RaspberryPi work station
When Simon got a new RaspberryPi 3 from Sinterklaas on Sunday joy quickly turned into drama as he discovered the old (and only) keyboard we had at home was outdated … Continue reading RaspberryPi work station
Category: Coding
JavaScript: Simon masters Infinity
On Tuesday and Wednesday Simon spent a great deal of his time training himself JavaScript on the w3schools.com website. He explained every action to me in great detail, it amused and … Continue reading JavaScript: Simon masters Infinity
Roald Dahl vs. Ryan Dahl
We’re reading Roald Dahl’s “Matilda” and Simon loves the fact that Matilda is gifted. He also thought it was funny he also knows another Dahl, Ryan Dahl. Here comes a … Continue reading Roald Dahl vs. Ryan Dahl
We fixed the PiTop! Can’t believe it worked!
It was Simon’s idea to reimage the corrupted SD-card, he tried doing it himself the morning after the crash. He downloaded Noobs and Raspbian from RaspberryPi’s website but couldn’t go … Continue reading We fixed the PiTop! Can’t believe it worked!
PiTop, day 2 (Tuesday)
Didn’t really feel like going to his first Fench class this morning. All he wanted to do before and after French class was program: We were utterly shattered when at … Continue reading PiTop, day 2 (Tuesday)
PiTop, day 1 (Monday)
Yesterday, while we were celebrating Halloween, Simon had more important things to do: he assembled his first laptop and spent hours programming it.
Simon calculates colour probabilities. #RRGGBB
In the video below Simon applies his knowledge of combinatorics to calculate the total number of possible colours one can create in CSS. I didn’t ask him to do this. … Continue reading Simon calculates colour probabilities. #RRGGBB
More HTML
On Saturday Simon continued studying html. He didn’t know I was filming him: The codes he made/ copied/ studied via the http://www.w3schools.com/html:
HTML
Discovered today: a website teaching html Simon trained himself to make buttons and more. On the down side, got completely stuck while trying to move further in JavaScript in Code Academy, … Continue reading HTML
Simon’s invention idea
Simon told me today he invented a new electronics kit that would allow him to “make” any misical instrument he wanted. Outside at the playground he indulged in listing all … Continue reading Simon’s invention idea
Double Blink
Simon changed the default blink LED code to make the LED double blink (cut down on the delay time):
Geeks out of the box 