Author Archives: blogmywiki

One moment please, while I arrange the galaxy

Posted on September 19, 2021 by blogmywiki

In 1977, the second computer I ever used was my dad’s Commodore PET 2001. This massive, sphinx-like machine of bent-steel with its terrible calculator keyboard, built-in cassette drive and ghostly white CRT monitor surrounded with a slightly IBM-ish shade of … Continue reading →

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Simple machine learning abstraction for kids

Posted on September 11, 2021 by blogmywiki

Update: this also works on a BBC micro:bit, scroll down to find out more! There are some great resources for teaching machine learning to kids, but I’ve noticed a lot of them rely on some magic happening in the cloud, … Continue reading →

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Easy new OLED driver for the micro:bit

Posted on September 10, 2021 by blogmywiki

I love OLED displays! The 128×64 pixel ones are really cheap and easy to interface with a BBC micro:bit, Arduino or Raspberry Pi. Here are a few things I’ve made with them: Screen for a self-contained TinyBASIC computer micro:bit compass … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Arduino TinyBASIC

Posted on August 30, 2021 by blogmywiki

I’ve been watching Wifi Sheep’s Arduino simple BASIC computer builds and this cool little project using LCD and OLED displays with interest, and I thought I might have a go at building something similar myself with parts I have lying … Continue reading →

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micro:bit NIM maths and computing investigation

Posted on August 7, 2021 by blogmywiki

NIM is a simple but potentially infuriating, ancient 2 player game. You have some counters or matchsticks, you’re allowed to take a limited number in each turn, say 1, 2 or 3. The winner is the person who takes the … Continue reading →

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