Virtual Meetings – Victoria PiMakers And Others

June 1, 2020June 1, 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.

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

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

Raspberry Pi News

6558 programs from young people have run on the ISS for Astro Pi 2019/20! June 2, 2020

The team at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in collaboration with ESA Education, is excited to announce that all of this year’s successful Astro Pi programs have now run aboard the International Space Station (ISS)! Record numbers of young people took part in Astro Pi Mission Zero This year, a record 6350 teams of students and […]

Claire Given

Monitoring bees with a Raspberry Pi and BeeMonitor June 1, 2020

Keeping an eye on bee life cycles is a brilliant example of how Raspberry Pi sensors help us understand the world around us. Getting to design and build things for a living sounds like a dream job, especially if it also involves Raspberry Pi and wildlife. Glyn Hudson has always enjoyed making things and set […]

Rosie Hattersley

Let’s make digital art at home this week May 31, 2020

Digital Making at Home: Make art Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://rpf.io/ytsub Help us reach a wider audience by translating our video content: http://rpf.io/yttranslate Buy a Raspbe… Digital Making at Home is our initiative to encourage young people to code along with us in their homes across the world. We support them with weekly themed […]

Kevin Johnson

Latest Raspberry Pi OS update – May 2020 May 29, 2020

Along with yesterday’s launch of the new 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, we launched a beta 64-bit ARM version of Debian with the Raspberry Pi Desktop, so you could use all those extra gigabytes. We also updated the 32-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS (the new name for Raspbian), so here’s a quick run-through of what […]

Simon Long

8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75 May 28, 2020

The long-rumoured 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 is now available, priced at just $75. Raspberry Pi 4 is almost a year old, and it’s been a busy year. We’ve sold nearly 3 million units, shipped a couple of minor board revisions, and reduced the price of the 2GB variant from $45 to $35. On the software […]

Eben Upton