Xubuntu 20.04 video
What's New in Xubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa with Xfce 4.14
Xubuntu 20.04 has been released. There is a video on lbry, which explains the new features found in this release.
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Overleaf Webinars Update 1/5/2020
Over the past few week, I have been watching a series of Webinars [1] covering Basic, Intermediate and Advanced features of Overleaf [2]. These have been really useful and informative.
Looking forward to applying some of what was covered in to my own documents / projects.
Basic IT Course Update 4
Working through the BASIC IT Course.
So I have completed 5 units, which now leaves:-
L1 DS:Developing a career
to complete. Which makes me 85% of the way through the course.
Basic IT Course Update 3
Still working through the BASIC IT Course, Please see my previous post for details.
I am currently working through:-
L1 DS:Using Word Processing Software
Which then leaves:-
L1 DS:Developing a career
Hopefully, I can finish this course in the next few weeks. I need to catch up on FreeCodeCamp.
Changing pinned link colours
If you're using writefreely and have pinned a blog post it becomes a link to a new page, rather than a blog post.
However by default the colour is grey. However I have managed to change this.
By examining the underlying code beneath the text. In Firefox you can do this by highlighting required text, right click and select Inspect element (Q)
From this I found
So the class pinned is what we probably need.
Under menu, customise there is an area to enter / edit the css that helps define various options (e.g colour) for the blog.
I therefore added:-
.pinned {
color: red;
font-size: 18px;
text-decoration: bold;
}
To the text box, in a sensible place. This then changed the links for pinned pages to red.
Hopefully this is helpful.
Upcoming Overleaf Webinars
If you would like to learn more about Overleaf [1] and LaTeX [1]. There is a series of upcoming webinars, that may be of interest.
Details of the Upcoming Webinars
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Learn LaTeX Update
In an update to my previous post the learn LaTeX resource is progressing really nicely.
This site is designed to give people a basic introduction to LaTeX, and it does a really good job of doing this. It also integrates with Oveleaf which which a really useful feature.
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You can connect with me on LaTeX forums here
Note: I am just trying to promote the above websites, I am hoping that my basic chemistry tutorial can complement.
Happy to help give support people via IRC too.
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Moonhack 2020
This years Moonhackathon is virtual. Details below. If you're interested please keep an eye on this block for more announcements.
WHAT IS MOONHACK?
Moonhack is an international event bringing together kids from across the world for a week of coding!
In 2020, we’re bringing Moonhack back to earth and into your home. Get together with your friends, download the step-by-step instructions, and code your own planet-saving solution.
Code your own planet-saving solution to water usage, to bush regeneration, to sustainability at home and more. Let’s save our planet, one project at a time!
Basic IT Course Update 2
Still working through the BASIC IT Course, Please see my previous post for details.
I am currently working through:-
- L1 DS:Communicating and Collaborating Online
Which then leaves:-
- L1 DS:Using Word Processing Software
- L1 DS:Developing a career
So can hopefully finish this course in the next few weeks.
Coding with Trinket and Blocks
At Paignton virtual Code Club, we are now approaching the end of the Scratch modules. Well done to everyone. The next step is probably to progress to Python [2][3].
If you don't feel ready to do lots of typing, you may want to look at Trinket and blocks. Then perhaps move to the Code Club modules [3].
Blocks, as the name suggests, is a block based system. The difference here is, that the blocks are all Python statements and code. So combining these allow you to easily start coding in Python.
To get started you need to sign up for an account on the Trinket website [1]
Click you user name and select new trinket and then select blocks
You are now presented with your development area.
You may want to change your project title to something meaningful.
You can select the category of block, then simply use click / drag in similar way as you would with Scratch.
So in this example I am just going to draw a square.
As we are using turtle, you will need to change the pen up, block so that it says pen down.
Adding comments to your code is important, as it helps you keep track of what the code is doing and helps with debugging also helps others understand your code.
You can also view the Python code that is produced, this can be copy / pasted to IDE so you can just run the Python code on its own.
![View Python]
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zleap/blogmedia/master/trinket/square-python-code.png
Finally you can share your project with others.
Hopefully this is helpful.
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1 Trinket 2 Python 3 Code Club python Modules
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