Serious BeggingSerious Begging
This evening I was driving through one of the inner suburbs of Melbourne when a man flagged me down. He said that his mother was dying and he needed a[...]
Month: February 2013
iPhone vs AndroidiPhone vs Android
A friend who’s a long-time iPhone user just asked for my advice about whether to get a Samsung Galaxy S3, a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, or a iPhone 5. Advantages[...]
Conversion of Video FilesConversion of Video Files
To convert video files between formats I use Makefiles, this means I can run “make -j2” on my dual-core server to get both cores going at once. avconv uses 8[...]
Phone/Tablet SizesPhone/Tablet Sizes
The above two pictures show me holding a Samsung Galaxy S3 which has a 4.8″ display in my left hand and a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 which has a 4.0″[...]
Links February 2013Links February 2013
Aaron on Software wrote an interesting series of blog posts about psychology and personal development collectively Titled “Raw Nerve”, here’s a link to part 2 [1]. The best sections IMHO[...]
Speaking StacksSpeaking Stacks
Brianna Laugher wrote a blog post about the speaking stack used in the free software activism BoF at LCA 2013 [1]. Occupy Wall St uses what they call a progressive[...]