[python-uk] John Pinner

2015-03-12 Thread Charles Barnwell
Next Tuesday is John's funeral. It's also the date of the Birmingham Linux user group meeting. We are planning to celebrate John's life by eating at his favourite balti restaurant in Birmingham, Shababs 163-165 Ladypool Road, Birmingham, West Midlands B12 8LQ. Any of the python community who would

[python-uk] Microbit

2015-03-12 Thread Michael
Hi, Just thought it worth mentioning this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31834927 >From the article: The BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across the country as part of its push to make the UK more digital. One million Micro Bits - a stripped-down computer similar

Re: [python-uk] Microbit

2015-03-12 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It's also worth mentioning (now that the NDA has timed out and the project is announced) that the PSF is involved and we hope that there will be several Python & MicroBit related things developers (and teachers) can get involved in. We also hope to ha