If you are still using google for e-mail, then you should read the recent article disclosing that 3rd parties may be able to read PRIVATE e-mail, the fact that this is NOT against their policies is rather worrying. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44699263 If you want real privacy, then perhaps it is time to dump Google, if you need…
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Worksheets and programming resources 1
I am working on a set of worksheets to explain / demonstrate various programming ideas. However as Scratch 3.0 is very close to release I am using this as a basis for these resources. I will be releasing under some sort of creative commons license, however as I am also looking for paid work…
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SCRATCH 3.0 August 2018 will see a new release of the Scratch programming environment. Scratch 3.0 preview needs WebGL installed. I got scratch 3 working by installing chromium browser on my Linuxmint desktop.. This seems to have WebGL support built in, the default Firefox browser does not appear to have this. (I may be…
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Exeter Raspberry Pi Jam – April 2018 Presented by 2.times do, and held at Exeter Library This months Exeter Pi jam was really busy and varied. Held in the Rougemont room, there were lots of people including families all hacking away at various projects. Outside of the main room on the way in was the…
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DWP Project 5 First of several sessions looking at WordPress, today we set up a basic site using the free account and decided what theme we wanted to use. This went really well. My printed notes came in handy so these are useful both as a e-presentation or as printed notes. Next week sees…
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