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3. There will also be a [http://squeakland.org/ Squeakfest] in Montevideo at the end of May (26–28 at Universidad Católica del Uruguay).

3. There will also be a [http://squeakland.org/ Squeakfest] in Montevideo at the end of May (26–28 at Universidad Católica del Uruguay).

4. Rather than writing my column for the Sugar Digest, once again I have gotten sucked down a coding rat hole :). My two terrible addictions seem to be coffee and Python. Since I last posted, I have been doing more work on the Turtle Art plugin mechanism. I have two community efforts under way to use plugins: Ian Daniher wrote a plugin for WeDo and Emiliano Pastorino has written a plugin for NXT. (An Arduino plugin is also in the works.) I got lots of great feedback from both of them (as well as Raul and Tony) and made some adjustments that will be part of Release 107.  

4. Christian Marc Schmidt and Gary Martin have been holding weekly design meetings. Along with Sascha Silbe and others, we have been making a lot of progress on a number of backlogged issues. You can read the logs here: [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-02-13 2011-02-13], [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-02-20 2011-02-20], [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-02-27 2011-02-27], [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-03-06 2011-03-06] and [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-03-13 2011-03-13]

 

5. Rather than writing my column for the Sugar Digest, once again I have gotten sucked down a coding rat hole :). My two terrible addictions seem to be coffee and Python. Since I last posted, I have been doing more work on the Turtle Art plugin mechanism. I have two community efforts under way to use plugins: Ian Daniher wrote a plugin for WeDo and Emiliano Pastorino has written a plugin for NXT. (An Arduino plugin is also in the works.) I got lots of great feedback from both of them (as well as Raul and Tony) and made some adjustments that will be part of Release 107.  

Also, as part of Release 107 is better handling of shared turtles when using Turtle Art collaboratively. With the help of Simon, Gonzalo, and Tony, I managed to sort out a number of little problems that added up to a lot of confusion: for example, you can no longer drag a turtle that someone else is sharing with you. This fixes a problem with synchronization of shared turtles ([http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2687 #2687]). Also, the problem with extra turtles appearing when you open a project under a new 'nickname' has been fixed ([http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2441 #2441]).

Also, as part of Release 107 is better handling of shared turtles when using Turtle Art collaboratively. With the help of Simon, Gonzalo, and Tony, I managed to sort out a number of little problems that added up to a lot of confusion: for example, you can no longer drag a turtle that someone else is sharing with you. This fixes a problem with synchronization of shared turtles ([http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2687 #2687]). Also, the problem with extra turtles appearing when you open a project under a new 'nickname' has been fixed ([http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2441 #2441]).

5. I also wrote a new game: [[Activities/Paths|Paths]]. It is based upon a game I played with Oscar Becerra in Lima a few weeks ago. The basic idea is to create closed paths using tiles on an 8×8 grid. A collaborative version will be available soon. Meanwhile, [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4409 download] it and play against the robot.

6. I also wrote a new game: [[Activities/Paths|Paths]]. It is based upon a game I played with Oscar Becerra in Lima a few weeks ago. The basic idea is to create closed paths using tiles on an 8×8 grid. A collaborative version will be available soon. Meanwhile, [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/addon/4409 download] it and play against the robot.

6. I have also been working on a 'learn to read' activity with a Canadian educational foundation. Details available soon.

7. I have also been working on a 'learn to read' activity with a Canadian educational foundation. Details available soon.

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