It has been one hell of a year. What with Brexit [2], Trump and the death of so many of our much-loved celebrities, the year 2016 has been rather demonised [3].
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There have, however, also been some good highlights of 2016. Here are just a hand-count few:-
- Curtis Cooper discovers the largest prime number.
- Gravitational waves were detected.
- The University of Southampton developed new memory technology that can last for billions of years.
- An Earth-sized planet was discovered in the orbit of Alpha-Centauri B.
- Michael Phelps won more gold medals than anyone, ever.
In the blogosphere it's been a busy year too, with many geek experience points awarded, and various of my own projects on the go. Here are few superdecade games posts that deserve more love...
I made an ASCII personal assistant program in BASIC
I mucked around with the Raspberry Pi computer (a lot)
I had tremendous fun with a BBC 'Master' series microcomputerI made an ASCII personal assistant program in BASIC
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| Say 'hullo', Susan. |
I mucked around with the Raspberry Pi computer (a lot)
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| 2016 was the year of the Raspberry Pi |
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| The awesome BBC Master 128, shown here running the menu screen for Elite. |
I got a micro:bit...
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| Just one of my micro:bit projects, the plant moisture sensor. |
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| I had tremendous fun with the Arduino starter kit, and fully intend to get back to building something useful soon. |
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| Perpetual calendar, packed-full of useful information, with the Pagan calendar version coming soon. |
1. If you are reading this in a future, post-apocalyptic world, then kudos to you for getting the Internet working again. +1 geek experience point for you, but please look out for mutant cockroaches.
2. I am not sure what this means, however I am told that this means 'Brexit' but I have no further information (see note 1 above).
3. why so many celebrity deaths? It's because there are more celebrities
2. I am not sure what this means, however I am told that this means 'Brexit' but I have no further information (see note 1 above).
3. why so many celebrity deaths? It's because there are more celebrities