PHP MongoDb replicaset gotcha
Ran into a gotcha with PHP+MongoDb the other day. Now, PHP ain't my favourite language, but its what Piwik is written in so I'm stuck with it for that. I've partially ported Piwik to use mongodb (vs m…
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Return to the joggler
Now that Intel have a slightly less crap driver for the Poulsbo/GMA500 chipset, with the more recent EMGD driver, I've converted one of my O2 Jogglers to be a touchscreen media player in the kitchen.…
A Walk in the Wind
A 15 minute walk in the winds currently battering Edinburgh. NOTE: This is a binaural recording; you MUST use headphones to get the proper effect!
check_fus
While I'm at it, Check\fus Downloader is a windows app, which can download and decrypt official Samsung firmware updates directly from Samsung's servers. Avoids having to hunt about on forums!
GAN / UMA / WIFI Calling / Signal Booster on the Galaxy S II
I've been happily using my Galaxy S II for the last few months, and of course I've replaced the original firmware with a custom one. However, recently a colleague acquired one as well. His had the sto…
Duplicity
Meet my favourite new backup tool: Duplicity. It can do incremental encrypted backups to a variety of destinations, for example ssh, webdav, Amazon S3. It also seems fast compared to other solutions I…
HD DVB-T2 terrestrial TV using the PCTV Nanostick 290e
I've been following this project for a while; I've even contributed some reverse engineering work to it. (I bought one of the devices from dabs a while back). Note that the majority of the work has be…
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a set on Flickr.
Beltane Pillars Panorama
Beltane Pillars Panorama, a photo by adq\uk on Flickr. Interesting; didn't think this would have worked at all!
Beltane 2011
Beltane 2011, a set on Flickr. Some mostly infrared pics from Beltane 2011