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Coding is Fun – politics less so…

So, I decided to do a simple Scratch script today…

Click on a country, and it will tell you how they say “Coding is Fun!”

The script was simple enough – create a tiny mouse-follower sprite that is almost invisible. Use that to detect what colour it is in contact with when you click the mouse over the map.

The first map I found at openclipart.org had a couple of problems. The Czech Republic and Slovakia were still Czechoslovakia. Also, Denmark had disappeared…

So, I started the search again. Found a suitable map – and hoped that Google translate could help me with the languages I have little knowledge of. Apologies to native speakers if my guess at how to say “Coding is fun” is way off the mark.

But then, what to do about Cyprus, Belgium, various parts of southern Spain or even Wales?

It seemed to be such a good idea at the time…