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New Australia photo gallery now online

22 May 2014

I'm continuing to post new photo galleries to my website and the latest is an extensive gallery of Australia, covering Sydney, Uluru/Ayers Rock, the Kakadu National Park, Perth, Melbourne and more. The gallery comprises mostly photos from a trip we took in 2012, plus a handful of photos from a 2001 business trip I took to Sydney. It includes wildlife (birds, kangaroos, crocodiles), architecture (Sydney Opera House), and the natural landscape (Uluru and Kakadu National Park).

Here are a couple of my favourite shots:

A pied butcherbird at Uluru/Ayers Rock

Sydney Opera House, one of my old photos to make it into the new gallery

Visit my Australia photo gallery here.

I have also added a small gallery of photos from Portugal.

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Two new photo galleries uploaded

16 May 2014

I have added two new photo galleries to this site, Los Angeles from a trip in 2002, and Malaysia, mostly from a trip in 2012. As I explained in my previous blog post announcing my new photo gallery project, each photo has a sliding puzzle and e-card feature, and I've added commentary, maps and technical data too.

Here are a couple of samples. Click them to go through to the full galleries.

The Petronas Towers at night

The Back to the Future time machine

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Three More 10-block Scratch demos

15 May 2014

I blogged previously about the 10-block Scratch Programming Challenge, where I tried to see what useful or instructive programs I could create in just 10 blocks. Since that post, I've added written three new 10-block demos, which you can see below. Click the picture to get more information on how to use these programs.

I hope that they prove useful in your Code Clubs, classrooms and homes!

What have you made in 10 blocks or fewer? Leave a comment below!

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