This year’s Midlands Midsummer Mugshow taking place in winter! The Recursion Computer Science Fair will be taking place two weeks from today, on Saturday, 17th February, having moved from the early July date of the last few years. The Fair offers a fun-packed day for anyone interested in computing in any form, with a heavy focus on education.
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Show report: London 2017
The question on everyone’s lips for countless years to come will be “Where were you on 28th October, 2017?” Okay, they probably won’t be asking that – but I’m asking it now. Well? Where were you? I’ll tell you where I was: Feltham. More specifically, the St Giles Hotel – in the conference rooms on the first floor, where this year’s London Show was held. If you weren’t there, I’ll assume you’re reading this because you have an interest in RISC OS, and would like to know what you missed.…
Read MoreNews nybble: Date revealed for London 2018
It appears that the London Show website was quietly updated a few weeks ago with the date of the 2018 event: 27th October. The venue will again be the St Giles Hotel, Feltham, and the doors will be open to the public from 11:00am until 5:00pm, with an entry fee of £5.00 on the door for adults and £0.00 for under-16s.
Read MoreShow report: Wakefield 2017
The newly established record for how long it takes to publish a show report is broken again! Er… yay?
Read MoreNews bit: Wakefield Show website has been updated
As previously noted, the 2018 Wakefield Show will take place on 21st April. The show website has now been updated to reflect this. Keep an eye on the site for further news as the date approaches.
Read MoreRecursion Computer Science Fair engages time shift
Sadly, though, the time shift it has engaged isn’t some kind of time machine. The date has been published for the Recursion Computer Science Fair, 2018 – a multi-platform event with a focus on education that takes place at the King Edward VI School in Stratford-upon-Avon. Despite Recursion not being a RISC OS show, there is usually a RISC OS presence in the form of the Midlands User Group, and a small number of other exhibitors.
Read MoreNews nybble: London Show videos now online
Meanwhile, I have yet to get the final Wakefield Show video finished and uploaded! ROUGOL member Leo White, who records the theatre talks at the London Show, has now uploaded the recordings of this year’s talks to YouTube. In alphabetical order: BBC Media Preservation (Paul Emerton) CJE Micro’s (Chris Evans) MW Software (Martin Würthner) R-Comp (Andrew Rawnsley) RISC OS Developments (Richard Brown) RISC OS Open Ltd (Steve Revill) Sine Nomine Software with RISCOSbits (Matthew Phillips and Andy Marks) VideoNuLA (Rob Coleman)
Read MoreNews nybble: 2018 Wakefield Show date
Mark 21st April, 2018 in your diaries, folks – because that’s the date for the next Wakefield Show, according to the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club’s Events Diary page. With the doors expected to be open to the public from 10:30am until 4:30am, the entry says that the event will once again take place at: The Cedar Court Hotel, Denby Dale Road, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4 3QZ.
Read MoreNews nybble: CJE Micro’s and 4D goodies for London
Start practising your squinting – they have small things. Chris will probably hold them up in the theatre for the audience to struggle to see. There will be a wide range of goodies from the little shop with a lot of stock at the London Show tomorrow, with the usual CJE Micro’s and 4D presence. Amongst other things, there will be a selection of models from their RapidO range – but due to limited space in their vehicle (the TARDIS must be in for a service) Chris Evans asks that…
Read MoreA round-up of RISCOSbits for London
No product called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, apparently. The king of amusingly named products, Andy Marks of RISCOSbits, has come up with the goods once again in time for this year’s London Show, with a new interlocking acrylic case for the Raspberry Pi, suitable for the credit card-sized computer with or without a PiSSDup add-on board – another of Andy’s products. It’s for the Pi, it’s made of acrylic, it’s interlocking, and it’s ace1, so if you pull together the parts of that I’ve highlighted, it’s easy to see that the name can…
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