LaTeX TikZ Periodic table About six months ago. I found a really nice Periodic table of the Elements ( PTOE ) created using LaTeX and TikZ on http://www.texample.net/. This however, due to the pace of developments within chemistry was incomplete. I have since used Overleaf to both edit and update this so the table is…
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Update 26/2/2019
Update 26/2/2019 Just started Introduction to Linux with the Linux Foundation and edX. It is great to undertake these courses and have them accessible to all. Well worth a look. I started the HTML course with freeCodeCamp a while back. These education providers are truly 21st century and inclusive regardless of how old you…
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Next code club is on Saturday 16th February 2019 at Paignton Library. More Scratch, Python and coding More basic info on our Code Club page. Scratch Website Trinket Website Also looking forward to more discussions on Twine.
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If you use tools such as GNU Privacy Guard to sign and or encrypt e-mail then you have the facility in Thunderbird, with the Enigmail extension to attach your public key (.asc file) to your e-mails. This is found as an option within the e-mail compose window. Enigmail Menu — > attach My Public…
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More updates to the ToriOS manual. Starting to add information on the various applications that come with the Operating System and also update and maintain other parts of the manual. Help with this and documentation for free software generally is always welcome. https://github.com/zleap/ToriosManualv21 forks.1 stars.0 open issues.Recent commits: README.md updated from https://stackedit.io/, Paul Sutton add…
Continue readingCode Club 5/1/2019 write up
First session of 2019. So we are now up to 8 attendees with 3 three new attendees today, so a great start to 2019. Using scratch 3 went without any major problems. The children also like some of the new features such as Text to Speech. So positive start to the new year. My…
Continue readingCodecademy update 27/12/2018
I have Just completed an updated Bash (command line) codecademy course. This now includes exercises on bash scripting. Very useful. It is good to undertake new courses, but just check that previosly completed courses have not been updated, or that 100 percent may, as in my case, go down to 80 percent.
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Code club is back this Saturday 1/12/2018. I have created a CodeClubPaignton Studio, so that some of the scratch activities that require custom resources that are not included with scratch can be accessed easily and worked on. Most of the activities can be completed using the graphics, sounds and backgrounds provided with Scratch. UPDATE…
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Yesterdays code club went well. The attendees are still working on their own projects, which is fine. Everyone helps each other out, so very collaborative. However there are enough resources for any new starters who would like to use the code club materials. We have a few spaces left so are up to roughly…
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This year the Hour of Code will be the biggest and best ever. There is so much I can’t wait to share, and it starts with a special video! Creativity is our theme for the Hour of Code this year. Hour of Code during CS Education Week, December 3 – 9th. Students worldwide…
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