MAY15
Laptop Shrimping
A Morecambe flavour of Open Source Hackery
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This exhaustive set of posts provide a journal over time of the things I'm doing and thinking about.
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JUN23
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Accepted at Lancaster University's Highwire for a PhD in Digital InnovationMAR19
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Two new interactive digital installations shown for the first time at Newcastle's annual fest of making
Sharing my prototyping expertise with a young inventor
Shipping the first enigmaker productJAN12
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Cardiff Makers Faire
Invited to present my work at the May You Live In Interesting Times Maker Faire
OCT7
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Nokia wanted inspiring hacks for a N900 innovators contest. Tinker.it and cefn.com delivered!AUG1
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Co-pilot (or luggage) for Toby Colombe's Tandem Paragliding out-and-return world record - proven bladder controlMAR9
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Trying to take a holiday from scripting technologies. Foiled by eBay scammers.FEB14
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Creating an open source audio-navigated book player for my blind gran, found hard-to-browse audiobook project - took matters
into my own hands
Kit Arrived, Built and Functioning
Could this have made sense even in chinese?JAN30
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Astonishing robot orchestra playing wine glasses and a ball-powered marimbaDEC19
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Fab Lab Boston
My first visit to the Fab Lab - inventor's paradise - a microcontroller in two hours
A way to wow people with your own Keynote-style 3D effects
Why not use semaphore flags to write an SMS to your mates?
Webcam mashup with Amazon API - the best user experience everSEP14
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Instructables.com hosts cool projects and I have been dying to add one of my own.SEP6
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How to wire up a glove, some machine vision software, and 5 strips of velcro to make a freespace musical synthesizerSEP2
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Buying a boat with Daniel and Dorothy. Found the perfect partner for my growing obsession with wind and wavesSEP1
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Nasa data set processed through AWK and MySQL to generate Google Earth placemarks file
My first major voyage - in safe hands
An everyday story of country folk and 2.5 km of winch cableAUG27
South Park Business School
Salutary Lessons in Business Models from the Underpants Gnomes
A Wildebeest Calf has a lucky escapeJUN23
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The perfect flight plan, home, work, sailing, harbour islands, cloudbaseJUN19
Can't start Tomcat on Ubuntu Feisty FawnNothing at all - just silence, no logs, no nothing
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My Favourite Dice Stockist Worldwide - one floor below Katya's studio in Boston!
Who ever thought you could move the slope!JUN9
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As part of my in depth research into Scratch, I couldn't miss a concert by Lee Scratch PerryJUN4
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Ivan Boyd , the new head of the labs, (BT Group's Research and Venturing arm), arrived on a day of rest, so we went to the
aquarium - The Atlantic OceanMAY16
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Having a full membership leaves all your options open, you can actually ENJOY learningMAY16
Messing around in boats
Learning to sail on the Charles River - a deal too good to be true
Helped in my quest for a Folding bike by a real enthusiastMAY14
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Found I'm in good company looking for flying near Boston. Maybe could tag along with one of the localsMAY13
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Digging up Muybridge
A plan for more zoetrope animation fun, and more bash scripting hacks
FEB27
Deluge of messaging from Youtube
Starting to get community hits on Curiosity and Paragliding Videos
FEB23
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The art of packing seems to be beyond me. Here's a list of the things I should remember to always pack
How it all turned out after 4 days of hacking.FEB22
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Viral website template here in the offing. Are we truly being invaded by a conspiracy of idiots, bent on mediocrity?FEB19
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Initial presentation went well, now several more days of discussions and hacking to followFEB18
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British Airways and British Aviation Authority make a killing and cause unnecessary suffering to innocent travellers - shock
news.FEB18
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Curiosity Collective video distortion project creates interactive visual effect. Free download.FEB16
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A combination of a light bulb, a windmill and an ancient animation technology - the Zoetrope
Some videos and stories from my recent visit to New Orleans.FEB16
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More exploration of the Processing toolset
This has to be the best presentation of a MySQL error you've ever seen.
There's no way the opposable thumb will survive in the face of progress like this! The human hand might remain a useful
adaptation merely for throwing the Paper Scissors Rock dice but is otherwise clearly obsoleted.
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