A while back I contributed to the Sphero RVR Kickstarter project. It arrived in time for Christmas allowing me to gift it to my daughter. Ostensibly this was a fun educational present for her, but it also doubled up as a present to myself. Everyone’s a winner. The RVR itself is an incredibly solid deviceContinue reading “Control a Sphero RVR with bluetooth joypad”
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13 Minutes To The Moon
Following on the space theme, I’ve been enjoying the 13 Minutes To The Moon podcast from the BBC. It focuses on the last 13 minutes of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and takes you through what was going on, and how everything came about. As someone who grew up after the moon landing it’s somethingContinue reading “13 Minutes To The Moon”
Voyager 2
I find this kind of stuff fascinating. It’s amazing to think a piece of technology is travelling through space and still sending information, 42 years after launch. The visual story is particularly interesting.
Book Of Dreams
If you’re from the UK then you’ve undoubtedly run across Argos at some point in your life. For the unfamiliar they’re a nationwide chain of shops where you go inside, pick items from a catalogue, and have the items brought to you from a warehouse. They recently released all their old catalogues. As I’m sureContinue reading “Book Of Dreams”
Sayonara Wild Hearts
I’ve given the free month’s Apple Arcade a whirl and Sayonara Wild Hearts is the stand out game so far. It’s a little hard to describe so I’ll leave it up to the creators: A POP ALBUM VIDEO GAME Sayonara Wild Hearts is a dreamy arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers,Continue reading “Sayonara Wild Hearts”
