Potton Pi & Pints – 14th June

A slightly smaller, geekier affair this time, held at The Rising Sun pub in Potton. Having first of all retrieved the equipment from Tim’s garage, we arrived around 1.30pm, moved a few tables around and set-up 5 Pi workstations in the upper room of the pub. People began to arrive shortly […]

CamJam – May 2014 – The Big Write-up

Thanks to Jarle Teigland, Darren Christie & Alan O’Donohoe for some of the photos and thanks to Andy Batey for arranging the streaming and recording of the talks. Think of this as a Virtual Raspberry Jam! Introduction This was a very special Jam. We had decided after the December 2013 […]

February 2014 – The Big Write-Up

It was another early start for us on the morning of the 8th of February. We packed the car and then headed off to the Institute of Astronomy to set-up. First up we had a programming workshop – 32 kids on 16 Pis doing Sonic Pi. Carrie Anne Philbin led […]

December 2013 – The Big Write-Up

Twas a slightly chilly December morning when two men from Potton, Bedfordshire, loaded up a car with an incredible number of boxes and monitors. Thus armed, they headed to the great City of Cambridge, more specifically the Institute of Astronomy. Don’t worry, that’s as flowery as this is going to […]

September 2013 – The Big Write-Up

Whew! Absolutely shattered, but exhilarated that the Jam on Saturday was a success and went as smoothly as it could have done. I decided to write this account and create a ‘virtual Jam’ out of the day. Many thanks to Matt Hawkins & Leo White for photos and Andy Batey […]

July 2013 – The Big Write-Up

Note: This is very long… Grab a coffee. It took a while to write! Around 50 Raspberry Pi enthusiasts descended on the Milton Road Science Park headquarters of Cambridge Consultants on Saturday for the 2nd 2013 Cambridge Raspberry Jam. I’d chatted to Jonathan Pallant at the Jam in May about […]