I had a bit of spare time this evening and so headed over to CodeUp Salford (Twitter: @codeupsalford) to listen to Drew Morgan talk about Python. As my regular readers know, I enjoy Python. Heck it is currently my go to language to bounce ideas around in, and it was great to be in an environment … Continue reading CodeUp Salford / Humble Bundle Linux
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SITE UPDATE: GeekTechV2 – A Young Person’s View
To give a new author a chance to reach an audience and share their view/knowledge of programming I am proud to announce that http://www.geektechstuff.com is the home of geektechv2 - hopefully some articles on Scratch will be coming soon!
My Day As A Volunteer Maker
The last time I designed and physically built something out of materials (other than IKEA furniture) was way back in CDT (Craft Design Technology) lessons in high school. That all changed today as I became a volunteer maker for the day! Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) runs an event called "MakeFest", for details … Continue reading My Day As A Volunteer Maker
Tim Peake Soyuz Module UK Tour
Tim Peake is a Europeon Space Agency (ESA) astronaut who on the 15th December 2015 began a 186 day mission called Principia aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Tim’s mission included taking 2 Raspberry Pi computers aboard the ISS and Tim is the first British ESA astronaut. During his time aboard the ISS Tim completed … Continue reading Tim Peake Soyuz Module UK Tour
Github
Just a heads up that I am going to also post my code/programming/scripts onto Github. Who knows, I might also get to help out on other people's code/programming/scripts.... My Github page can be found at: https://github.com/geektechdude
Astro Pi Mission Zero Day 2018
Did anyone else want to be an astronaut growing up? I think it is one of the dreams all kids have and one that got me into astronomy for quite some time. Back in October 2017 the Code Club I run entered a fantastic event called “Mission Zero” as part of Astro Pi 2017. Young … Continue reading Astro Pi Mission Zero Day 2018
Testing Network Connectivity via PowerShell (Part 2)
Continuing on with my exploring of testing connectivity I ran into a practical reason today for using Powershell. A computer on my employers network apparently loses network connectivity (according to the end user) during a 2 hour window in the evening. The event logs on the PC don’t indicate any issues and the network logs … Continue reading Testing Network Connectivity via PowerShell (Part 2)
Testing Network Connectivity via PowerShell (Part 1)
Ask any IT user how they test basic network connectivity and the majority of answers will probably mention ping. Ping sends a ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) packet to a target and then waits for a reply. If ping shows a reply then there is basic network connectivity, if it doesn't get a reply then … Continue reading Testing Network Connectivity via PowerShell (Part 1)
Don’t just consume, produce!
During my youth I was a tech consumer rather than tech producer spending days playing on Sega and Nintendo consoles rather than designing/coding games; later surfing the web rather than designing/coding sites and using computer programs rather than making them. In my opinion I was not the only one of my generation to do this. … Continue reading Don’t just consume, produce!
Building A Chat Bot (Version 1)
I spent a large portion of my IT career working as a 1st line support technician. With my growth in coding skills and with technology expanding I've begun to ponder if some of the role of a 1st line technician can be automated via a bot. So....here I go! First off, I'm going to be … Continue reading Building A Chat Bot (Version 1)
