Tutorials – Victoria PiMakers And Others

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

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

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

January 10, 2020March 31, 2020

Spring 2020 Learning Sessions

January 10, 2020March 1, 2020

Thur Feb 27, 2020 – NetSig – Defending with IP Tables/bpf

A Special Interest Group focused on computer networking. Building networks for Today and Tomorrow!
Half of the meeting is education, or presentation. Half is sharing, and problem solving.
Bring a laptop with Wireshark installed: We’ll be running a hands on workshop using iptables/ip6tables/bpf (BSD Packet Filter)
Thursday, February 20, 2020
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Q-CollegeSuite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC

January 9, 2020February 5, 2020

Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 – Computer Language Series – Part 4

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.

Saturday, January 25, 2020
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tec 177

October 17, 2019November 12, 2019

Sat, Nov 9, 2019 – Computer Language Series (part 3)

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.

10:00 AM – 12:00PM
Q College Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC

August 30, 2019October 5, 2019

Sat, Sep 28, 2019 – Computer Language Series (part 1)

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.

10:00 AM – 12:00PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tech 177
Sign Up with Meetup here

Part 2 is Saturday, October 26, 2019

Raspberry Pi News

13 Raspberry Pis slosh-test space shuttle tanks in zero gravity September 25, 2020

High-school student Eleanor Sigrest successfully crowdfunded her way onto a zero-G flight to test her latest Raspberry Pi-powered project. NASA Goddard engineers peer reviewed Eleanor’s experimental design, which detects unwanted movement (or ‘slosh’) in spacecraft fluid tanks. The apparatus features an accelerometer to precisely determine the moment of zero gravity, along with 13 Raspberry Pis… […]

Ashley Whittaker

17000ft | The MagPi 98 September 24, 2020

How do you get internet over three miles up the Himalayas? That’s what the 17000 ft Foundation and Sujata Sahu had to figure out. Rob Zwetsloot reports in the latest issue of the MagPi magazine, out now. Living in more urban areas of the UK, it can be easy to take for granted decent internet… […]

Rob Zwetsloot

Embedding computational thinking skills in our learning resources September 23, 2020

Learning computing is fun, creative, and exploratory. It also involves understanding some powerful ideas about how computers work and gaining key skills for solving problems using computers. These ideas and skills are collected under the umbrella term ‘computational thinking’. When we create our online learning projects for young people, we think as much about how… […]

Oliver Quinlan

Raspberry Pi powered e-paper display takes months to show a movie September 22, 2020

We loved the filmic flair of Tom Whitwell‘s super slow e-paper display, which takes months to play a film in full. Living art His creation plays films at about two minutes of screen time per 24 hours, taking a little under three months for a 110-minute film. Psycho played in a corner of his dining… […]

Ashley Whittaker

Raspberry Pi turns retro radio into interactive storyteller September 21, 2020

8 Bits and a Byte created this voice-controllable, interactive, storytelling device, hidden inside a 1960s radio for extra aesthetic wonderfulness. A Raspberry Pi 3B works with an AIY HAT, a microphone, and the device’s original speaker to run chatbot and speech-to-text artificial intelligence. This creature is a Bajazzo TS made by Telefunken some time during… […]

Ashley Whittaker