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10 April 2020 Stewart

@Home activities for children during Covid-19 Coronovirus lockdown

As a parent I understand how important it is to keep children entertained. This is now even harder with the

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9 April 2020 Stewart

Thank you messages – LED Matrix Display – Coronovirus / Covid-19

I’m writing this post during lockdown in 2020 during the Novel Coronovirus / Covid-19 pandemic. Before the virus took hold

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5 April 2020 Stewart

Linux printer cupsd broke plasma on Kubuntu 19.10 – no start menu

I’ve just had a problem with Kubuntu where the start menu didn’t appear. So it was not possible to launch

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2 April 2020 Stewart

Videos and Tutorials on Game Programming with Pygame Zero

I’ve recently published a book Beginning Game Programming with Pygame Zero. To accompany the book I’ve created some videos showing

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14 February 2020 Stewart

New Book – Beginning Game Programming with Pygame Zero

This is my second professionally published book, published by Apress. Beginning Game Programming with Pygame Zero. The is a fun

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7 January 2020 Stewart

NexDock 2 – Laptop style screen and keyboard for Raspberry Pi or mobile phones

A few years ago I backed a Kickstarter project for the original NexDock for use with the Raspberry Pi. Last

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10 December 2019 Stewart

Using a gamepad or joystick on a Raspberry Pi with Pygame Zero QJoyPad

Pygame Zero is an easy way to get started in game programming. It used Python Pygame, but makes getting started

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29 August 2019 Stewart

Fixing 3D printer first layer problems – sticking to the bed

I have had a 3D printer for about two and half years now and I’m still learning. One of the

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16 August 2019 Stewart

Camping trip to Bala Lake in Snowdonia Wales

This year our main holiday was at Easter. We still wanted to do something during the summer but having spent

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14 August 2019 Stewart

Running at Code Club at a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU)

In the past I have run a Code Club in a mainstream first / primary school. This involved going into

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