We had four of the regulars today. It was a mix of coding in Scratch but also sorting out some of the netbooks, trying to download Win 7 and get this copied on to a memory stick so we can install. First attempt to dd the iso file failed, second attempted worked but ended up with the device not booting or being seen by the netbook.
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 7th October 2023, 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club and hour of code projects and hopefully also the Python Projects.
We are also probably going to be making more use of Repl.it too as we can use that for collaborating on projects or at least inviting other users to our projects which is really useful generally but does encourage collaboration. We have a team on there anyway so we can make more use of that.
I have added more links below to try and reflect our current set of activities.
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 7th October 2023, 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club and hour of code projects and hopefully also the Python Projects.
We are also probably going to be making more use of Repl.it too as we can use that for collaborating on projects or at least inviting other users to our projects which is really useful generally but does encourage collaboration. We have a team on there anyway so we can make more use of that.
I have added more links below to try and reflect our current set of activities.
We had a rather busy code club today, a really good turn out and we had a good mix of Python, Scratch and Hour of Code activities. I tried to help people that needed help.
We also had a look at some of the donated laptops and gave one of those out, we were also downloading some drivers for windows 7 so one of the attendees could install on the laptop I gave away a while back. Hopefully people can get their laptop working from that.
Had a quick explanation as to what the Raspberry Pi is.
Hopefully by the next session on 7th October, the library can recruit some more help as I certainly need support with regard to coding or at least using Python etc. I can only go so far with the text based coding stuff before I get really stuck.
I will find some copies of the posters, as I didn't get a chance to get contact details of one of the parents so I can send a link to them. I kinda got distracted with helping other people.
It would be useful to get more code clubs in Torbay and ideally be able to collaborate with them too.
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 16th September 2023, 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club and hour of code projects and hopefully also the Python Projects.
We may have a potential volunteer dropping in to see what we are about too.
I have added more links below to try and reflect our current set of activities.
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 2nd September 2023, 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club and hour of code projects and hopefully also the Python Projects.
I have added more links below to try and reflect our current set of activities.
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 2nd September 2023, 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club and hour of code projects and hopefully also the Python Projects.
I have added more links below to try and reflect our current set of activities.
A few years ago, Linux Voice published a really simple IRC bot project in the magazine. I took this and managed to get it to connect to a minecraft Pi game and I could use IRC to send instructions to the game.
In the screenshot below the bot has received an instruction to execute uname -a and the output is directed to the game screen.
To get all this to work you need:-
An IRC client
A raspberry pi which should be running Minecraft Pi and the python program, once the game has started the bot should connect.
You also need to connect to either:-
An existing IRC server or
Your own irc server, which can be another Raspberry Pi on the same network running an IRC server.
note You need to ask if it is Ok to connect bots to IRC servers.
In my code it is connecting to a Raspberry Pi (original model) running an IRC server.
It does work, but there is probably potential here for expansion and improvement.
A few years ago, I wrote a Python script (probably badly) that created a TkInter graphical user interface, that would link to some of the Minecraft Pi API functionality. The idea being that a few common commands, would be available at the touch of a widget button.
The program is pretty basic. It may, be useful to someone out there, at least a starting point. I have therefore put the project back on GitHub.
I am happy for someone to fork and or take over the project or contribute further. I can be found on IRC (freenode) as zleap.
