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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Micro Python: Python for microcontrollers
A good friend of mine, Damien George, has been busy this year creating “Micro Python” – an implementation of Python 3.3 for microcontrollers. He has a Kickstarter going here – this is an amazingly cool project, please check it out! … Continue reading
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Learning Python
About a year ago my wife and I packed up all our things and moved to the Silicon Valley to work for SurveyMonkey. As well as changing job, city and country, I switched from being a Windows application developer to … Continue reading
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This is the golden age for new gadgets
Back in 2002 when I started work on my PhD, I remember feeling in awe of all the amazing new devices being released. Bluetooth had just come out, PDAs were getting wifi, and mobile phones were getting cameras. A lot … Continue reading
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Breaking news for mid-90s music fans
Gavin Rossdale reports Bush are back together.
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A long time off the air
Apologies for the long delay. I had worried I would stop updating a blog on my own volition, but instead a nasty Firestats bug shut down my WordPress install. Every time I sat down to try and fix it, I’d … Continue reading
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New York City
New York City, originally uploaded by Tim and Trudy. Such a pretty city. Art Deco really is my favourite type of architecture. (my wife took this shot tonight on our Ixus 870IS)
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Fixing a corrupted/deleted partition table
About a month ago, while trying to upgrade to Windows 7, I managed to wipe the partition table and in trying to fix it, created a corrupted table. (incidentally, if you can’t update Vista with the latest service pack, you … Continue reading
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Email disclaimers
Today I got an email from an Australian company and noticed two things at the bottom of their email. The first was the ever-silly “Go Green – please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.” line. Does putting this in … Continue reading
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Iconography
I thought this was a very literal (and ugly) choice for an icon, care of my247.com.au (why are there no decent Australian review sites?) Incidentally, Gelateria Cremona has what is easily the best gelato I’ve ever had. I can only … Continue reading
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The Bay Area response to foreclosure
I spotted this article a little while ago, discussing how one man responded to having his house foreclosed. The front yard of Williams’ home is strewn with boxes, furniture and trash cans. There’s even some of the home’s air conditioning … Continue reading
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