My copy of “Adventures in Minecraft (2nd Edition)” arrived yesterday, introducing a whole new chapter on how to use the BBC micro:bit as a Minecraft controller. I can’t wait to get stuck in to it. I’ll be posting bits and pieces about it as I read through.
DIY 3D Scanning
Using an Xbox 360 Kinect camera and some custom software to do a 3D scan of LEGO R2D2. This is to import into Minecraft as a model. Screenshot
Boxing Day Fixes
These days you need to be armed with more than spare batteries to make sure the toys stay working over the holidays.
Switch for sale
Includes 2 ‘anal’ pads. 🤔 Screenshot
Reference sketches for How to Think Like a Coder
Raspberry Pi Pirate Radio
Here’s a fun weekend project that lets you make a digital radio station to broadcast to an analog receiver with a Raspberry Pi.
Think Like a Coder Book cover
Check out the awesome book cover for Think Like a Coder (Without Even Trying), due out this October!
Update to How to Code in Minecraft
Over on my subdomain, minecraft.jimchristian.net, I’ve posted some new instructions for connecting Scratch up with Minecraft via Python and the RaspberryJuice plugin. For those of you who have recently bought the book and are looking to get started as soon as possible, the good news is that you are no longer constricted to Minecraft 1.6.4…
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Written in the space of a week during my commute and before bed, here’s a short story about an intergalactic robot, generated from Rory’s Story Cubes.
Blade Runner Trailer Comparison
https://youtu.be/jrNijjU-2IE IMdB’s shot-for-shot comparison of the Blade Runner movie trailers: 1982 vs 2017. Surely intentional, if only to reassure us that they’re staying true to the mark for the sequel. It makes me want to play the 1997 ‘sidequel’ video game again.