Mailman 3 October 2015 - python-uk

Greenfield and exciting stuff!
by Sophie Hendley Oct. 21, 2015

Oct. 21, 2015

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Open Sourcing MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit
by Nicholas H.Tollervey Oct. 20, 2015

Oct. 20, 2015

Hi Folks, Some great news. We've finally been given permission to open-source our work on the BBC micro:bit (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/microbit) and be a bit more vocal and public about what we're doing. Damien's announcement can be found here: http://forum.micropython.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1042 I've created a "story so far" blog post here: http://ntoll.org/article/story-micropython-on-microbit The source code is here: https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython I've posted it to Hacker News here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10417919 An upvote would be appreciated!!!! Happy to answer questions. N.

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PyCon Namibia 2016
by Daniele Procida Oct. 18, 2015

Oct. 18, 2015

Hi everyone. You may have already heard about PyCon Namibia 2016. We have a website: <http://na.pycon.org> ... an email list: <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pycon-namibia-public> ... a Twitter feed: <http://twitter.com/pythonnamibia> In the next few days we'll publish a call for papers and details of funding availble for international travellers who'd like to attend, and launch ticket sales. Daniele

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London Django Meetup - Oct 2015
by Anand Kumria Oct. 13, 2015

Oct. 13, 2015

Hi guys, As usual, we have another monthly meetup. For those of you who haven't been before, or in a long-time, we have moved to CodeNode. https://skillsmatter.com/locations/264-skills-matter-codenode Our meetup this month has two speakers: - Marc Tamlyn, What's new on Django 1.9 - James Pacileo, Gaming on Django If you'd like to come along, please sign-up at: http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/events/224716213/ Regards, Anand -- “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

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London Python Project Nights
by Alistair Broomhead Oct. 5, 2015

Oct. 5, 2015

Hi all, After a long summer break, we're back this month. The first session of this season will be help on Wednesday the 14th of October at the Skimlinks office. Details and ticketing are here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-python-project-nights-tickets-1776381304… Last season was good fun and we got some great work done on a variety of projects, including Romaine and PyGame Zero. If you're itching to get working on something check out the link above, and we'll look forward to seeing you there! Al

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Reminder: The *other* python job board
by Salim Fadhley Oct. 5, 2015

Oct. 5, 2015

If you are posting job ads to this mailing list, please also consider posting to the Free Python Job Board. Unlike this mailing list, we *always* want to know about what jobs you have available. http://pythonjobs.github.io/ The neat thing about this site - you make additions/changes by doing a GitHub pull request. Behind the scenes we test your submission and then use it to recompile the static site. It's a super low-maintenance system that I hope will help a few people find rewarding jobs. Sal

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