As someone who has a large interest in programming, coding and computer science, software and hardware, but has been largely self-taught I know how difficult it can be knowing how to get started in "hacking". There are loads of resources out there for those who kow what they are looking for but for a complete … Continue reading A Complete Beginner’s Guide To Hacking
Announcing Pre-Orders for Jibo: The World’s First Social Robot for the Home
The pioneering work on social robotics at MIT's Media Lab has been publicised a lot in recent years with phenomenal projects but this is the first time that it is not only commercially available but also has been packaged into what could be a revolutionary robot AND THEY ARE RELEASING DEVELOPER KITS I COULD WORK … Continue reading Announcing Pre-Orders for Jibo: The World’s First Social Robot for the Home
An Unexpected Journey/Year Out
So in my mildly superstitious way I thought this year was off to a bad start when I had too much of a very sober headache to enjoy New Year's Eve and within a few minutes of 2015 I had sloped off to sleep. However I think even without superstition I had begun to realise … Continue reading An Unexpected Journey/Year Out
Overview… MLH HackNotts and Quad Of Awesome
What? Crowd controlling a Parrot Drone using the Yo! app at Major League Hacking (MLH) HackNotts When? 29th – 30th November 2014 Where? University of Nottingham Who? Originally a team of 4 until we lost 2 people! What About It? Major League Hacking is "...the official student hackathon league. Each semester, more than 15,000 developers, … Continue reading Overview… MLH HackNotts and Quad Of Awesome
Overview… Innovative Learning Week 2015, Smart Data Hack and the Kenyan Tech Scene
What? Attempting to make a relevant website to communicate the Kenyan Tech Scene at the Innovative Learning Week Smart Data Hack Where? Appleton Tower and the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh When? 16th - 21st February 2015 Who? Myself, Tharald Sondheim, some other people... What About It? So Innovative Learning Week (ILW) is the University … Continue reading Overview… Innovative Learning Week 2015, Smart Data Hack and the Kenyan Tech Scene
Overview… Product Forge and TextItDone
What? TextItDone was the SMS based list management tool developed over the Product Forge business/startup/hackathon weekend. When? 21st to 23rd November 2014 Where? Codebase, Edinburgh Who? Myself and Sara Hillberg (@sahamahi ) were a team with loads of help and support from the Product Forge mentors What about it? So I have recently, with my … Continue reading Overview… Product Forge and TextItDone
To A Friend Long Gone
TO A FRIEND LONG GONE I know I don't normally publish poetry, and this is not that kind of blog, but I wanted this out somewhere and this felt like an appropriate outlet for it. Thanks. To the ever wonderful Julie Vaughan
2014 in Review (WordPress Annual Summary)
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading 2014 in Review (WordPress Annual Summary)
Favourite Villainous Cats In Fiction
The world of fiction is full of cats - especially on the bad guy's side. I don't know whether it is just because I just love cats too much or whether I can relate to them somehow (many engineers in fiction are evil too) but I find that there are some villainous cats that out … Continue reading Favourite Villainous Cats In Fiction
Edinsolar (Solar Vehicle Challenge) Playlist
To celebrate Edinburgh University's new solar vehicle team - Edinsolar - I made a playlist of songs relating to the World Solar Challenge! Listen to the Spotify playlist here - spotify:user:bluepigeons:playlist:7zocxsdn41cMdkoRjNtF6P
Blue Pigeons 