Month: September 2017

The Beginner’s 10-step Guide To Managing SharePoint Customizations Matthias Einig is an Office Servers and Services MVP and the CEO and founder of Rencore, the company behind the SharePoint Code Analysis Framework (SPCAF) and SPTransformator. Matthias speaks regularly at international SharePoint and ALM conferences and community events and organizes SharePoint Saturday Stockholm, SharePoint Saturday Munich… Continue reading Friday Five: SharePoint Customizations, The Future Of Microsoft DirectAccess, And More→

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty…. Oh wait, sorry if we pulled you away from the highly addictive game “Exploding Kittens.” More on that in a moment. But first, a look at some of the people and news that made our week at Microsoft claw-dacious, er, audacious. More than two dozen students from the University of Washington…

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Guess we’re having a little programing on the Pi theme week!

Today’s project includes two of our favorite things, MIT’s Scratch and the Raspberry Pi…

What, you’ve forgotten what Scratch it?

About Scratch

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.

Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century.

Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge.

Scratch 2.0: all-new features for your Raspberry Pi

We’re very excited to announce that Scratch 2.0 is now available as an offline app for the Raspberry Pi! This new version of Scratch allows you to control the Pi’s GPIO (General Purpose Input and Output) pins, and offers a host of other exciting new features.

Offline accessibility

The most recent update to Raspbian includes the app, which makes Scratch 2.0 available offline on the Raspberry Pi. This is great news for clubs and classrooms, where children can now use Raspberry Pis instead of connected laptops or desktops to explore block-based programming and physical computing.

Controlling GPIO with Scratch 2.0

As with Scratch 1.4, Scratch 2.0 on the Raspberry Pi allows you to create code to control and respond to components connected to the Pi’s GPIO pins. This means that your Scratch projects can light LEDs, sound buzzers and use input from buttons and a range of sensors to control the behaviour of sprites. Interacting with GPIO pins in Scratch 2.0 is easier than ever before, as text-based broadcast instructions have been replaced with custom blocks for setting pin output and getting current pin state.

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Update your Raspberry Pi for Scratch 2.0

Scratch 2.0 is available in the latest Raspbian release, under the ‘Programming’ menu. We’ve put together a guide for getting started with Scratch 2.0 on the Raspberry Pi online (note that GPIO functionality is only available via the desktop version). You can also try out Scratch 2.0 on the Pi by having a go at a project from the Code Club projects site.

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Windows Developer Day is back! Join us on October 10, starting at 9:30 AM PDT via live stream, or attend a viewing party in your area (location list below), as we explore what’s new in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for developers. The day’s schedule features an introductory keynote by Kevin Gallo and members of the Windows engineering team, […] Continue reading Windows Developer Day Returns!→

We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! In case you missed it, catch up on the privacy enhancements coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, check out this week’s Windows 10 Tip on how to make Start full screen – or, keep reading for what’s new in the Windows […] Continue reading This Week on Windows: Fall TV Guide, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and more→

This Week on Windows: we’re breaking down big Windows 10 Fall Creators Update news, we’re giving you tips to help you get the most out of Windows Inking and we’ve got one Ultimate Fall TV Guide! Specific topics covered in this week’s episode include:Fa… Continue reading Fall Creators Update, Windows 10 themes, Inking, and more | This Week On Windows→

Two powerhouse beverage and snack brands with a deep history in gaming, Mountain Dew and Doritos, are joining forces with Xbox this Fall to launch the Every 60 Seconds promotion, featuring an online auction that will give fans the opportunity to win one of thousands of Xbox One X consoles. Here’s how it will work: Collect: Anyone who purchases specially marked Mountain Dew and Doritos products can collect codes necessary to bid Bank Codes: Starting September 25, participants can enter codes at Every60Seconds.com to start banking points. And starting October 23, each code gives you one entry into a sweepstakes… Continue reading Xbox, Mountain Dew, and Doritos Team Up to Give Away Xbox One X Consoles→

Calling all car aficionados and racing fans – another exciting Xbox One bundle is here! Make your Hot Wheels fantasies come true starting today with the Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels Bundle, featuring the highest-rated, best-selling racing franchise of this generation in stunning HDR. Xbox One S continues to be the best value in games and entertainment and is the only console available today with High Dynamic Range for video and gaming, premium audio, a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player and 4K video streaming with partners like Netflix and Hulu. The value of the Xbox One S… Continue reading Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Hot Wheels Bundle Available Now→