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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy)

@jerseyitguy.org.bsky.social

Head of Digital & Adoption - BDO. #EdTech. Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert & Microbit Champion.

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I can make an instructables and give all the files and code with a walk through. The kit is a good idea. I'm getting a new laser cutter that could speed up the process.

23.07.2025 08:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apologies. For yours & others benefit, 1st image is a young disabled boy happy with a new accessible switch. Next a the 3 button device that has coloured lights & is laser cut. The next shows the raspberry pi inside that makes it all work and the last is example python code that I used AI to create.

23.07.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My son's #disability means he struggles to press the spacebar twice quickly enought to fly in #Minecraft. No problem, made a ยฃ10 MacroPad with the @raspberrypi.com Pico. Fully designed with @lightburn.bsky.social He's back in the game! #accessibility #accessibletech #rpi #pico #lasercut

22.07.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K Fan to 100m Duct by jerseyitguy This will help connect to more standard size extractor fans that use 100mm ducts. the bolt holes and nut recesses are for m3 nuts and bolts. No Supports required.

For any @Elegoo_Official #Saturn4Ultra 16K owners that want to use more standard 100m Duct for fume extractors. I made my first published @thingiverse
www.thingiverse.com/thing:7020958

26.04.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Think it's over exposure. Testing now

12.04.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Moved to @elegoo.bsky.social ABS Like Resin 3.0 from 2.0. Having problems now. Def settings as everything else is the same. Here's a testing print. Struggling with the fine detail & the tear is new. Sometimes sticking to FEP. Any ideas #3Dprinting peeps? Using Elegoo settings.

12.04.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As the world enjoys significant #ChatGPT image generation improvement, it turns out millions of social media users private photos have been stolen to train them. YOU could be in AI photos! Check the link to search if yours has been used!!! I found mine!!! news.rr.nihalnavath.com/posts/Images...

01.04.2025 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Salvaging a decade+ old Hexapod. Was old #Python code now updated to Python3. Gutted the original hardware, now @raspberrypi.com Zero & @adafruit-playground.com servo hats. A few gammy legs due to worn cogs & rechargeable Lipo batteries installed. That how you unwind at the weekend isn't it? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿค“

23.03.2025 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seen it, used it, liked it. TinyLlama still seems to work better for me.

14.03.2025 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nope. "Just" the 16GB Pi5. Slow but functional on TinyLlama1.1B

14.03.2025 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Raspberry Pi Headless mode VNC & RDC
YouTube video by JerseyITguy Raspberry Pi Headless mode VNC & RDC

On #PiDay I'm reminded that I've tinkered with @raspberrypi.com's for over a decade. I've owned every model. My current #Pi5 is running #AI & more importantly there's always Pi running #RetroPie somewhere in the house! For the kids of course... ๐Ÿ‘€ youtu.be/WWsBmioSMcQ?...

14.03.2025 07:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lemon & Sugar or Maple Syrup, the age old question...
#PancakeDay
#ShroveTuesday

04.03.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Expect a flood ๐ŸŒŠ of #sora videos ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ in the UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง. Impressive but is it really useful? What's the ROI? Generic unpersonalised #Marketing content? I'm talking about this on Tuesday (Full) & the 25th March (Running out) at Digital Jersey Academy, book now lnkd.in/ejvS7F28

02.03.2025 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The @Digital.je school #BattleBot army is growing, ready for coding on Wednesday. Will do an #instructables build & share the lasercutting + 3Dprint models. Fair bit of multi discipline effort this one. @microbit.org #dfrobot @lightburnsoftware.bsky.social @elegoo.bsky.social @autocad.bsky.social

23.02.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been too long since I've got the Resin #3Dprinter out. Forgot how much I enjoy the design and production process. @elegoo.bsky.social

21.02.2025 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My wife was surprised by this little fella defending her bath. She asks if I'll ever grow up? I said I'm just making a schools robotics project fun for the kids... ๐Ÿ‘€ The boy is in hysterics ๐Ÿ˜‚. The comedy hands get him. @microbit.org #tinkercad #dfrobot @lightburnsoftware.bsky.social

17.02.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy with that, a VERY economical @lightburnsoftware.bsky.social #lasercut @microbit.org robot for a @digital.je Schools #Robotics/#Coding session after half term. Made easy with #dfrobot Motor Driver. Only 15more to build ๐Ÿฅต. Might add some @elegoo.bsky.social #3Dprinted hulk hands! #STEM

16.02.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Savoury panchetta and egg pancakes with a touch of maple sauce was requested by her highness... it was delivered promptly to a massive smile ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿคค I was yet again masterfully manipulated by a professional Daddy's girl.

09.02.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This arrived in the post yesterday! For the love of God why isn't this done automatically via email and/or SMS!!! The date set on the letter was the 22nd! Which I also am suspicious of. Doesn't take a week locally. It's a mess however you look at it! ๐Ÿคฌ

06.02.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Version 1.0 is very very ugly but it works and now I can make it pretty. @microbit.org

03.02.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy place

26.01.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man says i have the high ground in front of a volcano ALT: a man says i have the high ground in front of a volcano

Watching young never Trumpers Dona full 180 and begrudgingly rooting for Trump, just to get #TikTok back is the most American thing I've ever seen. #tiktokban

19.01.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With safety upgrade...

19.01.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunday #Making job this week. #Recycling the scurge of the environment. Single use vapes, the li-ion batteries now being used for a @DigitalJersey schools @microbit_edu project. Converting to usbc power at the same time as making recharge stations. Ominously only 66.6p per unit.

19.01.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just first impressions, I'll give the search page a try. Thanks

18.01.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is holding a lightsaber and says i shall become more powerful than you ALT: a man with a beard is holding a lightsaber and says i shall become more powerful than you

So every other video on #RedNote is "Hello #TikTokRefugees" ๐Ÿ˜‚. Took China zero time to just spin up a clone. Who'd have thunk it...

18.01.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How do I buy this sound investment that definitely isn't a pump and dump way to fund him while in office and work around the law. I see big rises and drops in this coins future... ๐Ÿง The T's & C's say it all, how is this even legal?

18.01.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Late night making. The @microbit.org modular kits are coming together for another #Coding through #Robotics session on Wednesday. Only 120 modules to make... ๐Ÿ˜ญ

13.01.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It punches way above it's "for schools" reputation

10.01.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Back to my teaching roots this week. Trialing a #coding through #robotics programme at #belroyalschool for 6 weeks. All part of the @Digital.je Academy's 2025 focus on #Education & Industry #Productivity through #DigitalSkills. The videos & lesson plans will live. @microbit.org

10.01.2025 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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