[Activity 5] Take Time for Tinkering

This week, I rebuilt the website for a little book series that I’m writing. I started this iteration with the goal of making the site as energy-efficient as possible. It was fun (and humbling) to see how much simpler I could make the site. I dropped WordPress in favor of a minimalist static site that I optimized by hand.

The books’ content will live in an interactive environment that runs entirely in the reader’s browser – no application server required. JupyterLite supports real-time collaboration, so I’m excited to explore these capabilities when I teach the material at local summer camps.

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Hi ! I’m glad that your cat loves to play with you and the kids :smiley_cat:…Happy fun time!

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Tinkering with Tinkercad :star_struck:

I just did simple modifications and added the rubik’s cube, this time. I will keep working and add new designs :boom:

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Thanks for sharing @creative3d_render :hugs:
I like Tinkercad too) :heart_eyes:
Are you using Codeblocks there? It is fun) :heart_eyes_cat:
This is my simple project on using Codeblocks in Tinkercad which was then converted to gif by Tinkercad)
Garden_TinkerCode

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Thank you so much for sharing @mcintyre ! It is so useful! A summer camp is a great idea. Moreover, supporting real-time collaboration is very important for online study. I would like to share it with my students. Good luck in creating! :hugs: :heart_eyes:

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Makey Makey is really fun! I have had experience playing with them only once at a summer camp for teachers. It was a few years ago but I have remembered it very well. We created a carton guitar which was sounding with Makey Makey. :heart_eyes: :hugs: Unfortunately, I don’t have a photo from that time)

I totally agree with you about they don’t want to do something “wrong.” When I just wanted to discuss friendly something with my university students - I have realized that they do not answer because afraid to say something wrong. I try to explain them that learning through mistakes is a good way of learning))) :grinning:

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COn mis hijos juego mucho globo arriba, superdivertido!

Thanks @OLVL! I’ll have a draft of Volume 1 completed this week and will send it your way :+1:t4:

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Nice! I also like Tinkercad. Even with Codeblocks you are experimenting with a simple and creative way of programming. This is the little chair that I have built with different materials …
https://www.tinkercad.com/codeblocks/bWhtYzzalDu

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Love the Computiful Books!! Really impressed!

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Hi @OLVL , I love your design in Tinkercad :joy:. Yes, I used the Codeblocks, but I like to design my own shapes, I transferred my design to another software for rendering :smiley:

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Hi @nicola2022 , very nice project :star_struck:. love your creative project. The 3D print looks great and smooth:100:

I’ve been tinkering with p5.js and here’s something I’ve done these past days, a growing family of LCL pegs… :peg_blue: :peg_green: :peg_red: :peg_yellow:

The music is a beautiful version of Frère Jacques by youtuber/musician David Bennett (check the whole thing here), which has a somewhat naive thing to it, but I really love… :notes:

The tinkering process was refreshing: I always like the feeling of dealing with a new environment, getting all those bugs and being blocked by your own lack of knowledge of it. I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to do, but not a clue of how to do it. Frankly, all those push() & pop() got me a little crazy… :crazy_face:

Actually, the music and the visual changes were intended to me more or less in sync, but I really don’t know why they aren’t, and I got to the point of I’m-not-going-to-solve-this-in-this-sitting…

Anyway, I’d love to explore this tool more in the future, it’s been haunting me for a while and I really liked it :heart:

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Grazie! It is also interesting to see the projects in augmented reality

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Prego :heart_eyes: Wow, it looks so cool, I will give augmented reality a try with some of my designs!

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Lovely project, lovely music! I’m dancing with the colorful buttons :smiling_face:

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I’m so excited by your creativity Paco! :heart_eyes: Great project! I want to try too) :star_struck: There are so many things waiting for me to try :upside_down_face: Once upon a time I’ll do all of them :hugs:

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Love this :rofl:

Thanks, dear @OLVL & @creative3d_render

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@OLVL Yes! :sparkles:Once upon a time… you will !:sparkles:

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Complimenti, è bellissimo!

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