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Bitmap fonts

Posted on August 25, 2015 by blogmywiki

I used to love making fonts – even back in the 1980s I made bitmap fonts for the ZX Spectrum. This is a homage to the font I made for my mid-80s A-Level Computer Science project, which did on-screen graphics … Continue reading →

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Windbreaks

Posted on August 19, 2015 by blogmywiki

Windbreak slideshow – click on arrows either side of image to view the set. The British seem to love windbreaks. I got a bit obsessed about them yesterday, on that rare thing: a windless, hot summer day on the beach … Continue reading →

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Hop Stuff Brewery – podcast

Posted on August 6, 2015 by blogmywiki

After a bit of a hiatus, the new Last Orders podcast is here: Today I visited the brewery that links South and North London, Hop Stuff, where I was showed round by the lovely founder James Yeomans. Listen to the … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow Never Knows, chapter 1

Posted on August 1, 2015 by blogmywiki

Instead of finishing the various stories I have have hanging around (including the one that’s The History Boys meets An Education meets Doctor Who, that one is a doozie) I started a new one. I’m stumbling after 4 chapters so … Continue reading →

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Code making and breaking activities in Scratch – part 1

Posted on July 29, 2015 by blogmywiki

When I was a kid I loved making codes and still vividly remember my brother teaching me about simple substitution cyphers; I’d write messages and he’d then try to break them by looking for patterns and common letters like E … Continue reading →

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