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LibrePlanet 2023
This years Free Software Foundation conference is back in Boston as an in person conference, however talks will still be streamed online. It will run from March 18th to 19th, 2023.
This years theme is Charting the course.
I have been helping with reviewing talks for the conference, so from this I know there is a really good range of interesting talks, workshops for the event.
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Code Club 7/1/2022 reminder
The next Code Club session is on Saturday 7th January 2023. We will have the usual mix of stuff, and hopefully welcome some new attendees.
Code Club Links
Young coders contest
As a few attendees are interested in this, I am sharing the information.
There is a young coders contest coming up in 2023, that runs from January to May. The video below is from the 2022 contest
You can register for this on the website
Hope to get a few schools on board with this to help support those taking part.
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#CodeClub,,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#Contests
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Anti Bullying course – 4
I have now completed course 4 of the anti bullying training. Presented by the the Anti Bullying Alliance.
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Home Chemistry 1 – Results
Results
An hour in to the experiment :– so 15:15 on 03/1/2023
Copper foil and zinc have produced little in the way of reaction. The Magnesium on the other hand has fully reacted with the Vinegar.
Conclusion
Other than stating the obvious, the Magnesium is clearly the more reactive with vinegar. But then Magnesium is a group 2 element, where as the others are Transition, so the properties are different anyway.
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Home Chemistry 1
A few days ago I was having a look what would happen if various metallic elements were added to a beaker of Distilled White vinegar.
Using Zinc (Zn) didn't appear to do very much, however dropping Magnesium (Mg), did appear to produce a slow reaction, which seemed to result in the magnesium dissolving.
So the experiment I am going to carry out will use the following:
Equipment
Elements
Other
This is not strictly needed, but will be used to test the pH of the vinegar before I start.
Method
Notes
Experiment started 14:13 on 03/01/2023
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Biodiversity Net Gain virtual symposium
Date : Wed 29 March 2023 Time : 10:00 – 13:00 (BST).
Info & Signup
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Bresser Microscope
I received a Bresser usb Microscope for christmas. This is a nice, compact unit capable of 50x to 1000x magnification.
USB Microscope :
The supplied software is Windows & Mac (or this can be downloaded). As I am running Debian 11.x I used Cheese which is camera software. The software works fine. As seen in the photo below.
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Share to Mastodon – Firefox plugin
There is now a new plug in for Mozilla Firefox which facilitates the sharing of articles to the Federated social media network Mastodon, part of the Fediverse.
This is a really good step forward, and will really help.
More information on the Mozilla Website
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Street Medic Hip Pocket Class
If you are interested in learning how to be a street medic, or at least learn enough to help people. This may be of interest.
Follow Rayne, Bookchin's fav catgirl @saladbarbreath@todon.nl on the fediverse for more information.
Clearly in the Uk we have a different system, however a good point is made about learning CPR and simple life saving, it can make all the difference until help arrives.
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Paignton Library STEM Group – January 2023 – 2
The next meeting of the Paignton Library STEM Group is this Saturday 14th January 2023, 11am to 15:00
The purpose of the Paignton Library STEM Group is to encourage and support participation in STEM subjects. Our event aims to create a friendly hub for STEM enthusiasts to share, collaborate and learn. Please do bring your personal STEM projects to the event, we would love to see what you are working on.
I found details of some coding are detailed in a previous post.
We can probably do more with the Raspberry Pi & Micro:bits.
Links
Please see Contact page for how to get in touch.
Young coders contest
There is a young coders contest coming up in 2023, that runs from January to May. The video below is from the 2022 contest
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