After a year at the bottom of my drawer, I have busted out my Pimoroni Flotilla. It has a Python API and so I figured this was as good a time as any to use Python3 for the first time in many years. Part of the kit is

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I want to be able to have something either on my desk, or stuck to my monitor which indicates what my current presence level is (e.g. available, do not disturb, working but please interrupt me, etc.), fed by my Instant Messenger presence. I’ve only been able to find a single buy-it-and-go option: the Ambient Orb, which loo...

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