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    <title>Snap &amp;mdash; Paul Sutton</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Snap Blocks</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Snap Blocks&#xA;&#xA;I was looking for something relating to the snap package on Debian, but happened up on another programming tool using blocks.   So am sharing.&#xA;&#xA;Snap is produced by the University of Berkley in California,  and allows you to create code using blocks, but at the same time displaying corresponding Python 3 code.   As with Scratch everything is stored in the cloud. &#xA;&#xA;Something to take a look at during code club at some point.&#xA;&#xA;More information can be found in the links below.&#xA;&#xA;Visually create, save, and share projects, in the cloud, with Snap!, a blocks-based programming language. Brought to you by&#xA;UCBerkeley,&#xA;&#xA;Snap&#xA;  Mastodon&#xA;  Fedi Id - @SnapCloud@fosstodon.org&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#Snap,#Coding,#Blocks,#Python,#Education,#CodeClub,&#xA;PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Snap Blocks</p>

<p>I was looking for something relating to the snap package on Debian, but happened up on another programming tool using blocks.   So am sharing.</p>

<p>Snap is produced by the University of Berkley in California,  and allows you to create code using blocks, but at the same time displaying corresponding Python 3 code.   As with Scratch everything is stored in the cloud.</p>

<p>Something to take a look at during code club at some point.</p>

<p>More information can be found in the links below.</p>

<pre><code>Visually create, save, and share projects, in the cloud, with Snap!, a blocks-based programming language. Brought to you by
UCBerkeley,
</code></pre>
<ul><li><a href="https://snap.berkeley.edu/" rel="nofollow">Snap</a>
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<li>Fedi Id – <strong><a href="https://personaljournal.ca/@/SnapCloud@fosstodon.org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow">@<span>SnapCloud@fosstodon.org</span></a></strong></li></ul></li></ul>

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<a href="/paulsutton/tag:PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup</span></a></p>

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      <guid>https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/snap-blocks</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 07:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Command and Conquer Red Alert</title>
      <link>https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/command-and-conquer-red-alert</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Command and Conquer Red Alert&#xA;&#xA;So having installed Debian 11,   I have now installed the snap daemon and the C&amp;C Red Alert game.   So slowing getting back to some of what  I had on my Debian 10 install.&#xA;&#xA;A few screenshots are included below.&#xA;&#xA;Red Alert&#xA;&#xA;Redalert&#xA;&#xA;Redalert&#xA;&#xA;Red Alert&#xA;&#xA;Red Alert&#xA;&#xA;Please feel free to chat on Mastodon or on IRC (See links below)&#xA;&#xA;Links&#xA;&#xA;Snap Store&#xA;Mastodon&#xA;Libera.chat&#xA;&#xA;Tags &#xA;&#xA;#Linux,#Debian,#Gaming,#Snap,#CommandAndConquer,#RedAlert&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Command and Conquer Red Alert</p>

<p>So having installed Debian 11,   I have now installed the snap daemon and the C&amp;C Red Alert game.   So slowing getting back to some of what  I had on my Debian 10 install.</p>

<p>A few screenshots are included below.</p>

<p><img src="https://git.qoto.org/zleap/documents/-/raw/master/gamescreens/redalert5.png" alt="Red Alert"></p>

<p><img src="https://git.qoto.org/zleap/documents/-/raw/master/gamescreens/redalert1.png" alt="Redalert"></p>

<p><img src="https://git.qoto.org/zleap/documents/-/raw/master/gamescreens/redalert2.png" alt="Redalert"></p>

<p><img src="https://git.qoto.org/zleap/documents/-/blob/master/gamescreens/redalert7.png" alt="Red Alert"></p>

<p><img src="https://git.qoto.org/zleap/documents/-/raw/master/gamescreens/redalert8.png" alt="Red Alert"></p>

<p>Please feel free to chat on Mastodon or on IRC (See links below)</p>

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      <guid>https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/command-and-conquer-red-alert</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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