[python-uk] And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session!

2015-06-06 Thread Naomi Ceder
And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session! We are pleased to announce the very first PyCon UK poster session. Poster sessions, which are popular at scientific and academic conferences, give the presenter a chance to stand in front of a one meter square "poster" illus

Re: [python-uk] And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session!

2015-06-06 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
This is going to be a wonderful thing. I've always enjoyed the poster sessions at PyCon (US/NorthAmerica) and EuroPython. Glad to see it make an appearance at PyCon UK. Many thanks to Naomi for making this happen. Get submitting! :-) N. On 06/06/15 11:01, Naomi Ceder wrote: > And now for somethi

Re: [python-uk] And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session!

2015-06-06 Thread Tom Wright
Hmmm... that means you can buy a television for the price of three posters On 6 Jun 2015 11:12, "Nicholas H.Tollervey" wrote: > This is going to be a wonderful thing. I've always enjoyed the poster > sessions at PyCon (US/NorthAmerica) and EuroPython. Glad to see it make > an appearance at Py

Re: [python-uk] And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session!

2015-06-06 Thread Tom Wright
Where are you getting your posters printed: https://www.instantprint.co.uk/posters On 6 Jun 2015 12:36, "Tom Wright" wrote: > Hmmm... that means you can buy a television for the price of three > posters > On 6 Jun 2015 11:12, "Nicholas H.Tollervey" wrote: > >> This is going to be a wonderfu

Re: [python-uk] And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session!

2015-06-06 Thread Naomi Ceder
On 6 June 2015 at 12:39, Tom Wright wrote: > Where are you getting your posters printed: > https://www.instantprint.co.uk/posters > On 6 Jun 2015 12:36, "Tom Wright" wrote: > >> Hmmm... that means you can buy a television for the price of three >> posters >> > Of course the nature of the pos

Re: [python-uk] And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session!

2015-06-06 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
Hi, Here's my take... please feel free to ignore it as the mad ramblings of a fruitcake. Nevertheless... Don't let the word "poster" guide your thoughts. Some of the best "posters" at this year's PyCon in Montreal were actually a hardware device or laptop sat on a small table with several print

[python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread a.gra...@gmail.com
Hi, after the amazing evening at last Python Dojo, I decided to try to use PyGame Zero by myself, but I wasn't able to install it :/ I tried on a Mac (OSX Yosemite). I first installed Python 3 using brew (I normally use Python 2.7) and I created a venv with this command: mkvirtualenv -p /usr/loc

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
You need the Python 3 version of PyGame installed. Instructions for how to do this are in the PyGame Zero docs: https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html#on-osx Hope this helps and glad you enjoyed the dojo! :-) N. On 06/06/15 17:01, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > a

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread a.gra...@gmail.com
Yay! It worked now :) Thank you so much! p.s: where can I find the code we wrote last night? Cheers. On 6 June 2015 at 17:05, Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > You need the Python 3 version of PyGame installed. Instructions for how > to do this are in the PyGame Zero docs: > > https://pygame-zero.r

Re: [python-uk] And now for something completely different - the PyCon UK Poster Session!

2015-06-06 Thread Steve (Gadget) Barnes
If it is any help Vista Print do 3 sizes of posters: 286 x 439 mm (286 x 439 mm) Post messages at the till and in other small spaces. Qty Price 1 £3.99£1.99 2 £5.99£2.99 3 £7.99£3.99 More pricing and quantities

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread Steve Holden
Good question. I was wondering how to contact the members of team 5 so I can credit them in the code and let them know where the github repo for our code lives. S On Jun 6, 2015, at 5:16 PM, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: > Yay! It worked now :) > Thank you so much! > > p.s: where can I find the c

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread Tom Viner
We have the code from two teams (1 & 4) linked here: https://github.com/ldnpydojo/ldnpydojo-game-zero Laptop owners on teams 2, 3 and 5 do get in contact so your team mates and others can view and improve on your team's code. On 6 June 2015 at 18:25, Steve Holden wrote: > Good question. I was w

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread Alistair Broomhead
I don't have WiFi this weekend, but team 3's code is on a fork of that repo ;) On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 19:17 Tom Viner wrote: > We have the code from two teams (1 & 4) linked here: > https://github.com/ldnpydojo/ldnpydojo-game-zero > > Laptop owners on teams 2, 3 and 5 do get in contact so your team

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread Steve Holden
Hi Tom, I thought I had done what was requested by raising this issue on behalf of team 5 (whose other members I should very much like to identify) by raising this issue: https://bitbucket.org/lordmauve/pgzero/issue/13/holdenwebs-game-ready-for-incorporation#comment-None If there's anything el

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread Tom Viner
Quite right Steve. Teams may like to tidy up their code and create an issue on Dan (lordmauve)'s bitbucket repo. The raspberry pi foundation will then have a chance to use your code in lesson plans for kids round the country. On 6 June 2015 at 21:32, Steve Holden wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I thought