Raspberry Pi 3rd Birthday Bash!

Happy Birthday Raspberry Pi!!!!!! 

@Raspberry_Pi

I've been looking forward to this weekend for a good two months and it's finally here! Yesterday I travelled down to Cambridge for a big CamJam/Raspberry Pi birthday bash... And as expected it was an amazing day. 

The Education Team Panel

Eben Upton (Raspberry Pi Foundation foundering CEO) kicked us off with the journey so far, what he has learned travelling it and a few reminders of recent announcements (Raspberry Pi 2!!!!) following on from him were a series of talks in two lecture theatres from members of the Pi community. The Education Team from the foundation were on hand to answer questions from educators and parents alike, along with us Certified Educators doing our best to share our experiences and offer support where needed/wanted. David Honess was there sharing the amazing Astro Pi project/competition- check out the link! 

And in between talks there was the foyer of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory jam packed with awesomeness! There was the talking throne... Fill your board with the three words of who you want to be and take a seat: 

David Whale and Martin O'Hanlon were on hand to promote their new book Adventures in Minecraft Pi. Pimoroni and The PiHut were amongst the vendors there offering bargains on all sorts of cool stuff. And Pimoroni were packaging there wares in an exceptionally cool bag. 

There were bunnies pooping chocolate mini eggs, a stall with lots of cool retro games (I got very excited as they had Chuckie Egg which was my favourite on our old Amstrad 64 when I was a kid):

For those interested in robotics and Pi there was an obstacle course, and stalls featuring different ideas/designs/equipment. Check out PiWars for more super cool robotics stuff! 

And then at four thirty all those with party tickets mucked in setting up for some fun and games (literally!).

We were provided with Dominos pizza, some delicious cakes and free Raspberry Pi Beer from Fuzzy Duck Brewery - Check out there website for how they use Python programming and Raspberry Pi's to brew their ale! 

We played pass the parcel for a goody bag full of freebies - I still haven't forgiven Ben Nutall for making me give up a cool GitHub t-shirt but I did end up with a Drawdio Bausatz -the instructions are in German but look out for a short blog post once I've figured it out... 

I also managed to wangle a GitHub mug to ease the pain of losing the T-Shirt! 

Finally, it was time to chill with my Picademy friends and the guys from the education team... A nice relaxing end to an informative and inspiring day, I'm just gutted I couldn't make Sunday's second innings of all cool things Pi!! 

Who to follow:

Rapberry Pi & CamJam: @raspberry_pi @EbenUpton @CambridgeJam @recantha @Geeky_Tim @RachelRaynes @asbradbury

Raspberry Pi Education team: @MissPhilbin @ben_nutall @dave_spice @clivebeale @jrobinson_uk @martinohanlon @samaaron

Raspberry Pi Certified Educators: @digitaldivageek (me!) @CatLamin @Swaygrantham @Fabteachertips @monkeymademe (Look out for more in future posts as there are too many to list here!!) 

Other great Raspbians: @whaleygeek @ModMyPi @pi_weekly @RasPiTV @JarJarGeek @charwarz @pimoroni @mypifi @ThePiHut @TheMagP1