Education on Bill Glover

The F1 Exhibition

hello@bill.dev (Bill) — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:53:06 +0000

The F1 Exhibition

The Sharknose Ferrari (Ferrari 156 F1)

I can remember where I was when I first watched an F1 race on TV. It was at a friend’s home in Putney. His dad was a fan, a Ferrari supporter. The three of us sat there glued to the TV for the Monaco Grand Prix.

What do you want to learn?

hello@bill.dev (Bill) — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 09:16:48 +0000

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On the way to school one morning, my son and I found ourselves waiting longer than usual at a level crossing. He has always enjoyed standing by the barriers and guessing which direction the train will come from, but this wait was longer than usual. We began talking about what he’d been learning at school. Like many children, he doesn’t particularly enjoy being peppered with questions about his school day. And, like many parents, I’ve been looking for ways to vary the conversation.

Diy Traffic Lights

hello@bill.dev (Bill) — Sun, 01 May 2022 17:32:04 +0100

The imagination of a child can bring a Lego city to life. I can still remember my dad helping me build an automated “Mind the Gap” announcement for the 12V Lego railway system. It was a classic case of over-engineering; completely unnecessary but so much fun.

A microswitch carefully placed at the end of a station platform joined two pins on a parrallel port cable (the wide ones that we used to use to connect printers). A BASIC program running in an infinite loop handled switch de-bouncing and then started a sequence of beeps accompanied by text on an orange display to warn the little Lego figures they needed to Mind the Gap when leaving the train. I loved it.