Chinese Movement Working to Enforce Fair Labor Practices Into Software
A really interesting article by MOTHERBOARD about the 996.ICU movement. The group is working through GitHub to try to get companies to treat workers fairly and abide by local labor laws.Chinese workers...
View ArticleMutiertes L-System #ArtTuesday
Mutiertes L-System from Lukas Stöver on Vimeo.*Mutiertes L-System* is the physically grown L-System-Algorithm. From a software origin, it migrates into the physical world. By mutating and developing...
View ArticleA helper for CircuitPython development with Atom #CircuitPython #Atom...
Everyone has their favorite development environment. For those who use the Atom editor, GitHub user s-light has created a small Python script helper to work with CircuitPython, Python on...
View ArticleMaker Update: Flip-Out [Maker Update #134] @makerprojectlab @adafruit...
Maker Update: Flip-Out [Maker Update #134] Adafruit edition – (video – above).This week on Maker Update, a flip-out mic for your machine learning pocket project, a shark mask that moves when you talk,...
View ArticleMaker Update: Visors Down [Maker Update #139] @makerprojectlab @adafruit...
Maker Update: Visors Down [Maker Update #139] Adafruit edition – (video – above).This week on Maker Update, a 3D printed Starman helmet, a beating heart, an Adabot solder helper, a disco band camp...
View ArticleMakeCode GitHub Integration in Beta #MakeCode #GitHub @MSMakeCode @GitHub
Via the MakeCode blog:In the previous “episode” of the GitHub authoring series, we introduced a simple way to host your MakeCode projects on GitHub. In our latest round of updates, we’ve integrated...
View ArticleMaker Update: Glass Eye for the Spooky Guy [Maker Update #143]...
Maker Update: Glass Eye for the Spooky Guy [Maker Update #143] Adafruit edition – (video above).This week on Maker Update: Everything is awesome with this 3D printed lamp, over 2000 guides on the...
View ArticleThat Music You’re Dancing To? It’s Code #MusicMonday
Code has finally made its way into the club. From The New York Times.On a computer, Sonic Pi looks like any other coding language. It’s a mess of numbers, parentheticals, punctuation marks and...
View ArticleThe Lines of Code That Changed Everything #Programming #History @Slate
Slate writes about Apollo 11, the JPEG, the first pop-up ad, and 33 other bits of software that have transformed our world. Code shapes our lives. As the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has written,...
View ArticleEssential Commands to Learn for Your Raspberry Pi Projects #piday #Linux...
Handy guide for working with your Pi!Via PC Mag:Getting your Raspberry Pi up and running is pretty easy—and whatever project you’re doing, there’s probably a guide that can walk you through the...
View ArticleAdafruit Weekly Editorial Round-Up, 10/13 – 10/19: First Orders,...
ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UPWe’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of...
View ArticleSlate Presents 36 Lines of Code That Changed Everything
😻 this article from Slate:To shed light on the software that has tilted the world on its axis, the editors polled computer scientists, software developers, historians, policymakers, and journalists....
View ArticleComputer Archeology Website #Archive #History #VintageComputing #VintageGaming
Computer Archeology is a digital museum dedicated to “digging in” to old game code and operating systems. It is a great resource for exploring and preserving vintage programs!Via Computer...
View ArticleImage Made of Code Looks Different Based on Your Browser
via MOTHERBOARDThis portrait looks different depending on the browser you view it in, because it’s not an “image” at all. It’s pure web code that your browser renders into a drawing every time you load...
View ArticleMaker Update: Pumpkin Spice Reflow [Maker Update #148] @makerprojectlab...
Maker Update: Pumpkin Spice Reflow [Maker Update #148] Adafruit Edition – (video above)This week on Maker Update: A shouting pumpkin, Build your own Feather module, be goose do crimes, dripping skills,...
View ArticleDrum Machine in Excel #MIDI #Excel #Microsoft #MusicMonday @Microsoft
Dylan Tallchief show off his incredible spreadsheet skill on YouTube. He made a working drum machine in Excel, a program often associated with dull office work. Watch the video for a full break...
View ArticleMaker Update #151: Chestnuts Roasting on a Dumpster Fire #Adafruit @adafruit...
Chestnuts Roasting on a Dumpster Fire [Maker Update #151]This week on Maker Update (video): dumpster fires, Circuit Python V, flying toasters, cyber santa, personal soundtracks, gift guides, turtles,...
View ArticleNew Guide: Unicorn Christmas Stocking with Lights & Sound
Check out this fun idea from Erin St. Blaine, just in time for the holidays: make a sparkly unicorn stocking that plays your child’s favorite Christmas song and lights up with rainbow lights. This...
View ArticleAmazon and Georgia Tech Team Up with Ciara to Inspire Students to Code...
Via Georgia Tech:Amazon has announced a new addition to its Amazon Future Engineer program – a music remix competition that teaches students how to write code that makes music. Alongside Georgia Tech...
View ArticleAdafruit’s Top Ten Tweets of 2019 #AdafruitTopTen
Through the next couple of weeks we are going to post Adafruit’s Top 10 lists ranging from social media to new products. Be sure to check back every weekday!10. 433MHz RF “Hello World” on the Raspberry...
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