Archive for March, 2007
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007I don't understand a word of this, but the central tenants of Geek hardware and reproduction are universal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8PQnKdYh-0
According to Bruce Satchwell, hardware and radio geek from the Gold Coast, this is an example of a weird European hobby called Amateur Radio Direction Finding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_Radio_Direction_Finding
I wonder if this hobby started like archery in the 11th through 13th century in [...]
Origins of Mindstorms
Friday, March 30th, 2007I've learnt something today: thanks to the new GeekDad blog. The origin of the phrase "Mindstorms"
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Steve Jobs. Presenting EOF, PDO, WebObjects, Excel, Windows NT 3.5
In-browser Python: Silverlight + IronPython
Chuck seen in the Sydney Office!
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Inside the Internode Games Network
Friday, March 30th, 2007Passion is difficult to hide.
Glenn and Kingsley from Internode have personal passions for gaming - and they jobs that take this passion and unleash it on the unsuspecting gamers in Australia.
Find out how to get a pingtime of 1, the inside of a server rack in a secret Adelaide location and why Kingsley uses moisturiser [...]
Jeff Speaks on Wired Magazine Article
Thursday, March 29th, 2007The quiet uberboss talks: Jeff Sandquist on the Wired Magazine article.
Larry Larsen, mini-uber-boss of Channel 10 has a video of one of the interviews Jeff experienced.
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The Inside Story of Channel 9 and On10.net
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007From Wired "Gimme a B! Gimme an L! Gimme an... " (Wired 15.04) . On10.net (or sometimes called Channel 10) is one of the "outputs" of the world-wide team I work for. Bunch of smart and enthusiastic people. Jeff is our quiet uber-boss.
This article describes the history behind Channel 9, and the new open-ness of [...]
For the first time in 8 years…
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007For the first time in 8 years, Adobe has a set of major product releases, and I'm not there :-( Well, I don't count Acrobat 8 as major. 'Spose I should. I hardly use it anymore.
As I use Photoshop and Premiere Pro in production and anger daily (more than I ever did whilst working for Adobe!), I [...]
I’m on Channel 9. MSDN Channel 9, that is
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007First of two interviews with the language & compiler gods of Queensland University of Technology. This was Wayne's first on camera interview. And only my third highly tehnical-audience interview.
Wayne Kelly on Ruby.NET.
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The Information World Ahead
Monday, March 26th, 2007From the Sydney Morning Herald:
Griffith University lecturer Kym Macfarlane believes today's toddlers will enter a world that is incomprehensible to most of us. "Allowing children [access to] technology at an early age will allow them to be far more discerning and feel more comfortable with the technology they will need in the future," Macfarlane says.
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NZ Science Geeks Keep Companies Honest
Monday, March 26th, 2007Two Science students from Pakuranga College in Auckland, New Zealand have found that the claims of Vitamin-C content wrong! It goes to show that science is important. And chemistry, at that.
Maths and Science do have the power to change the world and improve people's lives.
I am sure both of the girls, who say they are [...]
