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andreagrandi / website_migration_notes.txt
Last active July 2, 2017 09:00
Step by step notes to migrate andreagrandi.it to a static website
- create andreagrandi.it repository on GitHub
- clone andreagrandi.it repository locally
- copy files from andreagrandi.co.uk repository to andreagrandi.it one
- change extras/CNAME content to: www.andreagrandi.it
- change SITEURL in publishconf.py to: https://www.andreagrandi.it
- change DISQUS_SITENAME to ‘andrea-grandi-it’
- get a new GitHub token from https://github.com/settings/tokens
- activate TravisCI for repository andreagrandi.it
- run travis encrypt GH_TOKEN=……… from inside andreagrandi.it repository
- copy the generated value to .travis.yml
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andreagrandi / microchristmas.py
Created December 14, 2016 21:58
Microbit Christmas Tree
from microbit import *
image_1 = Image.XMAS
image_2 = Image.HAPPY
status = 'OFF'
while True:
if button_a.is_pressed():
status = 'ON'
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andreagrandi / merge_spammers_list.py
Created May 25, 2016 18:15
Merge Jason Cartwright spammer list with spammy-recruiters one
#!/usr/bin/python
spammy_recruiters = []
jason_recruiters = []
with open('spammers.txt', 'r') as f:
spammers = f.readlines()
for domain in spammers:
spammy_recruiters.append(domain.replace(' OR \n', '').replace('\n', ''))
from microbit import *
while True:
reading = accelerometer.get_x()
if reading > 20:
display.show("R")
elif reading < -20:
display.show("L")
else:
display.show("-")
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andreagrandi / random_names.py
Created March 18, 2016 15:17
Get random name from a list on microbit
from microbit import *
import random
names = [
"Mary", "Yolanda", "Damien", "Alia",
"Kushal", "Mei Xiu", "Zoltan"]
display.scroll(random.choice(names))
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andreagrandi / make_me_happy_microbit.py
Created March 13, 2016 11:38
Make microbit happy pressing button A or make it die pressing B
from microbit import *
while True:
if button_a.is_pressed():
display.show(Image.HAPPY)
elif button_b.is_pressed():
break
else:
display.show(Image.SAD)
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andreagrandi / hello_pycon_microbit.py
Created March 11, 2016 15:05
Hello world example in MicroPython
from microbit import display
# This text will scroll on the 5x5 matrix display
display.scroll('Hello PyCon Italy')
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andreagrandi / dontshakeme.py
Created February 27, 2016 23:43
DontShakeMe is an example written in Python that uses microbit accelerometer
# DontShakeMe - Andrea Grandi (2016)
# License: MIT
from microbit import display, Image, accelerometer, sleep
# display an happy face by default
display.show(Image.HAPPY)
# if you shake the device, you make microbit sad
while True:
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andreagrandi / microbit_light_sensor.py
Created February 7, 2016 21:51
Display a Sun or a Moon on the BBC micro:bit display, depending on the value read from the light sensor
import microbit as m
SUN_IMAGE = m.Image(
"90909\n"
"09990\n"
"99999\n"
"09990\n"
"90909")
MOON_IMAGE = m.Image(
"99900\n"