Sarah Townson

Today's @microbit.org + real time clock workshop went down well 😂

Computing education folks - can anyone suggest resources for learning Lua for 14 year olds?

My normal sources of tutorials don't have anything (e.g. @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social)!

I was asked during a Python workshop last week & would love to be able to get back to her with some advice!

Partial solar eclipse LIVE Watch the Moon hide a portion of the Sun live online with Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers

Here's a link to watch coverage of today's Partial Solar Eclipse. Provided by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 🔭 🧪 www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...

This was such a great day!
Well done to the whole team for putting it all together, I was very impressed (and am definitely planning to use some of the resources with my groups too!)

Yay my new robot design is all up & running!

🤖 sorted out the power issues (switched to 18650 batteries, seems to be working 🤞)

🤖 3D printed a connector for the grabbing servo (only took 9 revisions 🤣)

All ready for April's computing club (well, this one is... 15 more robots to upgrade!)

FAO: UK Computer Science school teachers and Computer Scientists in universities, industry, public sector.

Here's a fun way to inspire young people about computing as a subject (and perhaps careers) by answering their questions in moderated text-based live chats.
imacomputerscientist.uk/signup/

Three printed circuit boards. Top - air quality monitor breakout board. Left - round board with component holes placed as a face. Right - teacup shaped board with silver spots.

Woohoo my PCBs arrived!

🌬️ Air Quality Monitor breakout board for Science Oxford, in prep for a computing club

🎭 Some round 'learn to solder' boards to use for practice that they can decorate

☕ Shiny teacup board just for me 😂

Braided is a great idea! I want to have a go now... I'll make sure not to use up all my nice wire before I can get some to you Darren 😂

Ah yeah that could work. I have some beading 'memory wire' that's taking up space in my craft drawers - it's not very thick, but could provide a proof of concept.
If you haven't got a better plan by the time I see you next, I'll bring it along.

Oo shiny!

You could try thick jewellery wire, bent into shape with pliers. Not sure how easy the neopixels would be to attach to it though, you might need two wires like rails haha

Wires and neopixels in a tangle

I was imagining my Christmas decorations, which could be secured at the bulb bits only, but the ones that come on a reel would be much more challenging!
Maybe solder strips of 5 or so instead of individual ones, so there is a bit of flexibility?
Tricky one, look forward to hearing more solutions :D

A cut up piece of old tights (skin coloured), with the string sewn or glued in place?
Or, if you can do some soldering with them and switch the string out for individual pixels, I have some stiff but bendable wire I could give you!

One of my @codeclub.bsky.social students wants to make a bracelet/armband using a string of neopixels, so that they spiral between the wrist & elbow.

I'm after ideas for what they can use as a framework to support the pixels to stay in place, please 🙂

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@lmcunderwood.bsky.social

How to Crochet a Four-Leaf Clover in 15 Minutes (Free Pattern!) Learn how to make a simple crochet four-leaf clover in a matter of minutes with this free pattern and video tutorial. They're perfect for St. Patrick's Day!

Pattern from here (I adjusted for three leaves): bhookedcrochet.com/2015/02/15/c...

Four green crocheted shamrocks, one large, three small, two with badge pins visible

Happy St Patrick's Day! ☘️

I crocheted an unnecessary number of shamrocks (already given a few away!) because the pattern was very pleasing 😂

Thanks! Going to take a while to get my feed back to like twitter from 5 years ago ha, been off social media for so long!

Laser cut outline shaped like a cartoon face, with an LED, pushbutton and LCD screen attached

I'm very happy with how this year's Computing Club Project is going!

Code is working 🤞 so I'm finalising the CAD workshop.
Waiting for v2 of my PCB so I can transfer the measurements to TinkerCAD for the young people to create their own.

Excited to see what creative designs they come up with 😁

Matcha tea in a bowl next to a small plate containing a matcha and white chocolate cookie

Making the most of my day off by baking matcha cookies to enjoy while I do my Japanese homework!

It's my third time attempting matcha cookies, two different recipes, always bland 👎 (though I doubled the matcha!). They look pretty though 😁🍵