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As I'm new here, I'm going to start sharing some of the things I've made over the years that may be interesting or useful to someone. First up, the web-based word clock I made in lockdown in April 2020 for people Broadcasting From Home to make giving time checks easier: http://suppertime.co.uk/radio-clock/
#radio #broadcasting #clock
Radio clock by Giles Booth

Nov 13, 2022 at 10:15amWeb
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Thing #2 from my archive of things: I like making fonts and recreated a couple of the original 1984 Macintosh fonts as TrueType fonts using bitfontmaker2:
Chicago (renamed ChiKareGo after Susan Kare) http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/chicago/
and Geneva, the Finder font:
http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2017/04/finderskeepers/
I even found an Easter egg in Geneva!
#fonts #typography #retroComputing #68kMac #design
Two (3!) new old bitmap fonts | Blog My Wiki!

Show threadblogmywikiNov 14, 2022
Thing #3 from my archive of things: I made a very simple abstraction of machine learning so younger students can see a kind of #machineLearning happening in code they can understand. It uses a #Python program that teaches a computer a familiar maths concept: number bonds to 10.
http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2021/09/simple-machine-learning-abstraction/
#ML #education #teaching #microbit
Simple machine learning abstraction for kids | Blog My Wiki!

Show threadblogmywikiNov 14, 2022

Thing #4 from my archive of things: turn a BBC #microbit into a spooky Cold War numbers station with some #Python. You can try it out in the online editor's simulator, so no micro:bit required!

http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2022/04/microbit-numbers-station/

Video: https://youtu.be/YWRG8EzxZEk
#microPython #ConetProject #numbersStation

micro:bit numbers station | Blog My Wiki!

Show threadblogmywikiNov 15, 2022
Thing #5 from my archive of things: smolBASIC, an idea for a very simple first text-based programming language, written in Python so students can extend it themselves:
https://github.com/blogmywiki/smolBASIC
#microbit #microPython #Python #education #edutooter
GitHub - blogmywiki/smolBASIC

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GitHub
Show threadblogmywikiNov 16, 2022
Thing #6 is something a bit silly, originally designed to fit longer #microbit #Python programs in tweets, but perhaps it could help students look at text-based code in a different way: Emojify your Python http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2022/04/emojify-your-python/
#microPython
Emojify your Python | Blog My Wiki!

Show threadblogmywikiNov 18, 2022
Thing #7 is an example of how writing computer code to simulate a problem can help you understand it: how coding a #Python program helped my brain unlock the Monty Hall problem. http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2016/04/montyhall/
#education #edutooter #maths #mathematics
Coding as a way of understanding the Monty Hall problem | Blog My Wiki!

Show threadblogmywikiNov 18, 2022
Things #8 - they could be heroes... I like dabbling in a bit of pointless graphic design, here are some of my heroes as fake Penguin-style book jackets: https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&tags=fauxdesign&user_id=97317828%40N00&view_all=1
Show threadblogmywikiNov 20, 2022
Thing #9 has a link to #8: some authors and books that changed my life, thanks to the #Backlisted podcast plus a spooky and unexpected science fiction discovery: http://www.suppertime.co.uk/blogmywiki/2019/12/10-backlisted-episodes-that-changed-my-life/
#books #Bookstodon #reading
10 Backlisted episodes that changed my life | Blog My Wiki!

Show threadblogmywikiNov 25, 2022
Thing #10: I went to Walton-on-the-Naze to write a book and discovered that Walton Rocks! https://www.flickr.com/photos/gilesbooth/albums/72157620108923762
Walton Rocks!

I spent a weekend in Walton-on-the-Naze. And fell in love... with Walton-on-the Naze.

Flickr
Show threadblogmywikiApr 1, 2024
I'd totally forgotten I made a smolBASIC simulator, so you can try it out even if you don't have a micro:bit. Just press the play button on the micro:bit and type
heart
pacman
ghost
run
http://suppertime.co.uk/microbit/smolBASIC/demo.html
smolBASIC simulator

Show threadThe Last Psion | AlexApr 5, 2024
@blogmywiki *adds smolBASIC EPOC16 port to ever-growing list of potential EPOC16 ports*
Show threadAlan EvansNov 13, 2022
@blogmywiki "and your up with the Partridge"