused on coding. Israel came up with a … [Read more...]
Pizero – the latest Raspberry Pi Computer
The MagPi promotion was really intriguing: just one corner of the front cover exposed hinting at a surprise. A perfect 'read' for my two-hour train journey to visit a friend. So last Wednesday, with … [Read more...]