Michael Horne

@recantha
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Family man, amateur theatre director/performer, #PiWars organiser and #RaspberryPi fan, #CFML / #SQL / #Javascript programmer, Director of Systems Development for an educational charity. Christian but (fairly) Liberal. Politically a bit Left!

Potton, Bedfordshire, England - www.recantha.co.uk

Websitehttps://recantha.co.uk
Theatrehttps://sharnbrookmilltheatre.co.uk

Google Gemini just takes me round and round in circles for hours with its own API. FFS, there must be easier ways, like just telling me where the CURRENT documentation is!

I should say: I'm doing this for work, not because I like it!

Blimey. The Sky news anchor is...pausing...every...word. You could fly spacecraft through the gaps. Blimey. Top quality. #artemis
Got cold. Decided to 3D print something on the ol' Bambu A1 to heat the office up. It's working so far! :-P

RE: https://chaos.social/@carlton/116329256279704996

LOL. (looks askance). Nope, definitely "LOL" with quotes.

Oh, come come, now. £300 for a Pi 5? I appreciate that's the top-of-the-line one. But come on!
400 bloody quid for a Pi 500+. Up $150 from yesterday. I mean, it's nice... but...
Trouble remembering to take your meds? Build this reminder box with <$20 in parts to light up when it's prescription time. I leave mine by my coffee maker so I never forget it. Updated lesson for classroom build https://youtu.be/imafYENxZ_U #TechForGood #CircuitPython #MakerSpace #AssistiveTech #raspberrypipico
Build a Medications Reminder Box with a Raspberry Pi Pico W (Pico School)

YouTube

This is Beampong, a tabletop arcade game for two players that I built around a LED strip and Raspberry Pi Pico.
Portable, battery-powered, with code and construction files fully open source!
It has three distinct play modes: a Pong-style bouncing ball game, a combat mode where you fire colored pixels at each other, and a musical challenge.

Source code: https://github.com/TuriSc/BeamPong

#opensource #RaspberryPiPico #gamedesign #toy @rpimag

483) Spacebot (and Landerbot). Explores space, finding interesting planets and then deploying Landerbot to investigate further. #SmallRobotsRemastered