Ever wanted to explore a museum at night time? Rosie Clarke tells you how! 🔊 Museums At Night🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Museums at Night is Culture24's festival of inspiring after hours cultural events at museums, galleries and heritage sites. Next year it's on across the UK from Thursday May 14 until Saturday May 16 2015. Get About A Minute as soon as each episod…
What do famous people sound like? The Wikipedia Voice Introduction Project seeks to find out. 🔊 Wikipedia VIP🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Learn more on Andy Mabbett's blog or follow #WikiVIP on Twitter. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performe…
On Saturday, I attended the Shakespearean HackFest organised by HiCor / TORCH at Oxford University. I'd like to discuss the hack our team created and how the event differed (in a positive way) from other hack days I've been to. The Event On arrival at the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, I was automatically assigned to a team. I think this is a great model for hackdays. To often, I find,…
Rosie Clarke and I have a chat about her new favourite website The-Toast.net. 🔊 Rosie Loves Toast🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Here are some highlights that Rosie asked me to share. There is a feature where historical characters are reimagined as teenage dirtbags – Iike Dirtbag Teddy Roosevelt There are haunting folksy horror Letter from the Editor Presenting the affect…
I'm afraid of failure. I think most people are. Even worse than failing? Failing in public! Pink Floyd were completely right in the denouement of The Wall where they articulated the prehensile terror that many feel when they open themselves up. Since, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fear, I sentence you to be exposed before your peers. Waters / Ezrin Talking about our fears, our…
A delightful chat with Andy Mabbett about http://orcid.org/. 🔊 http://orcid.org/🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes Intro music "Gran Vals" performed by Brian Streckfus. Stopwatch Icon by Ilsur Aptukov from The Noun Project. This podcast is lic…
I'm the sort of hip cat who frequents Internet Bulletin Boards. Recently I found myself needing to verify the email address associated with my Reddit account. The email I received from Reddit was charmingly lo-fi and eschewed those bourgeois capital letters. Notice the (teensy tiny) flaw? Yup, it's using vanilla "http" rather than the super secure "https". Earlier this year, Reddit switched …
Mike Rohde talks about his work teaching people to draw while the take notes. Join the fun at Sketchnote Army - and follow Mike on Twitter or his Blog. 🔊 Sketchnote with Mike Rohde🎤 Terence Eden 💾 Download this audio file. Buy Mike's books from Amazon: Get About A Minute as soon as each episode goes live. Stick this Podcast Feed into your podcatcher Or you can Subscribe on iTunes…
A few months ago, I asked if we could entirely do away with physical ports on phones. We have Bluetooth to replace the headphone port, WiFi can replaced the data transfer properties of the USB port, all that's needed is a way to get power into the damn thing! That's what the "Qi" standard hopes to change. A simple way to get inductive charging working on phones. So, thanks to some Amazon…
There was an interesting discussion on HackerNews last week about the Linux Kernel coding style. During the discussion, I kicked off a minor holy war about whether one should vertically align code. I'm all for it! Let me explain why. What Is Vertical Alignment? Take this trivial example: int robert_age = 32; int annalouise_age = 25; int bob_age = 250; int dorothy_age = 56; I find easier to …
Monument Valley - the hyper-praised indie game from UsTwo - has just hit a bump in the road. It wants to charge users for new levels. This particular review has been doing the rounds on Twitter. Yes, it's hyperbolic and ranty - but it is the absolute truth. Monument Valley is overpriced. Now, don't get me wrong, it is a gorgeous game. Sure, it's a bit derivative of the Xbox hit Fez.…
Recently, I set up an older MacBookPro to run Ubuntu 14.04. As ever, these are mostly notes to myself. You don't need to do any of these things - it's just how I prefer my set up. Turn Off Dash Amazon Search No one wants their dash searches going off to Amazon. In the dash, search for privacy. Use A Proper Desktop - MATE 1.8.1 As per the instructions: sudo apt-add-repository…