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@Joel_Hughes At some point, if someone figures out virtual backgrounds, then everyone will spend the next 20 minutes playing around with them.... all good fun... I realise I assumed it was a non-work thing... maybe with people who are unused to tools like zoom.. sorry if I judged that wrong

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@Joel_Hughes you will have to let people know about ‘gallery mode’ so they see the broader group, but they will still need to scroll through the list.... we had a load of people on android, so trying to guide through controls was different.. also several on phones who could only see 2-4 faces

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@Joel_Hughes We did one for the broader family - about 40 people. Unless they are all used to zoom - I’d say aim low for the first one... there will naturally be people technical glitches...

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@hellogeri Getting the DSLR connector is a great idea - I was considering that, but our DSLR is 15 years old .... when you get used to your setup I’d love to see your astrophotography results (and maybe I will try to connect my old DSLR at some point)

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@hellogeri I’m looking forward to when there is more of a moon... I gather it will make it harder to see other objects - but I am looking forward to a really big object to aim for as I learn all of the controls, and settings.

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@hellogeri There is also luckily a sale on the SkySafari Pro app currently - which gives amazing information on the starts, satellite, etc... Last night we were looks at a distant star, and Zoe (10) and I were talking about how the light we were looking at, had left the star 101 years ago!

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@hellogeri THe more I researched, the more I had to google things... ‘barlow’, ‘t-ring’, ‘lucky images’... it seems to be a community of very passionate people, who seem to type 80% acronyms, and domain specific jargon.... super exciting though

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@hellogeri We’ve loved staring up at the night skies for the last week... and with no early starts for school, we’ve made the most of it, and even camped in the garden to watch for longer last night

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@hellogeri As I went for the Celestron Evolution 8 ... in part funded by the refunds we hope to receive from our Iceland trip which should have been 2 weeks ago.... As we can’t leave the house, figured we’d bring the galaxy to our garden :) https://t.co/EjSdzRMpeL

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@hellogeri Amazing! We bought one which arrived lat week. I loved seeing Venus actually look like a sphere, rather than a bright dot.

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Brilliant online workshop on “how to create infographics” delivered by Rob from Delayed Gratification yesterday evening ( @dgquarterly ). ... perusing their list of courses, I’ve just signed up for another one: https://t.co/hFK7F9MpYB #infographic #distancelearning https://t.co/tQwLhwNRUG

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@richardwiggins Code club/raspberry pi have a load of project resources, including for python : https://t.co/4jlTVKGiZb

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RT @haktive: The Haktive-at-Home toilet roll special will be released shortly (so sign up for the newsletter quick : https://t.co/ctXMonKeE…

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@TurveyWright @Si Yes would love to listen (and potentially talk about wellness and side projects too)

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Finally brought my iPhone in from the garden to see what @NightCapApp made. I think some of the left-right trails are part of the earlier #starlinksatellites passes, but there’s a lot of north-south sat action too As ever kudos to @VirtualAstro for the heads-up https://t.co/w6J0yHBEgL

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RT @VirtualAstro: UPDATE! Expect to see over 40 #Starlink satellites (moving stars) in a train for around 20 minutes starting at 9.55pm in…

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@Shapr3D During the lockdown my 13yo wants to learn how to do CAD using your app. Education pricing is available, but the process seems to require ID and a uni email address. He is in year 8 at High School in the UK. We would really appreciate any guidance you can give thank you.

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@cole007 @Joel_Hughes Oh man... the Vektar was the bike of my dreams for many years (I had a commando star... build like a tank... rode like one too)

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@Si @maxray Over the years, the technology to enable physically separated teams to work closely together has only improved...

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@Si @maxray I’ve been full-time employed, and also almost-entirely remote for 13 years now... I love visiting the office to socialise, but a opportunity 13 ish years ago coincided with my son being born - that unexpectedly led to exploring remote as a FT employee, and I’ve never looked back

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RT @VirtualAstro: WATCH SPACESHIPS (Satellites) AND SHOOTING STARS IN THE SKY TONIGHT The #Starlink pass is at 21-55 and it may be possibl…

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RT @BBCNews: From today, @BBCBitesize is providing regular daily lessons in English and Maths as well as other core subjects, online, on BB…

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RT @VirtualAstro: Tomorrows #Starlink pass over the UK is at 21:55 for ~20 minutes and will be even better than the one earlier tonight. I…

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RT @Seriouslive: Relive some EFG @LondonJazzFest 2019 awesomeness from @joshuablackmore 's SiZE, featuring @mjcalv @tomcawley and @sharkes…

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