The next release of the Debian OS 9.0 (Stretch) is scheduled on 17-6-2017 More details on this announcement can be found on the Debian mailing list Archive. https://www.debian.org/
Continue readingFreedom
Adventures-with-arduino-part-47
Latest Arduino project now includes a 4 line LCD display. DHT11 temperature / humidity module and a soil moisture sensor. The LCD displays the temperature in Celsius, humidity as a percentage and for the moment, the moisture level on a scale of 0 -> 1023. where 1023 is the reading you get in Air…
Continue readingBerners-Lee slams UK and US net plans
Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee slams UK and US net plans The web’s creator has attacked any UK plans to weaken encryption and promised to battle any moves by the Trump administration to weaken net neutrality. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39490324
Continue readingFacebook to track non-users
Just found a Daily Mail article (dated 27 May 2016) that seems to suggest facebook is now going to track non users in an attempt to send advertising to them,. Read more here. This is even more reason to start using adblockers for example. There are also tools such as umatrix which I have discussed on…
Continue readingAdventures with Arduino Part 40
Been doing more work with Scratch 4 Arduino. See previous post for information. Now that I have various LEDs working I have been looking at getting various sensors working. I did try the DHT11 but I need to work out how to interpret the data in scratch as it sends both Temperature and Humidity data…
Continue readingAdventures with Arduino Part 35
In a further update to this, I have now improved the code for this project. See comments on my tech jam post. This is still in need of refinement, for example I don’t need to load in the LCD module, but it IS getting there slowly. I have also found a python program…
Continue readingAdventures with Arduino Part 32
Further to my previous post on this. Pin headers are now soldered on to the motor board, and the project is rebuilt. This works much better. A bit of re-wiring was needed but it is complete and does find objects and turns to avoid them. The code probably needs a little more refining. I…
Continue readingI love free software 2016
Dear Free Software lovers, Last year on “I love Free Software” day we rocked the internet and showed the world how important Free Software is for us. Countless people in social networks and blogs praised various projects or aspects of Free Software. Our sister organisation initiated the cryptovalentine activity, and the EFF used this day…
Continue readingDigitial Right : 2015 in Review
This is the review of 2015 from the EFF. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/2015-year-review Good things have happened but the fight is by no means over, on to 2016 and the fight for our digital freedom and rights will continue.
Continue readingProtect the right of young people to access the Internet.
Not many people seem to know about this, I wonder why? Support the campaign to ensure that EU leaders listen, and act so that young people can access the internet freely. Click here.
Continue reading