geekscape’s blog Vox 2009-11-05T04:18:55Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398a467260002/ Hacker At Large Interview for TheAge article: Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of the Motorcycle" 35th anniversary tag:vox.com,2009-11-05:asset-6a00e398a4672600020123ddb908be860b 2009-11-05T00:01:01Z 2009-11-05T04:18:55Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Along with some other local technologists (Rich Evans, Con Zymaris and Veechi Curtis), I was interviewed (via email) by Patricia Maunder for an article in today's edition of The Age newspaper ("livewire" section of the Green Guide, page 22). It d...

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]]> The other half of the hottest 100 songs tag:vox.com,2009-08-09:asset-6a00e398a4672600020110185f4341860f 2009-08-09T18:06:01Z 2009-08-09T18:06:01Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom As many people have pointed out, the recent Triple-J Hottest 100 Songs of All Time had a baffling bias. Fortunately, Naomi Eve is proactively restoring the balance, with a Hottest 100 Songs by Women poll and list. My list of favorite women artis...

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]]> HackerSpaces and the Lunar Numbat project: Building up capability and practical expertise tag:vox.com,2009-06-20:asset-6a00e398a4672600020110161e40f4860b 2009-06-20T09:10:34Z 2009-06-20T09:10:34Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Continuing on from the initial launches of a Class C rocket, the Lunar Numbat build team has been making steady progress towards launching more sophisticated avionics, along with an audio/video feed, as part of a Class G rocket. A crucial part of...

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]]> LCA 2009: Day One, Mini-conferences tag:vox.com,2009-01-19:asset-6a00e398a467260002010980cac7b8000b 2009-01-19T12:59:59Z 2009-01-19T15:31:45Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

LCA 2009: Google and LinuxChix BBQ LCA 2009: Monty Taylor LCA 2009: Paul Wayper LCA 2009: LinuxChix panel about Geek parenting LCA 2009: System Administration lightning talks LCA 2009: Rusty Russell LCA 2009: Linux kernel hackers LCA 2009: Linux kernel hackers LCA 2009: Dinner at Sals LCA 2009: Grilled vegetable tower LCA 2009: Playing GO in unit 8

A brief summary of the talks I attended today ... My LCA 2009 Flickr photostream NDB / MySQL Cluster by Monty Taylor (Sun Microsystems) mordred@sun.com - URLs ... - https://launchpad.net/ndb-bindings - ndb-connectors@lists.mysql.com - http...

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]]> People power defeats intrusive advertising (this time) tag:vox.com,2008-08-22:asset-6a00e398a4672600020100a7f43878000e 2008-08-22T01:33:30Z 2008-08-22T01:33:30Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

advertising_at_the_petrol_pump

A while ago, several BP petrol stations that I use, started trialing "PumpTalk". This was a highly instrusive and annoying form of advertising, that started blaring audio at you, as soon as you lifted the pump and began filling your car. My imm...

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]]> Skiing at Mt.Hotham tag:vox.com,2008-08-10:asset-6a00e398a46726000200fae8d47725000b 2008-08-08T08:00:00Z 2009-04-06T10:31:18Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Just returned from skiing at Mt.Hotham. Close to perfect snow and weather conditions. As well as skiing, we covered all of the important activities, including snowball fights and making snowmen. Tara's skiing improved at lot this year. With t...

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]]> Time flies ... tag:vox.com,2008-08-01:asset-6a00e398a46726000200fa968d521a0003 2008-08-01T06:36:19Z 2008-08-01T06:36:19Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

2008-08-01_magpies

One month into my new project ... and times flies when you are having fun. Lots of activity on the iPhone, social networking and home automation scenes. The iTunes application store brings the same seamless, instant gratification experience to ...

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]]> Playing with Arduino and ZigBee tag:vox.com,2008-07-17:asset-6a00e398a4672600020100a7e93487000e 2008-07-17T07:28:25Z 2009-04-06T15:36:30Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

2008-07-17_arduino_zigbee

Just received 3 Arduino Diecimila and 3 XBee shields (ZigBee), so now it's time for some recreational hacking with wireless mesh sensors :) Time to delve into 6LoWPAN.

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]]> iPhone 2.0 in Australia tag:vox.com,2008-07-11:asset-6a00e398a46726000200fad69888b50005 2008-07-11T01:15:48Z 2008-07-11T01:15:48Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Since I'm developing a mobile phone application, I need to keep up with this ... Useful ... The Great Big, Constantly Updated, Australian iPhone FAQ v2.0 Sad, but no great surprise ... LEAKED: Telstra iPhone Plans -- and they'll break the bank ...

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]]> Chillin' out at the Gypsy Bar tag:vox.com,2008-07-05:asset-6a00e398a46726000200fa96851eaf0003 2008-07-04T12:30:00Z 2008-12-25T00:50:05Z geekscape http://geekscape.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Caught up with Christos and Droo at the Gypsy Bar (highly recommended, especially their Chocolate Torte ... the Salt-and-Pepper Calamari was also very good) ... Droo has a message for all his drinking buddies in Poland ... "This is an Australia...

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