User: stefanor

Not very different to Central & Western Africa

On: Rugged Linux Server For Rural, Tropical Environment?

Our LUG had a talk recently about working with technology in Central and Western Africa. A lot of the same rules apply:

• Sealed rooms / cabinets can help the air quality at the expense of heat
• Big (homemade) UPSs with truck batteries can help if you have unreliable power
• Normal hardware works fine. Esp lower power desktop-grade PCs, which are easier to source and service locally.

Slashdotted

On: AMD Releases 900+ Pages Of GPU Specs

Mirror: http://mirrors.tumbleweed.org.za/www.x.org/docs/AMD/

Warning

On: Digital Game Based Learning

Computers games for kids are dangerous!

You don't want to do it.
Check it out at http://www.rivera.za.net/research_project.pdf

Re:Back button.

On: Building a Better Back Button

I never used my back button.
Even before I converted to Opera, I used to browse in the tabbed style with Netscape's open in new window.

I was totally flummoxed when I saw how everyone was raving about tabbed browsing, the new feature - that was how I have always browsed, and probably will continue to use for many years.

I cannot concieve people waiting for their one window to open, and then going back if it was not what they wanted...

Think that you are a real Monty Python Fan?

On: First Emergency Use of Whole-Aircraft Parachute

Someone doesn't know their python quotes very well: airspeed velocity, as in:

From Scene 23 Holy Grail:
BRIDGEKEEPER: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
ARTHUR: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
BRIDGEKEEPER: Huh? I-- I don't know that.
Auuuuuuuugh!
BEDEVERE: How do know so much about swallows?
ARTHUR: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
[suspenseful music]
[music suddenly stops]
[intermission]
[suspenseful music resumes]

You think that is classy?

On: DIY Bluetooth Headset And Other Inventions

How about our brick mod.

The transformation of an old (semi-brick) phone into a fully-fledged brick, complete with 3-prong plug!

Check it out at http://brick.rivera.za.net/ now that is what I call a mod!