July 2009
2 posts
June 2009
18 posts
Watchfrom tinkerlog “Last week I invested some time to solder 64 Firefly boards. Only 2.432 solder joints later I was ready for some videos.
Every firefly acts completely autonomously, it has its own tiny controller, eye and luminary. They are all connected for power supply only.”
WatchMarco Rapino, a developer working at the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research at HSE in Helsinki, has developed a prototype controller using the accelerometer in his Nokia N95 smartphone, some Python, and the Blender 3D content creation suite.
Academic source code dust-up symptom of CS... →
A college student who published the source code of his completed school assignments recently found himself in a troubling confrontation with a professor. The conflict illustrates some of the deficiencies of modern computer science education.
“Community is great because it makes people feel good, democratizes the process,...”
– How Mathew Ingram Manages a News Site That Gets 5,000 Comments a Day via RWW
Watch“Inaugural address for the “What’s the Big Idea?” lecture series, at the Bundeena Bowls Club in Bundeena, a small community (pop. 3500) just south of Sydney in Royal National Park.” Bundeena is just along the road from me, so I’m extra bummed I missed Mark’s lecture! via the human network.
Rands In Repose: A Deep Breath →
I admit it. I love it when the sky is falling. There is no more delicious a state of being than the imminent threat of disaster. During these times, Iâve done great work. Iâve taken teams from…
IPTC Subject Codes →
pachube :: connecting environments, patching the... →
Welcome to Pachube, a service that enables you to connect, tag and share real time sensor data from objects, devices, buildings and environments around the world. The key aim is to facilitate…
May 2009
11 posts
All-seeing eye →
Smart Grid monitoring on Android →
Lately weâve been tinkering with deploying Android beyond the phone (using Googleâs open-source Android to connect devices to each other and the web), so we thought weâd see if we could…
The DIY Home Energy Monitor (Geek Skills Required) →
David MacKay: Sustainable Energy - without the hot... →
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Google OpenID API - taking the next steps →
Six months ago, we announced our first step in supporting single sign-on using OpenID. Well, we wanted to share with you what we have been working on since. As a strong supporter of open standards…
Yahoo! Pipes and the HTML5 canvas tag →
This post is part of the Who’s @ Google I/O, a series of blog posts that give a closer look at developers who’ll be speaking or demoing at Google I/O. Today’s post is a guest post written by…
GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Exceed 4000... →
It’s not easy to get to the very final mission of Rockstar’s DS Grand Theft Auto. But the number of people who have done so has doubled in the past month. When last I checked to see how many…
WiFi gets clobbered by baby-monitors, not other... →
Ofcom, the UK equivalent to the FCC, has a new report that identifies baby monitors and other wireless devices as serious interferers with urban WiFi. I’ve got WiFi and a baby-monitor in my tiny…
hackerspace / FrontPage →
Hackerspaces are community-operated physical places, where people can meet and work on their projects. Our goal is to form a self-sustaining local group of totally dedicated technology enthusiasts,…
This New Firefox Feature Could Solve the Login and... →
The good folks over at Mozilla Labs posted a screencast this morning of an experimental new way to log in to websites while using the Firefox browser. The approach leverages the Mozilla Weave…
Concordance →
This software will allow you to program your Logitech Harmony universal remote control! In addition to providing software that works in UNIX (which logitech’s software doesn’t support), our code also…
April 2009
19 posts
Auckland Web Meetup (Auckland) - Meetup.com →
Coffee Theory | the 200ok weblog →
Ask web developers about the tools they use, and itâs likely theyâll start talking about hardware, software and web applications. Thatâs understandable, but itâs not the whole picture. I…
Leia DS →
Leia DS is an application designed for the Nokia Internet Tablets 770/N800/N810, but it runs under Linux and Windows 2000/XP/Vista as well. It gives you control over your Linn Digital Stream (DS)…
La Fonera 2.0 - FON Wiki Beta →
Linn Open Source Software →
This is Linn Products’ Open Source Software site. Linn has 35 years of experience designing and manufacturing products that meet Linn’s vision of Music for Life. The marriage of digital music, open…
UbuntuMediaCenterTeam - Ubuntu Wiki →
Stefano’s Linotype » Why Programmers Suck at CSS... →
If I had a dime for every time I heard a web programmer apologize for the way his/her pages looked before revealing them, I certainly wouldnât need to work anymore. As with color picking, I think…
Open-Mesh Mini-Router (EU/UK/AU MODEL) -... →
Creative Commons Store →
Cool CC gear.
12 Excellent designed Laptop Stickers | Vikiworks™... →
Anyway here it came up with a tiny laptop sticker collection that I really like them! thought it might be good idea to share with you. Yep, it really make me wanted to⦠um. âpersonalizeâ my own…
Wall Mounting Guide 101 - DTV Forum Australia →
ps-art: Kategorie 1 →
ChiGarden » Blog Archive » Tutorial - Making the... →
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Google lifts its... →
Roo Reynolds →
Yahoo! Rolls Out New Mobile Web Campaign →
Today at the CTIA Wireless Conference in Las Vegas, Yahoo! officially announced a new mobile-optimized site and an all-in-one iPhone application. Yahoo! has been making strong moves to…
Little Red Riding Hood animation inspired by... →
Tomas Nilsson created this animation as a school assignment. It is an interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood with music by Slagsmålsklubben. He was inspired by the music video for…
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March 2009
60 posts
Little Red Riding Hood animation inspired by... →
Tomas Nilsson created this animation as a school assignment. It is an interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood with music by Slagsmålsklubben. He was inspired by the music video for…