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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Our next Creative Code Club meeting will be Thursday 14th October 7-9pm at NewBridge Project, Shieldfield in Newcastle. All welcome but message us if it's your first time so we can arrange access 🙂

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

It used to be that if you asked Google Assistant to set two timers in one request (e.g. ”set a timer for 10 minutes and a timer for 15 minutes”), depending on your wording you would either get: * A timer for 15 minutes (no 10 minute timer) * A timer for 10 minutes and 15 seconds Or, my […]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

I have loads of left over DMC embroidery thread from past cross stitch projects, so I made a tiny little tool that lets you list all your threads and it will provide you with a palette file for loading into your favourite pixel art editor. This way you can make […] [Original post on hendike.co.uk]

An embroidery hoop with a scattering a flowers around it. The hoop has the words: "DMC Palette Generator" at the top, underneath it says: "Use up your spare thread!"

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Disappointed to see that half of this year's Low Carbon Computing Conference appears to be dedicated to two AI companies pushing their products, in the form of a full day of "tutorials": lancaster-university.github.io/loco… (see day 2) #loco2026

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Programme - 2nd International Workshop on Low Carbon Computing

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

@castaway Thanks, think those might be useful for a related project :)

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Does anyone know of an openly licensed true type font (OFL or similar) that does a job replicating the system font on the ZX Spectrum? #ZXSpectum #RetroComputing

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Our next Code Club meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday 27th May, 7-9pm, at the Shieldfield Centre, Newcastle. Please let us know if you're new to the group and we'll make sure you can access the building 🙂 More info and future dates: thenewbridgeproject.com/events/crea…

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Creative Code Club - The NewBridge Project

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

I'm away at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, and besides having a lovely time watching shows, I always find it creatively reinvigorating. I've spent the morning writing out a fairly comprehensive* design for a game idea I've had in the back of my mind for a while. All while sitting in the sun […]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

Blue is jealous that her sister gets her own cross-stitch pattern #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday #CrossStitch

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

Our next meeting will be on the evening of Wednesday 22nd April (7-9pm), a short walk from the centre of Newcastle. We'll be looking at livecoding shaders with the demoscene's Bonzomatic environment - writing code to make graphics cards do beautiful […] [Original post on social.toplap.org]

The Bonzomatic default shader - a colourful tunnel - with shader code on top

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

Had a go at making a pixel art image of one of our cats, Nelly, rubbing her face happily on some sheet music. My eventual aim is to try and cross stitch it, so I kept the number of colours to a minimum #PixelArt #CatsOfMastodon

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

@PKYo I always used the term "chimney cowl", which I think is both technically correct and inoffensive

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

Last week I released my first paid app (matchymaps.com) on the App Store and Google Play. Today it is the UK's number one paid app in the Maps & Navigation category (and 38th in all categories) I think that might speak more to how few people pay for apps, but still, a win is a win :)

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

I played the piano on stage for the first time tonight, it went alright

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

A reminder that our next meeting is this week, Wednesday 11th March, 7-9pm. The topic is Hydra, a browser-based tool for generating visuals (hydra.ojack.xyz) Suitable for all coding levels. Please bring a laptop. Let us know if it'll be your first time at Code Club and we'll make sure […]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

@ahalam @tokyo_0 it's just my phone camera (a pixel 6), I just got lucky with the light

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

Matchy Maps makes it easy to import walking maps into your phone Simply take a photograph of your paper map and align it with a digital map. Then you'll be able to see your location on the paper map as you walk around. If you'd like to help beta test it, just […] [Original post on hendike.co.uk]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

If LLMs are so good, why is every single vibe coded website just black and blue with electric/neon effects?

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

@Edent Brilliant! I'll likely give you a quick poke when I have a version with multiple voices ready to test :)

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

@Edent The model doesn't natively support that, but if you install sox, the little shim the Pied installs will use that to adjust rate and pitch for you. (Another big thing on my roadmap is to replace that shim with a little daemon that handles these sorts of things more elegantly)

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

@Edent Excellent! Multiple voices aren't possible yet, I took a very conservative approach to how it handles the speech dispatcher configuration initially (out of fear of leaving people with non-functional TTS), but I'm planning to rework that and make it a lot more comprehensive (including […]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Spent the evening making an icon for a new app project*, pretty pleased with how it turned out * Another one? Oh no

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Thanks @vegemitepumpkin and Shelly for an introduction to SuperCollider this week! Our next meeting will be an introduction to Hydra- a livecoding video synthesiser. This will be a more accessible session, so suitable for anyone (some code experience will […] [Original post on social.toplap.org]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026

It's astounding how little care Google take in their work. This is from the official Android Phone app

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

Next meeting, this Wednesday evening (Feb 25th) will explore SuperCollider, a sound engine that can be used on its own and is also the foundation for other music platforms, e.g. Sonic Pi. Led by Shelly (and likely @vegemitepumpkin). Suitable for those who know some coding already. Join us at The […]

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

A reminder that our next meeting, which will be an intro to #strudel music #livecoding, will take place tomorrow evening in Shieldfield, a short way from Newcastle city centre. All welcome! Please bring a laptop and headphones. Some code experience is beneficial but not absolutely essential […]

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

Creative Code Club brought a livecoding tutorial to Sunderland Music City's electronic music event. Our next group meeting will also be an entry-level introduction to #strudel - making music with code in the moment. We're expecting a couple of folks inspired by the Sunderland session to hop on […]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

@evan panicked submission sent with 5 minutes to spare!

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

@evan The site mentions a rolling 2 month window, will there be another window following this one? I have a project that might be suitable, but would like to spend more time on an application

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Creative Code Club Newcastle @creativecodeclub-ncl.social.toplap.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

Thanks @mike for the introduction to Godot yesterday - from zero to two little interactive worlds, explained in 90 minutes. Impressive! Our next meeting will be the evening of Wednesday 11th February, in Shieldfield, near Newcastle centre. Let us know if you'd like to join 🙂

A small pixel squirrel in a pixel map, darting Infront AND BEHIND trees.
The Godot UI surrounds the game window.

A platform game with some kind of space thing, able to jump on - and catch a ride from - a passing bee

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

@creativecodeclub_ncl Things I will show you: * How to get started making at least three different styles of game Things I will not show you: * How to correctly pronounce Godot.

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

@christianp I suspect transaction fees are the root issue. All the companies I've seen trying to solve it do it by saying 'give us £x/month' and we'll distribute it amongst the people you flattr/coil/whatever, otherwise you'd be losing money on transaction fees. But that then requires everyone […]

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

@Edent Best I've managed so far is simply: ffmpeg -i wrap.webp -vf v360=dfisheye:equirect -frames:v 1 unwrap.jpg Was trying to see if there's a way to compensate for the duplication at the edges of the images, but haven't figured anything out yet

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

@Edent I'm guessing an input of dfisheye and output of equirect, might need some fiddling with the fov parameters too though

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

@Edent Speculation: Might take some experimentation to get the right parameters, but ffmpeg's v360 filter will probably do what you want: ayosec.github.io/ffmpeg-filters-doc…

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v360 - FFmpeg 7.1.1 / Filters / Video

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Mike Sheldon @mike.hendike.co.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/11/2025

Inside you are two cats. They both want a nap. #CatsOfMastodon

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Jonathan Hogg @jonathanhogg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026

My new year's resolution is to continue ignoring all technologies that I am told ignoring will result in me being left behind. I embrace the being left behind. I will become a forest witch, speaking to myself in invented programming languages. In the dark I will twist little bits of wire […]

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