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Category Archives: computers
30 Days of Geek: 14 – Favourite Computer Conference
Oh. You probably won’t be surprised to hear this one, but the answer is Linux.conf.au the Australasian Free and Open Source Software Conference. I’ve been attending since Melbourne 2008, and have since “been” to Hobart in 2009 and travelled to … Continue reading
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30 Days of Geek: Days 10 & 11
So yesterday I was in the air, and unable to do day 10′s post. Luckily they make enough sense combined to combine into a single post. Picture, screenshot and specifications of your primary computer. Apologies for the blurry photo. I’ve … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 09 – What OS/distribution do you run?
I’m a user of UNIX-like operating systems of different persuasions. On my laptop I run Max OS X 10.6. I’m not hugely attached to the Mac platform, for example the vast majority of applications I run are Open Source, or … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 05 – Quick nifty hacks you’re proud of.
As it turns out, probably about 90% of the coding that I do these days is in the form of nifty hacks. This is particularly because in research the impetus is not necessarily to have code that is reusable in … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 04 – Greatest application written to date.
When Jethro proposed this topic, he was probably thinking of computer programs. I’m going left-field. My greatest application to date was my application to become an intern at Google. I applied for my internship in July of 2009, and heard … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 02 – Preferred programming language?
Python. Need you have asked? I use Python because it’s expressive, contains enough functionality out of the box to solve most substantial coding problems I have quickly; for everything else, there’s a fantastic array of libraries and frameworks for doing … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek: 01 – Why do you consider yourself a geek?
Right, so for those of you who missed my announcement a couple of weeks ago, I’m taking part in the 30 Days of Geek blogging challenge throughout November. This is the first of those posts. So this first of those … Continue reading
30 Days of Geek challenge
My friend Jethro Carr has just suggested another 30-day blogging challenge, and unlike the last one, this one doesn’t require me to be highly introspective and emotional, which I can gladly cope with . Instead, the topic this time around … Continue reading
AUC /dev/world/2010 — I’m Presenting!
AUC /dev/world/2010, the Apple University Consortium’s conference for developers working on or with Mac or iOS devices is on again this year, on the 28th and 29th of September, in Melbourne. Last year I presented a talk, and ran the … Continue reading
Japanese Translation Poetry
A friend of mine showed me Translation Party. I thought it might be fun to write some poetry with it: My duck, please on the roof of the master. When the roof, ducks quack Ducks quack, trembling with fear of … Continue reading
