For a short time only, RISC OS users can benefit from a cloud service that nobody expected or requested and, quite frankly, most people probably won’t actually use. Well, it’s aimed at developers really, not the average user, so there’s that.
Continue readingKevin Wells’ BusTimes application provides a means for RISC OS users who travel by bus to look up information online about particular stops – retrieving the times for buses that stop there, and additional route information about them. It does this by using Wget to communicate under the hood with the TransportAPI website.
Continue readingThe annual RISC OS Awards poll undertaken by RISCOSitory on the RISC OS Awards website is now open for votes.
Continue readingIt is with the greatest regret that I have to pass on some very sad news – the recent passing of Jim Nagel. Martin Wuerthner has been in contact with the family, and released the following statement on their behalf:
“It is with great sadness that the family of Jim Nagel announces his passing peacefully on Saturday, March 21.
Most RISC OS users will know Jim as the editor of the Archive magazine since 2007, and before that as the author of the Acorn column in the Computer Shopper magazine. Jim has been a well-known figure in the RISC OS community for a long time and a regular exhibitor at RISC OS shows. His humour, dedication and enthusiasm will be sadly missed.
On behalf of Jim’s wife Viola, his sons and grandchildren,
Martin Wuerthner”
I can only echo the above sentiment. I’ve known Jim for a long time and – like many of us in the RISC OS world – very much considered him a friend. He will be very sadly missed, and although the current situation means I will have to do so alone, I will be raising a glass in his honour tonight.
While the current emergency restrictions are in place, introduced at the start of this week in order to try and slow the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2, CJE Micro’s and 4D have said that they are still able to offer support for customers by email and telephone.
Continue readingDue to the growing health crisis surrounding COVID-19 (the infectious disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2), it has been announced that the Wakefield Acorn and RISC OS Computer Show will now NOT go ahead on 18th April.
Continue readingFormally announced last month, the organisers of the annual Wakefield Show have sent out an update about this year’s event with a little more information about what visitors can expect.
Continue readingSection 8 of Richard Ashbery’s Simple Graphics Programming in RISC OS BASIC has been updated to include descriptions of many of the graphics shapes users will encounter when using a pair of parametric equations, and some additional example images have been added towards the end.
Kevin Wells has updated StreetFix, his software that allows RISC OS users to report problems to local authorities, such as potholes, broken street lights, etc. Using Wget, the software interfaces with the FixMyStreet website to do this.
It can also be used to look at existing reports, and version 1.02 of the software allows those reports to a GPX file – which can then be loaded into suitable mapping software to see where those reports are about.
At the recent Southwest Show, a new game was being shown off and sold to show-goers by AMCOG Games – and as of a few days ago, that game is now available to purchase via !Store.
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