2020 Presentations – Victoria PiMakers And Others

June 16, 2020July 1, 2020

Sat. June 27, 2020 – ADSB Multiple Feeds

Details

9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

Virtual Meeting: https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

Interested in feeding your data to more than just Flightradar24 or Flight Aware? Unsure which feeder to install first? Confused by which dump1090 fork to install?

This presentation will demonstrate installing one feeder on your Raspberry Pi and then discuss the quirks to setting up the additional feeders (ADS-B Exchange, AirNav RadarBox, OpenSky Network, and Plane Finder) so that they all play nice together.

ADS-B Exchange: https://www.adsbexchange.com/
AirNav RadarBox: https://www.radarbox24.com/
Flight Aware: https://flightaware.com/
Flightradar24: https://www.flightradar24.com/
OpenSky Network: https://opensky-network.org/
Plane Finder: https://planefinder.net/

Here is the video of our virtual meeting:

June 1, 2020June 16, 2020

Sat., June 13, 2020 Flask: A lightweight Web Development Framework

Flask is a micro web framework written in Python. Applications that use the Flask framework include Pinterest and LinkedIn.

Presentation pdf here.

9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

Virtual Meeting: https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

May 23, 2020May 25, 2020

Sat. May 23, 2020 – Django Explained

Saturday, May 23, 2020
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

Learn how django can solve your problems

Django Overview pdf here

March 31, 2020May 23, 2020

Sat. May 9, 2020 – PI Hardening (Virtual Meeting)

Learn how to harden your Pi

We’ll be conducting this meeting virtually using Jitsi
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

March 17, 2020March 31, 2020

Virtual Meetings – 2020

We will be conducting Virtual Meetings for the next few weeks using Jitsi, a free video-conferencing system. Please use Chrome or Chromium for the best experience, or download one of the pre-built clients: https://jitsi.org/downloads

February 6, 2020April 26, 2020

Sat. April 25, 2020 – Computer Language Series (part 6) (Virtual on Jitsi)

Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash

All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.

Be sure to have a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions. https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

This session: Functions

February 5, 2020April 13, 2020

Sat. Apr 11, 2020 – Introduction to Networking (Virtual Meeting)

Details
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

This is a Virtual meeting using Jitsi. Join the meeting at:
https://meet.jit.si/vicpimakers

Interested in the basics of computer networking? Want to know how your packets get from here to there? Don’t miss this Introduction to networking presentation which will answer the following:

Why do we need Ethernet anyway?
The basics of IPv4 & IPv6
What happens when a packet is routed
Some basic SOHO network topologies

Bring your own coffee, and we’ll see you on Jitsi on Saturday!

Presentation notes:

http://www.makikiweb.com/ipv6/intro_to_networking.html

January 10, 2020March 1, 2020

Sat. Feb 22, 2020 – Language Learning Series – Arrays

Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash

All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.

Be sure to BRING a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions.

This session: Arrays

Saturday, February 22, 2020
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tec 177

Raspberry Pi News

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Distributing Raspberry Pi computers to help families access education July 9, 2020

The closure of schools has called attention to the digital divide, which sees poorer families struggling or unable to access education*. The coronavirus pandemic didn’t cause this divide, but it has highlighted it and its impact on many people in our society. As our Foundation CEO Philip outlined back in April, part of our response […]

Olympia Brown

Learn at home #4: All about Scratch July 8, 2020

There’s no question that families have faced disruptions and tough challenges over the last few months. For the parents and carers who’ve been supporting their children with learning at home, it can feel overwhelming, stressful, rewarding — or all three! As many children are still carrying on with learning at home, we are supporting them […]

Katie Gouskos

Website hosting on Raspberry Pi 4 with Mythic Beasts July 7, 2020

Here’s Mythic Beast’s Pete Stevens to talk about how we run the Raspberry Pi website on Raspberry Pis, and how Mythic Beasts can run your site on Raspberry Pis too! Rent a Raspberry Pi In late 2016, Mythic Beasts launched a Raspberry Pi cloud, allowing you to rent a Raspberry Pi 3 as a service. […]

Alex Bate

Reducing the load: ways to support novice programmers July 6, 2020

What’s your experience of learning to program? Have you given up and thought it just wasn’t for you? This has been the case for many people — and it’s the focus of a lot of research. Now that teaching programming is in the curriculum in many countries around the world, it’s even more important that […]

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