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Simon Walters
@cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
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Retired engineer and educator.

Open Sourcerer

Block programming language evangelist especially #Snap! and #Microblocks (and #NodeRED) Love #MQTT and #IoT […]

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Junior track at #fosdem2026
A poster for FOSDEM Junior activities showing the icons of the developers that will be involved - Micro blocks, Turtlestitch, Snap!, Microstidio, Compris, Scratch, App Inventor, p5.js, Sonic Pi
January 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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My new year's resolution is to continue ignoring all technologies that I am told ignoring will result in me being left behind. I embrace the being left behind. I will become a forest witch, speaking to myself in invented programming languages. In the dark I will twist little bits of wire […]
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January 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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January 1, 2026 at 10:10 PM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
The greatest TV program I ever watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEdgbRGDRBI&list=PLbnrZHfNEDZwy6vCeZqHPslSO1re9gd7R&index=4
January 1, 2026 at 10:39 PM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Just re-read #davidbrin #existence - what a #scifi tour-de-force :-)
January 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Latest version of my @GurgleApps #wordclock witten using @microblocks that shows all the minutes. Latest change was to make 1st letter of the minutes be white to aid reading the time
clocks showing twenty one past five. Twenty and one are in red. past is in green and five is in blue. 1st letter of twenty is in white
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Oce, blwyddyn newydd, coeden newydd. Ga i gyflwyno'r fasarnen Eccles. Wna i orgyffwrdd gyda'r gastanwydden tan Fis Mawrth. #masarneneccles

Ok, new year, new tree. May I introduce the Eccles maple. I will overlap with the chestnut tree until March. #ecclessycamore
A photo of a sycamore tree in the middle of a green space. Between the camera and the green is a low stone wall, and in front of that, a cobbled road. On the verge is a planter made of vertical planks, with a tyre fixed round the top. There is a small bare shrub in the planter. Behind the wall, is a large shrub and a small tree to the left. The sky is pale grey with weak sunlight.
January 1, 2026 at 11:28 AM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
#fosdem Junior Track for 2026
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/junior/

includes @SnapCloud @microblocks @CoCube @turtlestitch and #scratch
FOSDEM 2026 - Junior
fosdem.org
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 AM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
This looks like it could be quite useful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ZJMGhcokE
https://thelastoutpostworkshop.github.io/ESPConnect/
#esp #esp32 #esp8266
ESPConnect
thelastoutpostworkshop.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Does anyone else have a @GurgleApps #wordclock running using an #esp32c3mini ?
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Just watch #BIgFatQuizOfTheYear - an annual treat :-)
December 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Now watching :)
Keane Reeves sitting in an armchair in a dingy room
December 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Daughters out for the night :-)
Picture of Sean Connery wearing a Russian Submarines Captains hat
December 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
I've come up with a good use case for AyeEye - get it to assess football players who are lying on the ground making out they've been fouled and give us the percentage chances based on their acting and previous behaviour
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I have finally completed my #taskmaster #adventcalendar :-) Took quite a bit of effort and a lot of help from eldest daughter
December 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
@biglesp Any luck getting the printer working again?
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Someone pressed the #gardenlights tonight :)
December 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Nowwatching #contact :)
Picture of young Ellie calling CQ
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Watching #icestationzebra Saw this with my dad at pictures over 40 years ago :-) #firstnames
December 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Merry #cheerlights red blue Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Merry Christmas to all my mates out there in the #fediverse :-)
December 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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@FediTree
December 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
cymplecy.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Has anyone experienced WiFI connection issues with ESP32C3minis plugged into breadboards?
December 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Ravel's Bolero. On 8-bit homemade computer instruments. And it's amazing!

#music #retrocomputing #bolero

https://youtu.be/kMGbGGllQoE
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Havent said much about the merch in a while that includes Mugs, A Bag and tops .

Great quality stuff really as I own a few tshirts and the print is still looking good.

https://ko-fi.com/cupofteasocial/shop

#cupofteasocial
Green womans hoodie with cots mascot on Blue bottom and strap white bag with cots mascot on A blue sleeved white tshirt with the COTS mascot on holding a tea An orange mug with the COTS mascot on holding a cup of tea.
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM