2020 Six Nations Rugby Fixtures 22nd/23rd Feb 2020
This weekend is the third weekend of the 2020 six nations Rugby
Sat 22nd Feb
Italy 14:15 Scotland Wales 16:45 France
Sunday 23rd Feb
England 15:00 Ireland
CEEFAX on the Pi 3
nb: I have switched to a project called Teefax, which is similar.
Further to the previous post. I have successfully cloned the Github repository for the project, compiled by running make in the downloaded repository directory.
Running the project gave me this output.
Which is probably expected, but at least it is doing something. What I probably need to do now is:
- Connect pi via the composite to a TV
- Connect to LAN
- SSH in to pi
- Run the software so that the output goes via the Composite out or as I am using a newer pi the 3.5 mm sound / composite combination output.
Other Links
Google Summer of Code 2020 Organizations Announced
The list of organizations supporting this years Google Summer of code are announced today.
As per timeline
Please use the contact details here to find out more information.
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#gsoc, #google, #summer, #code, #student, #coding, #projects, #GoogleSummerOfCode
Tex Live 2019
As I am now using LaTeX for more documents. I have decided to download the TeX Live iso as this is a useful resource to have.
TeXLive is about 3.3gb in total. But is handy to have, for the resources, and different installers for Linux, Mac, Windows etc.
TeXLive2020 should be available later this year.
I will have a copy of TeXLive 2019 for the next South Devon Tech Jam in case anyone is interested.
#LaTeX, #CTAN, #Linux, #Mac, #Windows, #Typesetting, #download
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CEEFAX on the Pi 2
Further to the previous post. Once I had updated my Raspberry Pi, I tried to follow the instructions and there seemed to be a few problems, that warrant further investigation.
In the meantime there is a similar project called Teefax that was mentioned in the MagPI Magazine that may actually also do something very similar. I am going to check this out too and go with which ever project works better.
CEEFAX on the Pi
CEEFAX was a text based TV information service provided by the BBC back in the 80 to 90's. It may have started earlier, not sure.
Fast forward to 2020 and we have working version on the Raspberry Pi computer.
You can read more here.
I am in the process of testing this out. My Raspberry Pi is running Raspbian 9.4 so I am in the process of updating this. It seems the latest update to Raspbian is 9.9.
This may be a long process, so I will have to post an update to this tomorrow. But in the meantime you can read up more.
If I get it working, I will see if I can bring it to the next South Devon Tech Jam on the 14th March. It may be something to have along side the Retro Computing area we are going to be setting up.
#bbc, #tv, #text, #information, #service, #raspberrypi, #computer, #southdevontechjam,#sdtj, #march
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Programming and AI: A Guide for Parents
This was posted to LinkedIn. I am sharing here as it may be of interest to anyone looking at where the industry is moving and gives an idea of what to be learning. It is also important for parents to understand so they can support learning.
I would encourage everyone to learn to code, I would encourage parents to learn what this is about so they can support their children. After all events such as Code Club or the Tech Jam would require parental permission.
It is also important for parents to understand so they can talk to their children about what they are doing, help them find information and sort out the bad information from the good, understanding how to use online forums and importantly stay safe by not sharing personal or private information.
While learning at home is possible, being able to meet up with other developers helps solve problems, builds social skills and you can get help with bigger projects leading to developing team and leadership skills, all very important to employers.
Programming and AI: A Guide for Parents – Nisha Talagala – Medium
Programming and AI: A Guide for Parents
Article links
Where to learn (or where to get started)
You can learn these skills from a wide range of providers both physical colleges / universities or via online learning,
The developer roadmap may also be of interest,
While schools can help so can events such as Tech Jams or code club. Adults such as youth workers need to understand this technology so they can encourage the learning and not discourage through not understanding and fear that comes with that.
#AI, #parents, #guide, #programming, #medium, #LinkedIn, #Python, #docker, #github, #linux
Free Code Camp and Repl.it
As we are working through the FreeCodeCamp (FCC) Responsive Web Design course at Code Club. I decided to investigate, if the code developed in FCC could be pasted directly into a project on the Repl,it website.
It appears the answer is yes, as the screen below demonstrates.
This is really useful, especially as the image also displays. This allows learners to develop projects directly from what they are learning with FCC.
One of the final exercises for this HTML component sets up a very basic webpage with the various tags in the right place.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>The best page ever</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>The best page ever</h1>
<p>Cat ipsum dolor sit amet, jump launch to pounce upon little yarn mouse, bare fangs at toy run hide in litter box until </p>
</body>
</html>
References
#coding, #html, #freecodecamp, #replit
Code Club 15/2/2020 Write up
Session write up
Today we made good progress on the Free Code Camp HTML curriculum so we are going to let everyone catch up before moving on to the CSS module. Lucy M also helped with the HTML / FCC website.
I also did some work with one of the attendees and worked through the 'Ghostbusters' activity within the Scratch module. This went well and was completed well within the 2 hour session.
The session was a little quieter, probably due to Storm Dennis bringing in lots of wind and rain.
The next code club is Saturday 7th March 2020.