Of Penguins & Coffee

News from the Belfast Hackerspace

Bolster — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:02:31 +0000

So we’re only a few weeks into developing this idea, and first I’m going to give some credit where credit’s due; the people that I’m working with this have been brilliant, I...

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Stuff I’ve found interesting in the past month – 23/08/2010

Bolster — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:04:08 +0000

Why PulseAudio? The Freesound Project Aggregates Creative Commons Licensed Sound Effects [Sound Effects] ONE LAST CHANCE TO SAVE THE HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA Venting Frustration Will Only Make Your Anger...

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High-Frequency Trading Revolt, and Why its a good idea!!

Bolster — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:22:24 +0000

Remember that little economic apocalypse that happened a few years ago? You may remember it as the day your 401(k) dropped a digit or 3; those short sighted (w/b)ankers and middle management that...

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Citrix Web Client with Ubuntu

Bolster — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:55:38 +0000

Ubuntu is one of those polarising technologies; Its really easy to use on a recreational basis, or as part of a institution/business wide rollout, but heartbreakingly awkward to use...

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Stuff I’ve found interesting in the past month – 23/07/2010

Bolster — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:04:43 +0000

Google Doc Mount Puts Your Google Docs in Nautilus for Editing [Downloads] Google PhD Fellowships go international Use Chrome like a pro Android Development 101 – Part 1:Hello World Rachel...

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Belfast Hackerspace Anyone?

Bolster — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:42:11 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, the concept of a ‘hacker‘ (or at least self described ones) has very little to do with coding and networking wizards pounding through systems and stealing...

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Intel 4965: Poor wireless performance under Ubuntu

Bolster — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:53:40 +0000

I had an incident recently where the Windows 7 side of my laptop connected easily to an open AP, but the Ubuntu 10.04 (or 9.04, tried both) wouldn’t, with the Intel Iwlagn drivers reporting in...

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Great HOPEs

Bolster — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:26:17 +0000

This is it; my first convention! Yes folks, I’m going to be attending (and volunteering) at TheNextHOPE (@thenexthope), 16-18 July. I’m really looking forward to my first real foray into...

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Shared Items – 23/06/2010

Bolster — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:05:41 +0000

Learn to Prepare Tasty Five-Ingredient Meals in Under Ten Minutes [Cooking] Star Trek: Tik Tok [Video Mashup] RedShift Makes Your Screen Easier on the Eyes at Night [Downloads] Google releases...

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Shared Items – 16/06/2010

Bolster — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:12:26 +0000

Back Up Your Entire Android Phone to the Cloud [Backup] – If/when i get around to getting a new phone, I’ll be doing this Back Up Your Entire Android Phone to the Cloud [Backup] VMLite...

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Ongoing CUDA work, aka, I love this book.

Bolster — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:46:33 +0000

If anyone has any interest in CUDA, or GPU/Parallel programming in general, David B. Kirk and Wen-mei Hwu‘s groundbreaking “Programming Massively Parallel Processors” is a must. The...

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Shared Items – 09/06/2010

Bolster — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:08:20 +0000

ARTS: Ulster Museum shortlisted in Art Fund Prize

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Shared Items – 02/06/2010

Bolster — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:00:10 +0000

Apple Blindsides More AppStore Developers – Making me feel slightly better about not jumping on the AppStore bandwagon; I know that Android Market is the same animal, but you can be sure that...

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Customised User Directories in Ubuntu

Bolster — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:31:11 +0000

I’ve been doing alot of messing around in Ubuntu recently and there are lots of tweaks I like to make. One of them being to show the contents of my home folder as my desktop; I don’t need...

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Automagic Kernel Cleaning under Ubuntu

Bolster — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:29:03 +0000

Sick of having dozens of old kernels sitting under your /boot/ dir? Want a simpler boot-life? Well we’ve got the solution for you. Just one course of cleankernel once an upgrade cycle will...

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Shared Items – 26/05/2010

Bolster — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:02:55 +0000

IBM cheats on Cell with NVIDIA Tesla for servers – I’m hoping to incorporate NVIDIA CUDA stuff into my final year project next year, so its good to see that I’m going in the right...

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Coming Soon!

Bolster — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:21:37 +0000

Ok, its been a busy few weeks, and I’ve let the blog slip again, but coming up: Implementing Google Webfonts Ubuntu Dot-File Dropbox Synchronisation Drupal 6 Installation of Ubuntu 10.04 My...

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Shared Items – 19/05/2010

Bolster — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:03:27 +0000

Illustrated Guide Explains Your Mind’s Decision Biases [Mind Hacks] NIST Releases Updated Handbook of Math Functions Matplotlib For Python Developers

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Shared Items – 12/05/2010

Bolster — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:03:26 +0000

Designing next steps Surprise! It’s a hung Parliament. What Sites Future Employers Are Checking When Looking at You [Job Search] Syslog Better Logging Tutorial Open Source Guacamole Puts VNC On the...

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Shared Items – 05/05/2010

Bolster — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:03:33 +0000

Seven Tips for Your Design Job Interview Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified

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