http://cefn.com/blog Personal and Professional Chronicles en-uk http://cefn.com/blog/about.html GIGOX XSLT Blog Generator images/shrimp.png http://cefn.com/blog/ A Morecambe flavour of Open Source Hackery http://cefn.com/blog/shrimping_announcement.html http://cefn.com/blog/shrimping_announcement.html 15 May 2012 00:05:00 GMT Debian on Pogoplug no longer boots since kernel 3.2 http://cefn.com/blog/pogoplug_wheezy.html http://cefn.com/blog/pogoplug_wheezy.html 11 May 2012 00:05:00 GMT A game of trinket exchange to stimulate positive values http://cefn.com/blog/pockethoppers.html http://cefn.com/blog/pockethoppers.html 11 Dec 2011 00:12:00 GMT Accepted at Lancaster University's Highwire for a PhD in Digital Innovation http://cefn.com/blog/highwire_accepted.html http://cefn.com/blog/highwire_accepted.html 23 Jun 2011 00:06:00 GMT Two new interactive digital installations shown for the first time at Newcastle's annual fest of making http://cefn.com/blog/maker_faire_2011.html http://cefn.com/blog/maker_faire_2011.html 19 Mar 2011 00:03:00 GMT Sharing my prototyping expertise with a young inventor http://cefn.com/blog/my_genius_idea.html http://cefn.com/blog/my_genius_idea.html 03 Oct 2010 00:10:00 GMT Shipping the first enigmaker product http://cefn.com/blog/tacticalendar.html http://cefn.com/blog/tacticalendar.html 12 Sep 2010 00:09:00 GMT Hacked gadgets for more clients http://cefn.com/blog/workshop_outcomes.html http://cefn.com/blog/workshop_outcomes.html 18 Mar 2010 00:03:00 GMT Workarounds for bugs and misconfigurations of Eclipse on Karmic and Linux Mint http://cefn.com/blog/gae_ubuntu_eclipse.html http://cefn.com/blog/gae_ubuntu_eclipse.html 12 Jan 2010 00:01:00 GMT A free toolset I cooked up, driven by XQuery, to build rich, data-driven websites http://cefn.com/blog/website_builder.html http://cefn.com/blog/website_builder.html 01 Nov 2009 00:11:00 GMT Invited to present my work at the May You Live In Interesting Times Maker Faire http://cefn.com/blog/cardiff_maker_faire.html http://cefn.com/blog/cardiff_maker_faire.html 21 Oct 2009 00:10:00 GMT Nokia wanted inspiring hacks for a N900 innovators contest. Tinker.it and cefn.com delivered! http://cefn.com/blog/tinker_it_rewind.html http://cefn.com/blog/tinker_it_rewind.html 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 GMT Co-pilot (or luggage) for Toby Colombe's Tandem Paragliding out-and-return world record - proven bladder control http://cefn.com/blog/paragliding_world_record.html http://cefn.com/blog/paragliding_world_record.html 01 Aug 2009 00:08:00 GMT Trying to take a holiday from scripting technologies. Foiled by eBay scammers. http://cefn.com/blog/camper_van_firefox_bug.html http://cefn.com/blog/camper_van_firefox_bug.html 09 Mar 2009 00:03:00 GMT Creating an open source audio-navigated book player for my blind gran, found hard-to-browse audiobook project - took matters into my own hands http://cefn.com/blog/librivox_plus_rockbox_rocks.html http://cefn.com/blog/librivox_plus_rockbox_rocks.html 14 Feb 2009 00:02:00 GMT Kit Arrived, Built and Functioning http://cefn.com/blog/timefountain.html http://cefn.com/blog/timefountain.html 30 May 2008 00:05:00 GMT Could this have made sense even in chinese? http://cefn.com/blog/bad_translations.html http://cefn.com/blog/bad_translations.html 19 Feb 2008 00:02:00 GMT Astonishing robot orchestra playing wine glasses and a ball-powered marimba http://cefn.com/blog/absolut_machines.html http://cefn.com/blog/absolut_machines.html 30 Jan 2008 00:01:00 GMT I've never met anyone called Cefn, except me, but there's still Cefn fan fiction out there! http://cefn.com/blog/fan_fiction.html http://cefn.com/blog/fan_fiction.html 19 Dec 2007 00:12:00 GMT My first visit to the Fab Lab - inventor's paradise - a microcontroller in two hours http://cefn.com/blog/fab_lab_visit.html http://cefn.com/blog/fab_lab_visit.html 09 Dec 2007 00:12:00 GMT A way to wow people with your own Keynote-style 3D effects http://cefn.com/blog/powerpointless.html http://cefn.com/blog/powerpointless.html 08 Dec 2007 00:12:00 GMT Why not use semaphore flags to write an SMS to your mates? http://cefn.com/blog/iphore_first_prototype.html http://cefn.com/blog/iphore_first_prototype.html 25 Nov 2007 00:11:00 GMT Webcam mashup with Amazon API - the best user experience ever http://cefn.com/blog/delicious_library.html http://cefn.com/blog/delicious_library.html 01 Oct 2007 00:10:00 GMT Instructables.com hosts cool projects and I have been dying to add one of my own. http://cefn.com/blog/filmcan_zoetrope.html http://cefn.com/blog/filmcan_zoetrope.html 14 Sep 2007 00:09:00 GMT How to wire up a glove, some machine vision software, and 5 strips of velcro to make a freespace musical synthesizer http://cefn.com/blog/smell_the_glove.html http://cefn.com/blog/smell_the_glove.html 06 Sep 2007 00:09:00 GMT Buying a boat with Daniel and Dorothy. Found the perfect partner for my growing obsession with wind and waves http://cefn.com/blog/vessel_of_dreams.html http://cefn.com/blog/vessel_of_dreams.html 02 Sep 2007 00:09:00 GMT Nasa data set processed through AWK and MySQL to generate Google Earth placemarks file http://cefn.com/blog/hill_search_ipswich.html http://cefn.com/blog/hill_search_ipswich.html 01 Sep 2007 00:09:00 GMT My first major voyage - in safe hands http://cefn.com/blog/sailing_the_channel.html http://cefn.com/blog/sailing_the_channel.html 31 Aug 2007 00:08:00 GMT An everyday story of country folk and 2.5 km of winch cable http://cefn.com/blog/winch_launch_norfolk.html http://cefn.com/blog/winch_launch_norfolk.html 30 Aug 2007 00:08:00 GMT Salutary Lessons in Business Models from the Underpants Gnomes http://cefn.com/blog/underpants_gnomes.html http://cefn.com/blog/underpants_gnomes.html 27 Aug 2007 00:08:00 GMT A Wildebeest Calf has a lucky escape http://cefn.com/blog/battle_at_kruger.html http://cefn.com/blog/battle_at_kruger.html 29 Jul 2007 00:07:00 GMT The perfect flight plan, home, work, sailing, harbour islands, cloudbase http://cefn.com/blog/leavingboston.html http://cefn.com/blog/leavingboston.html 23 Jun 2007 00:06:00 GMT Nothing at all - just silence, no logs, no nothing http://cefn.com/blog/ubuntutomcat.html http://cefn.com/blog/ubuntutomcat.html 19 Jun 2007 00:06:00 GMT My Favourite Dice Stockist Worldwide - one floor below Katya's studio in Boston! http://cefn.com/blog/koplow.html http://cefn.com/blog/koplow.html 13 Jun 2007 00:06:00 GMT Who ever thought you could move the slope! http://cefn.com/blog/humanslope.html http://cefn.com/blog/humanslope.html 12 Jun 2007 00:06:00 GMT As part of my in depth research into Scratch, I couldn't miss a concert by Lee Scratch Perry http://cefn.com/blog/leescratchperry.html http://cefn.com/blog/leescratchperry.html 09 Jun 2007 00:06:00 GMT Found out how to use RSYNC tunnelling over SSH to manage upload for this whole blog. http://cefn.com/blog/blogrsync.html http://cefn.com/blog/blogrsync.html 04 Jun 2007 00:06:00 GMT Ivan Boyd , the new head of the labs, (BT Group's Research and Venturing arm), arrived on a day of rest, so we went to the aquarium - The Atlantic Ocean http://cefn.com/blog/bosswhalewatch.html http://cefn.com/blog/bosswhalewatch.html 28 May 2007 00:05:00 GMT Having a full membership leaves all your options open, you can actually ENJOY learning http://cefn.com/blog/museumofscience.html http://cefn.com/blog/museumofscience.html 16 May 2007 00:05:00 GMT Learning to sail on the Charles River - a deal too good to be true http://cefn.com/blog/communityboating.html http://cefn.com/blog/communityboating.html 16 May 2007 00:05:00 GMT Helped in my quest for a Folding bike by a real enthusiast http://cefn.com/blog/foldingbikes.html http://cefn.com/blog/foldingbikes.html 15 May 2007 00:05:00 GMT Found I'm in good company looking for flying near Boston. Maybe could tag along with one of the locals http://cefn.com/blog/bostonparagliding.html http://cefn.com/blog/bostonparagliding.html 14 May 2007 00:05:00 GMT Holidaying in Boston, learning to sail, finding local paragliding, checking the museums, buying a new bike http://cefn.com/blog/boston_leave.html http://cefn.com/blog/boston_leave.html 13 May 2007 00:05:00 GMT Jim's shrinking music collection : it was filled with strange duplicates, so I set about removing them http://cefn.com/blog/itunes_duplicates.html http://cefn.com/blog/itunes_duplicates.html 21 Apr 2007 00:04:00 GMT EFF seeks prior art - disclosed in 1972 Arpanet video http://cefn.com/blog/bogus_voip_patent.html http://cefn.com/blog/bogus_voip_patent.html 12 Apr 2007 00:04:00 GMT A plan for more zoetrope animation fun, and more bash scripting hacks http://cefn.com/blog/muybridge.html http://cefn.com/blog/muybridge.html 18 Mar 2007 00:03:00 GMT Starting to get community hits on Curiosity and Paragliding Videos http://cefn.com/blog/youtube_rush.html http://cefn.com/blog/youtube_rush.html 27 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT The art of packing seems to be beyond me. Here's a list of the things I should remember to always pack http://cefn.com/blog/forget_me_not.html http://cefn.com/blog/forget_me_not.html 23 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT How it all turned out after 4 days of hacking. http://cefn.com/blog/cascadas_hacking_outcomes.html http://cefn.com/blog/cascadas_hacking_outcomes.html 23 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT Viral website template here in the offing. Are we truly being invaded by a conspiracy of idiots, bent on mediocrity? http://cefn.com/blog/idiot_conspiracy.html http://cefn.com/blog/idiot_conspiracy.html 22 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT What a difference it makes to be with people who enjoy their work. http://cefn.com/blog/modena_hotel.html http://cefn.com/blog/modena_hotel.html 19 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT Initial presentation went well, now several more days of discussions and hacking to follow http://cefn.com/blog/cascadas_diet_intro.html http://cefn.com/blog/cascadas_diet_intro.html 19 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT British Airways and British Aviation Authority make a killing and cause unnecessary suffering to innocent travellers - shock news. http://cefn.com/blog/gatwickairport.html http://cefn.com/blog/gatwickairport.html 18 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT Curiosity Collective video distortion project creates interactive visual effect. Free download. http://cefn.com/blog/kaleidoscope.html http://cefn.com/blog/kaleidoscope.html 18 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT A combination of a light bulb, a windmill and an ancient animation technology - the Zoetrope http://cefn.com/blog/zoetrope.html http://cefn.com/blog/zoetrope.html 16 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT Some videos and stories from my recent visit to New Orleans. http://cefn.com/blog/neworleans.html http://cefn.com/blog/neworleans.html 16 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT Puzzling in the few moments left just which bits of my technology world I'm really proud of http://cefn.com/blog/barcamp01.html http://cefn.com/blog/barcamp01.html 16 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT More exploration of the Processing toolset http://cefn.com/blog/processing.html http://cefn.com/blog/processing.html 12 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT This has to be the best presentation of a MySQL error you've ever seen. http://cefn.com/blog/fasterthansound.html http://cefn.com/blog/fasterthansound.html 10 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT There's no way the opposable thumb will survive in the face of progress like this! The human hand might remain a useful adaptation merely for throwing the Paper Scissors Rock dice but is otherwise clearly obsoleted. http://cefn.com/blog/dice.html http://cefn.com/blog/dice.html 09 Feb 2007 00:02:00 GMT