Well, their ridiculously primitive forerunners, anyway. If you’re in London on 15th July and want to get an early look at what the future could hold for the human race, why not pop along to the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting which takes place that evening?
Read MoreNews nybble: Bristol meeting – 10th July
The Bristol RISC OS Users group will be meeting up at around 7:30pm on Wednesday, 10th July. The meeting is free to attend and amounts to a group of like-minded people in the Bristol area meeting up in a pub for a drink and a chat about anything RISC OS, and sometimes beyond. The pub in question is: The Eldon House,6 Lower Clifton Hill,Bristol,BS8 1BT.
Read MoreNews nybble: Southwest Show 2020 date revealed
After the success of the 2019 RISC OS Southwest Show in its new Bristol venue, the Arnos Manor Hotel, the organisers have now booked up for next year’s event. The date for RISC OS show goers to mark in their diaries is Saturday, 22nd February – and perhaps some of those who don’t usually come to such events can mark it down as well? You have some seven months to plan things!
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting – 9th July
If you’re a RISC OS user and you’re within shouting distance of Southampton on 9th July, then why not consider meeting up with other like-minded people that evening? That’s the date the Southampton RISC OS User Group (SROUG) will next meet up in the Sports Centre of Itchen College, Deacon Road, Southampton. The car park can be found on Deacon Road opposite Whites Road, and the group meets in the College Centre – an open area with tables and chairs next to the Sports Centre Reception. Running from 7:00pm until…
Read MoreNews nybble: Currency now peeks into very recent history
Kevin Wells has released a new version of Currency, an application that uses Wget to interrogate the Free Currency Converter API in order to examine exchange rates. Version 1.09 of the software sees it updated to use version 7 of the API, which adds the benefit of being able to look at the exchange rates over the last eight days, as well as adding a wider range of currencies to work with, amongst other things. Kevin has also uploaded a short video demonstrating the software.
Read MoreMIDI-evening music in Wakefield – 3rd July
The population’s Wakefield Club has got to rockwrok, rockwrok, rockwrok… The Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meets once again tomorrow evening, and this month Peter Richmond will be talking about creating and playing MIDI music on computers – so get ready to, er, “rock” (wrocc?) the Club’s regular venue:
Read MoreRISC OS Awards 2018 results published
And get this: The survey results for 2014, too! The latest RISC OS Awards poll, covering 2018, came to a close on 10th May, with the results counted up not long after and revealed on the RISCOSitory Twitter feed.
Read MoreRaspberry Pi 4 launched
A few months after Pi Day, and a few days before 2Pi Day!1 A new version of the Raspberry Pi has been announced, at the customary price point of US$35 – which has been translated to a very similar value in pounds sterling, with both Pimoroni and The Pi Hut selling it for £34.00.
Read MoreNews nybble: BusTimes 1.07 released
A new version of Kevin Wells’ BusTimes application has been released. The software’s purpose is to look up the timetables for buses and stops, and version 1.07 allows the user to interrogate the times at any given stop along the route of the bus at which they are currently looking. The software uses Wget to look up the relevant information from the TransportAPI website, and Kevin has uploaded a short video demonstrating it.
Read MoreNews nybble: Southampton meeting – 11th June
RISC OS users in the Southampton area on the evening of 11th June will have the opportunity to meet up when the Southampton RISC OS Users Group (SROUG) descends en masse er… handful on Itchen College for their regular meeting. Running from 7:00pm until 9:00pm, the meeting is free to attend – all you need is an interest in RISC OS and all things related – and there will be at least one network of RISC OS machines, hopefully with internet access. The place to be is the Sports Centre…
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