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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 07/06/2026

My son wants to try photography. Motor function #disability? Challenge accepted—time to make it #accessible! 📸 Built a wireless rig using hoarded tech & AI. It made mistakes, but saved weeks of research. Proof AI is a human partner, not a replacement. Never throw tech away! 🤣

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 01/03/2026

It's normal to have a @raspberrypi.com rack of custom home automation helpers, media server, IP KVM and Retro Gaming library isn't it.... 🤓

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 27/12/2025

I'm not often staggered by tech. My son's smart telescope Xmas present (standard 11yo space phase), we got these last night 🤯. 5hrs of images stacked as the telescope 🔭 tracks the image. The star ✨ removal tool is amazing. We are two happy boys, the phase doesn't end at 11 🤣

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 27/10/2025

New skill unlocked! Gone are the days of wiring my prototypes like a noob 😂. PCBs forever now, even though it takes 20 days and A LOT of connections, it's totally worth it! Wouldn't have tried if I hadn't seen it done over and over by @kevsmac.bsky.social Thanks for the inspiration Kevin!

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 10/10/2025

My very first PCB is on its way via the slow boat from China. I hope it works 😬

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 06/09/2025

Should all lithium-ion battery powered devices be rechargeable by law. My wife was about to buy a new Tile tracker for her wallet (that's used daily 🤣) and throw this one away. I jumped up and said, "where's my toolkit?" We will be back to 100% in 30min. #recycle #reuse #eWaste

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 26/08/2025

Which makes sense as we say a few smaller lights in a line in front of it which must have been the satellites

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 25/08/2025

What was this in the sky tonight? A comet? It took minutes to go across the nights sky...

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 22/07/2025

My son's #disability means he struggles to press the spacebar twice quickly enought to fly in #Minecraft. No problem, made a £10 MacroPad with the @raspberrypi.com Pico. Fully designed with @lightburn.bsky.social He's back in the game! #accessibility #accessibletech #rpi #pico #lasercut

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 12/04/2025

Moved to @elegoo.bsky.social ABS Like Resin 3.0 from 2.0. Having problems now. Def settings as everything else is the same. Here's a testing print. Struggling with the fine detail & the tear is new. Sometimes sticking to FEP. Any ideas #3Dprinting peeps? Using Elegoo settings.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 01/04/2025

As the world enjoys significant #ChatGPT image generation improvement, it turns out millions of social media users private photos have been stolen to train them. YOU could be in AI photos! Check the link to search if yours has been used!!! I found mine!!! news.rr.nihalnavath.com/posts/Images...

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 23/03/2025

Salvaging a decade+ old Hexapod. Was old #Python code now updated to Python3. Gutted the original hardware, now @raspberrypi.com Zero & @adafruit-playground.com servo hats. A few gammy legs due to worn cogs & rechargeable Lipo batteries installed. That how you unwind at the weekend isn't it? 👀🤓

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 04/03/2025

Lemon & Sugar or Maple Syrup, the age old question... #PancakeDay #ShroveTuesday

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 02/03/2025

Expect a flood 🌊 of #sora videos 📽️ in the UK 🇬🇧. Impressive but is it really useful? What's the ROI? Generic unpersonalised #Marketing content? I'm talking about this on Tuesday (Full) & the 25th March (Running out) at Digital Jersey Academy, book now lnkd.in/ejvS7F28

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 23/02/2025

The @Digital.je school #BattleBot army is growing, ready for coding on Wednesday. Will do an #instructables build & share the lasercutting + 3Dprint models. Fair bit of multi discipline effort this one. @microbit.org #dfrobot @lightburnsoftware.bsky.social @elegoo.bsky.social @autocad.bsky.social

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 21/02/2025

Been too long since I've got the Resin #3Dprinter out. Forgot how much I enjoy the design and production process. @elegoo.bsky.social

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 17/02/2025

My wife was surprised by this little fella defending her bath. She asks if I'll ever grow up? I said I'm just making a schools robotics project fun for the kids... 👀 The boy is in hysterics 😂. The comedy hands get him. @microbit.org #tinkercad #dfrobot @lightburnsoftware.bsky.social

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 16/02/2025

Happy with that, a VERY economical @lightburnsoftware.bsky.social #lasercut @microbit.org robot for a @digital.je Schools #Robotics/#Coding session after half term. Made easy with #dfrobot Motor Driver. Only 15more to build 🥵. Might add some @elegoo.bsky.social #3Dprinted hulk hands! #STEM

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 09/02/2025

Savoury panchetta and egg pancakes with a touch of maple sauce was requested by her highness... it was delivered promptly to a massive smile 😁 🤤 I was yet again masterfully manipulated by a professional Daddy's girl.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 06/02/2025

This arrived in the post yesterday! For the love of God why isn't this done automatically via email and/or SMS!!! The date set on the letter was the 22nd! Which I also am suspicious of. Doesn't take a week locally. It's a mess however you look at it! 🤬

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 03/02/2025

Version 1.0 is very very ugly but it works and now I can make it pretty. @microbit.org

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 19/01/2025

Sunday #Making job this week. #Recycling the scurge of the environment. Single use vapes, the li-ion batteries now being used for a @DigitalJersey schools @microbit_edu project. Converting to usbc power at the same time as making recharge stations. Ominously only 66.6p per unit.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 18/01/2025

How do I buy this sound investment that definitely isn't a pump and dump way to fund him while in office and work around the law. I see big rises and drops in this coins future... 🧐 The T's & C's say it all, how is this even legal?

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 13/01/2025

Late night making. The @microbit.org modular kits are coming together for another #Coding through #Robotics session on Wednesday. Only 120 modules to make... 😭

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 10/01/2025

Back to my teaching roots this week. Trialing a #coding through #robotics programme at #belroyalschool for 6 weeks. All part of the @Digital.je Academy's 2025 focus on #Education & Industry #Productivity through #DigitalSkills. The videos & lesson plans will live. @microbit.org

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 10/01/2025

One for the teachers to show their students... 😂 Or maybe the adults too... 👀 #HomeworkForYourCountry

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 08/01/2025

When graphics departments are bored and just want to have a bit of fun... 😂

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 07/01/2025

Testing the correct ring size out for the @sumsung.bsky.social #GalaxyRing but will hold out to see if the 2 is announced later this month...

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 05/01/2025

Need to update the #Strava pic but managed to cycle to space last year. I only like the hill routes on @gozwift.bsky.social quite clearly.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 04/01/2025

The boy has set punchy Q1 2025 targets 😂 but we've started well. He's learnt washes & dry brushing to help us get through the whole @gamesworkshop.bsky.social #Leviathan box. Painting #minatures can be #Accessible #Disability friendly if you think creatively. #WarhammerChallengeCompetition

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 31/12/2024

New year's day dinner prep has started... 175 Rory Points for the correct guess...

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 31/12/2024

Painting & gaming with the boy. Very impressed with #RatchetAndClankRiftApart ability to slow game to 30% speed means he can enjoy without me to help! More games NEED this. Well done @insomniacgamemom.bsky.social. With the @playstation.com #accessController is a win for #accessibility #disability

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 30/12/2024

Close, that's one of the original layers. Top and bottom correct. I needed to replace the middle three #citadel sized ones as we use mostly Vallejo paints.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 30/12/2024

I think I did a pretty decent #laserCutting job on the boys Christmas present for his painting area. Can you spot the augmentation I had to do because my wife didn't realise there is a difference between #GamesWorkshop #Citadel and #vallejo paints? 150 Rory points on offer.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 29/12/2024

Dad was trusted to do hair and makeup!! She had no other choice 🤣. Rate my effort...

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 26/12/2024

My son is very excited about this @elegoo.bsky.social Smart Robot present from Grandma. The v4 camera enabled bot with app and blocky programming options is excellent for #accessibility / #disability options. Will post some vidoes of us playing around with it tomorrow once built.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 22/12/2024

V1 was with a Pico but then thought the boy might want to program it himself. Part of a wider modular idea I'm working on with recycled materials to make it easier to make robots in Primary Schools.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 22/12/2024

Already testing well. Might replace the input to a V2 logo press for even easier access. Might even use the Makecode app to play a loud sound to activate the "press". Lots of great options on the #Microbit!

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 22/12/2024

Pressing buttons quickly, or lots of them simultaneously, is hard for many #disabilities. I've hacked the @microbit.org reset button to program a virtual 3 presses for my son. Full build available if people need it. #Accessibility #disability #Microbit #makecode

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 19/12/2024

What do you do on your first day off? I go to a school and test a new idea of modular electronics for @microbit.org 🤣. 100 Rory points if you can guess what the other two modules will house... #lasecut pieces from recycled Amazon card.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 17/12/2024

The #F1inSchools designs are coming along nicely at tonight's @DigitalJersey testing session for all schools. #STEM

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 17/12/2024

Wow, annoyingly this destroys one of my 2025 predictions as #MathsProgress for #MicrosoftTeams for Edu was in there. It's now new, sneaking in for 2024. A game changer, just as #ReadingProgress is! Have a look now @microsoft.com @happinessgfoundry.bsky.social @mtholfsen.bsky.social #MicrosoftEdu

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 16/12/2024

I get the EU's position on how #AI is being trained in the US, but I'm a big boy and would like to choose that myself. There is a growing list of useful tools we can't access and they are getting hot on blocking VPNs.

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 16/12/2024

I've come home to witness the epic battle of good versus evil...

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 16/12/2024

I'm a little late to the party but found the #ArcBrowser this weekend. I thought nothing would beat Chrome... 👀. Well played #browserCompany. One ask a Space with Split View with 2 Profiles... Any chance??

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Rory Steel (JerseyITguy) @jerseyitguy.org · 15/12/2024

If it looks like Winter and feels like Winter, then cook like its Winter. #Dumplings #SlowCooked #Beef

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