Linux – Victoria PiMakers And Others

May 22, 2019June 3, 2019

Sat 6 July 2019 – Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 AM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC

February 2, 2019February 24, 2019

March 2, 2019 – Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

Get together, enjoy coffee, and talk Linux. Everyone is welcome

Chat to Ada Lovelace via a Raspberry Pi June 18, 2019
Our friends, 8 Bits and a Byte, have built a Historic Voicebot, allowing users to chat to their favourite historical figures. It’s rather marvellous. The Historic Voicebot Have a chat with your favourite person from the past with the Historic Voicebot! With this interactive installation, you can talk to a historical figure through both chat […]
Alex Bate
An in-flight entertainment system that isn’t terrible June 17, 2019
No Alex today; she’s tragically germ-ridden and sighing weakly beneath a heap of duvets on her sofa. But, in spite of it all, she’s managed to communicate that I should share Kyle‘s Raspberry Pi in-flight entertainment system with you. I made my own IN-FLIGHT entertainment system! ft. Raspberry Pi Corsair Ironclaw RGB Gaming Mouse: http://bit.ly/2vFwYw5 […]
Helen Lynn
Remembering Andy Baker June 14, 2019
We are immensely sad to learn of the death, on 1 June, of Andy Baker, joint founder and organiser of the brilliant Cotswold Raspberry Jam. Andy had been suffering from brain cancer. Together with co-founder Andrew Oakley, Andy worked incredibly hard to make the Cotswold Jam one of the most exciting Jams of all, with […]
Helen Lynn
Playback your favourite records with Plynth June 13, 2019
Use album artwork to trigger playback of your favourite music with Plynth, the Raspberry Pi–powered, camera-enhanced record stand. Plynth Demo This is “Plynth Demo” by Plynth on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Record playback with Plynth Plynth uses a Raspberry Pi and Pi Camera Module to identify […]
Alex Bate
Ghost-hunting in schools with Raspberry Pi | Hello World #9 June 12, 2019
In Hello World issue 9, out today, Elliott Hall and Tom Bowtell discuss The Digital Ghost Hunt: an immersive theatre and augmented reality experience that takes a narrative-driven approach in order to make digital education accessible. The Digital Ghost Hunt combines coding education, augmented reality, and live performance to create an immersive storytelling experience. It […]
Alex Bate