NFL Draft 2020
This years NFL draft, takes place between, Thursday 23rd and Sunday 25th April.
The schedule can be found here
While the main draft page should be checked for any latest updates.
Ubuntu 20.04 released
More info on OMGUbuntu
Download from Ubuntu.com
Please allow time for ISO repositories to update before downloading.
Please consider using bit torrent to download
Feature list
- GNOME 3.36, including new lock-screen
- Linux Kernel 5.4
- OEM vendor logo on boot splash
- Improved ZFS install support
- New wallpaper
- Smaller .iso image
- Lightning extension added to Thunderbird
- Multi-monitor support in GDM
- Feral Game mode available in the archive
- Better GNOME Shell performance
Ubuntu derived OS's
Virtual Code Club progress
We are slowly working through the Code Club activities as part of the virtual code club.
We are still looking for more people to take part, and upload their projects to the new 2020 studio.
References
- Paignton Library Facebook
- Paignton Library Twitter
- Scratch
- Raspberry Pi foundation
- Code Club
- Scratch Studio
Stay safe resources
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is released on DVD and Blue Ray today. This is the final episode of the main star wars saga, and ties up the lose ends from the previous sequel films and the saga overall.
IMDB entry can be found here.
#dvd, #blueray, #starwars, #riseofskywalker, #release
You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]
LaTeX Forum
I have now joined LaTeX Forum where users new and experienced can discuss all things LaTeX. There is a link to my profile on my contact page.
Hopefully, I will be able to contribute to this. I will be asking questions when I need help.
55 Cancri location
Further to my previous post earlier, this is a quick follow up to let people know where the star 55 Cancri is located within the constellation of Cancer.
Using the Kstars astronomy package [1].
Illustrates the constellation showing the 5 main principle stars. At the top there is $\iota$ Cancri. Just below this is a red star, this is 55 Cancri which, Wikipedia states, is also known as $\rho$ Cancri [2] and is part of a binary star system.
Cheops telescope operational
Europe's Cheops telescope begins study of far-off worlds.
Interesting article on the BBC News science page on 16/4/2020. Looks like there could be some exciting discoveries made with the Cheops Telescope [1].
Planet formation is an interesting field of astronomy and we are finding new planets, not just different sizes but also composition. Exciting times ahead.
I have opened up a discussion [4] on Science forums [2] on this topic.
If readers are interested in learning more about planetary science please see the link to OpenLearn [3] below.
One of the exoplanets mentioned in the article is 55 Cancri -e[5] which looks pretty interesting, Wikipedia suggests this is '8.63 Earth masses' and therefore the first 'super Earth'.
We can also identify the composition of these planets by using various techniques including looking at the absorbtion spectrum
I also acknowledge here that Wikipedia, is not a suitable academic resource.
You may want to search on the Astrophysical Journal website [7] as there is an article that relates to 55 Cancri e[8].
1 Cheops Homepage 2 Science Forums 3 OpenLearn 4 Science Forums topic 5 55 Cancri -e (Wikipedia) 6 Absorption spectroscopy 7 Astrophysical Journal 8 55 Cancri e (iopscience)
Science Open
Science Open is a Research and Publishing network.
The following is quoted from their website to help promote.
ScienceOpen is a discovery platform with interactive features for scholars to enhance their research in the open, make an impact, and receive credit for it. We provide context building services for publishers, to bring researchers closer to the content than ever before. Our advanced search and discovery functions, combined with post-publication peer review, recommendation, social sharing, and collection-building features make ScienceOpen the only research platform you’ll ever need.
Any service that helps to enhance peer review is welcome.
Free Covid 19 course
Highfield Learning are offering a Free course to teach the basics around Covid 19.
This covers
- The differences between a virus and bacteria
- How our bodies respond to viruses
- What COVID-19 is
- How the virus spreads
- The symptoms of COVID-19
- How we can protect ourselves
- Where to stay informed
To access this FREE course please follow this link
I am NOT associated with Highfield learning just sharing this as I have already completed the course and found it useful.
Scratch : Share projects
By default, Scratch projects are set to private. This means that only you can edit them. This feature helps to keep users safe. However the very nature of Scratch is collaborative and you are encouraged to share, but remember to be safe while you are sharing, Ask a grown up first.
To share your new project:
- Fill in the name box next to the orange share button.
- Click the orange share button.
Don't worry if you forget to give your project a name, clicking on the share button brings up this screen.
Adding to a studio
Method 1
From the above screen you will see there is an Add to studio button near the bottom right
Method 2
If you click on your name in the corner, click my stuff you are then taken to this screen, where you can share your project with a studio you are following.
You do this by clicking Add to and selecting the studio from the list.
#scratch, #share, #project, #howto