{"id":3798,"date":"2012-04-06T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2014-06-26T23:59:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T22:59:15","slug":"short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm","title":{"rendered":"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week<\/a> I kicked off my new initiative to actually get some blog posts out, despite not having time for all the details…<\/p>\n

This week was less event-focused but nevertheless contained a few things that I thought were worthy of note.<\/p>\n

Kids coding in C? (Our Arduino)<\/h3>\n

Last weekend, I was “playing” with my new Arduino proptotyping board<\/a>, with my sons. \u00a0Understandably, my 5 year-old wasn’t too bothered (to be fair, he liked putting components onto the breadboard) but I was amazed to see just how my eldest (who is 7) grasped the programming side of things. \u00a0I’m not saying he’s writing C – but just using some example code to flash a set of LEDs in sequence<\/a>, he asked why he was putting \/\/<\/code> in front of some lines. \u00a0I showed him that each was a function call and he was “turning on and off” different things that the program could do. \u00a0Before I knew it, he wanted to chain functions together, before then moving on changing the delay times on the lights. \u00a0I thought that the coding side of things would be an uphill struggle but I was really encouraged to see how quickly kids can start to adapt the examples.\u00a0Hopefully our Raspberry Pi<\/a> will arrive later this month – and then I’ll get him writing in Scratch<\/a>\u00a0or another child-friendly\u00a0environment!<\/p>\n

New toy for Mark<\/h3>\n

Last November, I wrote about ordering my new car<\/a> and it arrived on Monday. No longer am I tarred with Top Gear-esque comments about Audi drivers (I did really like my A4 though) – I’m now a sensible, 40-something Volkswagen-driving type! The Tiguan (or “softroader” as my hardcore Range Rover-driving manager calls it) has a towbar too, so I should be able to load the family bikes on more easily and, hopefully, we’ll get out a bit more this spring\/summer… which leads me on to the next feature…<\/p>\n

Another decade on the clock – and my “Fit at 40” challenge draws to a close<\/h3>\n

Towards the end of the week I celebrated \u00a0my 40th birthday – which marks the end of my Fit at 40 challenge<\/a>. Having hit my target weight a couple of weeks ago<\/a>, I’ve managed to hold that off but haven’t managed to push any further yet. \u00a0The final numbers are not quite in, but it looks like I’ll have raised just under \u00a32000 (plus gift aid)<\/a> for The Prostate Cancer Charity<\/a> – thanks again to everyone who has supported me and helped make me a happier, healthier husband and father to my wife and children!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I kicked off my new initiative to actually get some blog posts out, despite not having time for all the details… This week was less event-focused but nevertheless contained a few things that I thought were worthy of note. Kids coding in C? (Our Arduino) Last weekend, I was “playing” with my new … Continue reading Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[364,117,218],"tags":[369,430,219,334],"class_list":["post-3798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exercise","category-motoring","category-technology","tag-arduino","tag-c","tag-fit-at-40","tag-tiguan"],"yoast_head":"\nShort takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally "fit at 40"! - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally "fit at 40"! - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last week I kicked off my new initiative to actually get some blog posts out, despite not having time for all the details… This week was less event-focused but nevertheless contained a few things that I thought were worthy of note. Kids coding in C? (Our Arduino) Last weekend, I was “playing” with my new … Continue reading Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-06T11:00:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-06-26T22:59:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"headline\":\"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-06T11:00:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-26T22:59:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm\"},\"wordCount\":444,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"keywords\":[\"Arduino\",\"C\",\"Fit at 40\",\"Volkswagen Tiguan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Exercise\",\"Motoring\",\"Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm\",\"name\":\"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally \\\"fit at 40\\\"! - markwilson.it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-06T11:00:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-26T22:59:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"markwilson.it\",\"description\":\"get-info -class technology | write-output > \\\/dev\\\/web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\",\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Mark Wilson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/markwilsonuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/markawilson\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/markwilsonit\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-wilson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally \"fit at 40\"! - markwilson.it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally \"fit at 40\"! - markwilson.it","og_description":"Last week I kicked off my new initiative to actually get some blog posts out, despite not having time for all the details… This week was less event-focused but nevertheless contained a few things that I thought were worthy of note. Kids coding in C? (Our Arduino) Last weekend, I was “playing” with my new … Continue reading Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm","og_site_name":"markwilson.it","article_published_time":"2012-04-06T11:00:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-06-26T22:59:15+00:00","author":"Mark Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@markwilsonit","twitter_site":"@markwilsonit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Wilson","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm"},"author":{"name":"Mark Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"headline":"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!","datePublished":"2012-04-06T11:00:18+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-26T22:59:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm"},"wordCount":444,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"keywords":["Arduino","C","Fit at 40","Volkswagen Tiguan"],"articleSection":["Exercise","Motoring","Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm","name":"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally \"fit at 40\"! - markwilson.it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-04-06T11:00:18+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-26T22:59:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/short-takes-kids-coding-in-c-new-car-and-finally-fit-at-40.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Short takes: Kids coding in C (!); new car; and finally “fit at 40”!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"markwilson.it","description":"get-info -class technology | write-output > \/dev\/web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468","name":"Mark Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Mark Wilson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1"},"description":"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwilsonuk\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markawilson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/markwilsonit","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A"],"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/author\/mark-wilson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3752,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/getting-started-with-arduino.htm","url_meta":{"origin":3798,"position":0},"title":"Getting started with Arduino","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 21 March 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of days ago, my new Arduino\u00a0board arrived and, last night, I finally got around to having a play. For those who don't know what an Arduino is: \"Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"Arduino Uno","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6209\/6052455554_a4301347ef_m.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4215,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/storing-arduino-code-in-the-cloud.htm","url_meta":{"origin":3798,"position":1},"title":"Storing Arduino code in the cloud","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Friday 3 August 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this week I blogged about some of the stuff I'd been doing with Arduino and I mentioned that my code is up on GitHub. What I didn't mention is how it got there... I use the Arduino IDE\u00a0on a netbook running Ubuntu Linux (other development tools are available) and,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4587,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/10\/ethernet-control-for-my-office-traffic-lights.htm","url_meta":{"origin":3798,"position":2},"title":"Ethernet control for my office “traffic lights”","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Friday 17 October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of years ago, I wrote about the \"traffic lights\" I'd created for my home office (and subsequent \"upgrade\"). Shortly after that, I updated the solution to use three LEDs (as shown below) but it still wasn't quite what I needed. Walking to the door to push a button\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/basic-red-yellow-green-led-button-ethernet.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5205,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/04\/publishing-to-github-from-visual-studio.htm","url_meta":{"origin":3798,"position":3},"title":"Publishing to GitHub from Visual Studio","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Monday 28 April 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Those who follow me on Twitter (@markwilsonit) may be aware that I'm\u00a0attempting to learn some C# skills in my spare time (what little of that I have). \u00a0It's not my first foray into coding - I have a Computer Studies degree and, in my youth I\u00a0wrote code in a variety\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5281,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/geeking-out-at-microsoft-research.htm","url_meta":{"origin":3798,"position":4},"title":"Geeking out at Microsoft Research","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 16 July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to join the Microsoft Technical Community Council (MTCC), which is described as \"a\u00a0group of external IT professionals influential in the IT Pro world, who are engaged and interested in sharing their opinions and meet once a month via a Lync call\". \u00a0Basically,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4200,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/08\/upgraded-the-traffic-lights-in-my-office-already.htm","url_meta":{"origin":3798,"position":5},"title":"Upgraded the “traffic lights” in my office already","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 1 August 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night I wrote a blog post about the \"traffic lights\" for my office. The trouble with the original setup was that the light was set to a particular state until I edited the code and uploaded a new version to the Arduino. I was so excited about having something\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Technology"","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3798"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5258,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions\/5258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}