David Curtin @capt_canadia@qoto.org

Radio Garden

Link: https://radio.garden/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40887359

OEAwards24 Nominations End with a Flourish #openeducationglobal #oeglobal #openeducationnews https://www.oeglobal.org/2024/07/05/oeawards24-nominations-end-with-a-flourish/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-OEGlobal-Blog

What I’ve learned about Open Source community over 30 years https://opensource.net/lessons-learned-open-source-30-years-freedos/ #opensource

Woah! Someone posted the 1 billionth Scratch project online:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1000000000

The Scratch online community has come a long way since it started as a master's thesis project!

Here is one of the first mock-ups of the website I did around 2005, inspired Flickr and some other "web 2.0" websites of that era

Beverage Coaster Indicates Ideal Drinking Temperature - When temperatures plummet, there’s nothing like a hot beverage to keep you warmed ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/08/beverage-coaster-indicates-ideal-drinking-temperature/ #microcontrollers #stm8s103f #beverage #bluepill #coaster #ds18b20 #tea

EPISODE 2 IS LIVE! THIS IS NOT A DRILL 😬
New podcast episode just dropped. 30 minutes of lovely Computer Science Core and Hinterland. Enjoy! #caschat #Computing #ComputerScience #CSEd

POD: https://pod.httcs.online/e/httcs-episode-002-what-is-computer-science/
Transcript: https://httcs.online/pod2/

If you've ever had the strange desire to listen to me talk tech history you now can.

Half hour audio versions of my essays, every month. Read by me.

First up: Ed Roberts, the father of home computing with the Altair, who gave it all up and walked away... #histodons #tech #history https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wRR2446D7WAUdxXyp0z4w?si=oPIdZtf5R9yBOu243KMe3w

𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 #𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 #𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 #𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Check out our InfinityBook Pro series and find the best buddy to #work (and #play) with!

#linux #tuxedo #powerful #light

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/Alle.tuxedo#!#12915,12916

The impact of the Linux philosophy https://www.both.org/?p=3524 #community #linux #philosophy

Linux people be caring a lot about #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource until they suddenly have the urge to play video games. 😂

Let's shout out some great #FreeSoftwareGame projects!

For today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent, I'm going for

**Battle for Wesnoth**

@wesnoth is an amazing tactical fantasy RTS with a comfortable learning curve, nice campaign and also multiplayer options. Definitely worth a try!

https://www.wesnoth.org/

#LinuxGaming #FOSS

How to Get Started in Second Life, Step by Step: A Guide for New Users (2024 Edition, Using Firestorm) https://ryanschultz.com/2024/01/14/how-to-get-started-in-second-life-step-by-step-a-guide-for-new-users-2024-edition-using-firestorm/

After one month of learning, I built a full project using Golang and Nuxt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?index=1&list=PLoILbKo9rG3skRCj37Kn5Zj803hhiuRK6&v=iDQAZEJK8lI

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.youtube.com/watch?index=1&list=PLoILbKo9rG3skRCj37Kn5Zj803hhiuRK6&v=iDQAZEJK8lI

#golang #programming

Teachable Machine

Link: https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38898104

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news podcast:

https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com/@tlenewspodcast/episodes/fedora-and-rhel-optimizing-packages-linux-is-at-4-gnome-develops-an-extension

As always, follow it @tlenewspodcast of subscribe to it from any good podcast client!

Comparing Tech Used for Apollo, Artemis NASA Missions

Link: https://www.eetimes.com/comparing-tech-used-for-apollo-artemis-nasa-missions/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38808121

This week's #inkscape update video is the bit from last week I cut out; the discussion about Inkscape's Gtk upgrade project and the troubles that might be on the horizon for 2024 and our use of @GTK and relationship with @gnome in going forwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9knD44L8-A

It is that time of year again. I need to do obligatory post 🎄

❄️ Cool Tools 2023 - Day 3 of 24 - https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2023/12/edtech-cool-tool-padlet-ai-images.html

🖌️ Padlet - Generate and use AI images

💬 Have you used this tool? Share your thoughts!

👉 Follow all the Cool Tools at https://bit.ly/cool-tools-23

#edutooter @edutooters

Day 1 of #makeradvent is live and I'm building a Raspberry Pi Pico W powered advent calendar which uses NTP to get the current date.
https://youtu.be/KLdE82ipNBY
What has two, little ducks got to do with it though? You'd better watch and find out.