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[...]
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[...]
SE Linux Things To DoSE Linux Things To Do
At the end of my talk on Monday about the status of SE Linux [1] I described some of the things that I want to do with SE Linux in[...]
My SE Linux Status Report – LCA 2013My SE Linux Status Report – LCA 2013
This morning I gave a status report on SE Linux. The talk initially didn’t go too well, I wasn’t in the right mental state for it and I moved through[...]
LCA 2012LCA 2012
LCA 2013 [1] is starting so it seems like time to finish my write-up of LCA 2012. As usual it was a great conference, although I got sick immediately after[...]
Power Supplies and WiresPower Supplies and Wires
For some time I’ve been wondering how the wire size for power supplies limits the power. So I’ve done some quick calculations to determine if it’s a problem. The first[...]