We’ve got a CamJam this Saturday at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. A few tickets are still available from Eventbrite. We’ll have our usual mixture of talks, show-and-tell, marketplace and (sold out) workshops. If you’d like to see what talks there will be, head over to the CamJam website to download the programme. If you can’t make the Jam on the day, you can (hopefully) view a live stream of the talks here and we’ll likely be recording them for our YouTube channel.
Future Publishing (publishers of Linux Format magazine) have launched a new title aimed at Raspberry Pi owners. Called Pi User, it is a somewhat slimmer volume than the venerable MagPi and is more expensive, at £7.99. However, Future are well known for producing quality publications so it might just be worth it to get an alternate look at the Pi world. You can view a sample issue here and buy it online here. It will likely be available in newsagents as well, so keep an eye out!
Hi all,
The PiPod podcast will be back, and it’ll be back soon. I’ve been rather busy of late preparing for the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on 3rd December and just haven’t had time to get to the podcast. Work’s been rather manic, too, and I’ve recently (successfully) auditioned for a new musical called Cloud over at Sharnbrook Mill Theatre in Bedfordshire. It’s all been a bit hectic!
Expect the next edition of the podcast sometime in the next 10 days!
Mike
Simon Long has just announced an update to Raspbian in which SSH will be disabled by default. For most people, this relatively minor change won’t cause any problem – you can use your Pi just as you did before. However, for those of you who use ‘headless’ Pis (i.e. without a keyboard and screen), this changes things. You will not be able to remotely connect to your Pi with SSH unless you enable it first. You can do this is two ways:
This is all to do with keeping your Raspberry Pi more secure. It’s sure to annoy some people though, as these things do. Read more here.
Albert Hickey has announced the 13th Egham Raspberry Jam. It will take place at Gartner HQ in Staines-Upon-Thames on Sunday, 22nd January from 2pm-5pm. This is a show-and-tell Jam that has been running for a while and Albert always manages to do good Jammage. So, if you’re in the area (or fancy travelling from further afield), get your free tickets here.
Pi-Top are running a Christmas competition in which you must pit your wits against their fiendish programming challenges. There are 5 standard levels to complete before you are entered in their raffle, plus bonus levels just for fun! The raffle has three prizes: a Pi-Top laptop and two Pi-Top CEEDs. Well worth the time it takes to work out the puzzles!
To play, make sure you click on the direction you want at the bottom first and then click the box you want it to go into above second. (Took me a while to figure it out!)
The competition closes on Monday 12th December at 12pm GMT so hurry up and try it! 🙂
