It's half term in the UK which means that GeekTechV2 and I have had chance to get outside and carry out some science fun. In this case, adding some Mentos to some Diet Coke. https://youtu.be/-MCDegrPQvo We used 3 bottles (1.5 Litres per bottle) of Diet Coke to see the reaction. The reaction is physical and … Continue reading Mentos and Diet Coke
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Beyond The Basic Stuff With Python – Book Review (Python)
Over recent years my skills with the Python language have grown. This has been down to self-learning, online courses and several excellent books. However, at times I get the feeling that my Python skills are lacking the finesse and finish that other programmers have. Is it because my skills are missing something? If you get … Continue reading Beyond The Basic Stuff With Python – Book Review (Python)
The Raspberry Pi Pico / Pimoroni Pico Display
It's January 2021 and the awesome folks over at Raspberry Pi have announced a new device, a micro controller called the Raspberry Pi Pico. The full details / news about the device can be found at: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale/ . I grabbed one from the excellent Pimoroni and with speedy delivery from Royal Mail it arrived over … Continue reading The Raspberry Pi Pico / Pimoroni Pico Display
Percentages With Python
Python is great for maths, and as home schooling continues here in the UK due to the Coronavirus lockdown I'm using the time to look at converting percentages (%) using Python. This is the second of my Maths and Python posts, with fractions being my first. I'm trying to include more f string usage in … Continue reading Percentages With Python
BBC micro:bit Discovery Kit
GeekTechV2 has started to learn about electronics and circuits. To assist with this we have got the BBC micro:bit (https://microbit.org) out and purchased a Discovery Kit (https://thepihut.com/collections/new-products-micro-bit-store/products/discovery-kit-for-the-bbc-micro-bit). With the two products GeekTechV2 can build circuits and program the micro:bit so that he can interact with them. GeekTechV2 is using a micro:bit version 1 as we … Continue reading BBC micro:bit Discovery Kit
Hacktoberfest 2020
It's October 2020 and time for the 7th Hacktoberfest. Between the 1st October and 31st October Hacktoberfest encourages anyone from developers, to students to those that just want to give Git a shot, to complete some Git pull requests and help out with public repositories on GitHub. I've not taken part in previous years but … Continue reading Hacktoberfest 2020
Learning C++: Preprocessor, Compiler, Linker and “Hello, World!”
My blog posts on C++ so far have looked at the basic data types and arrays, structs, enums and unions. With this blog post I am going to look at the 3 steps used to compile C++ and a brief look at writing "Hello, World!" in C++. C++ is a compiled language, which means that … Continue reading Learning C++: Preprocessor, Compiler, Linker and “Hello, World!”
New Drawers Or Cat’s New Den?
Less of a tech post and more of a fun post today to show that the GeekTechStuff cat (#CatsThatCode) has decided on a new den inside the recently built desk drawers. https://youtu.be/P0lYJb0Dgt8 Don't worry it will be back to the regular posts after this, just thought it would be nice to share a fun moment … Continue reading New Drawers Or Cat’s New Den?
Geek Things To Do In Isolation
With the UK (and the world) fighting the Corona virus a lot of people are social distancing or isolating, and UK schools are closing. This may leave you with time to learn, or may leave you stuck looking for something for young people to do. I thought I would try to help out with some … Continue reading Geek Things To Do In Isolation
Registers / General Purpose Registers (GPR)
More of a personal post as I get to grips with Registers / General Purpose Registers (GPR) and start making notes. The 8 GPR have existed since the 8-bit Intel x86 processor, and they can be viewed using a debugged such as GDB. After the 16-bit era, the 32-bit era added an e (for extended) … Continue reading Registers / General Purpose Registers (GPR)
