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Software Freedom Day at Mawson Lakes

For Software Freedom Day last year, an event called "Software Freedom Showcase" was held at Mawson Lakes, organised by MawsonLakes.Org, with the help of many other people in the community. In the lead...

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2007 Federal Election Commentary - Microsoft Laughing all the way to the Bank

In the last days of the Federal Election Campaign of 2007, the Australian Labor Party pledged funding for a computer for every senior secondary student. This makes Microsoft very happy. When...

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Off to Linux.Conf.Au 2008

It's January! ...and that means that it is again time for the Annual Linux.Conf.Au, this year being held in Melbourne from Monday, 28 January to Saturday, 2 February 2008. It's returning to the...

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OLPC Laptop - How Awesome it that!

Happier then a pig in mud. Yesterday, at Linux.Conf.Au 2008, I was given (another) XO laptop. This is a fantastic little gadget which some of you have seen me discuss before, and it great to see just...

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Is the Federal Budget FOSS Friendly?

Well... the first budget for the new Labor Federal Government and there have been some changes to the way that purchased computer software (or software licenses) are depreciated, with regards to tax...

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Off to Linux.Conf.Au 2009

I'm off to LCA 2009! This is a quick blog entry.. just to test the LCA 2009 blogging planet. It is going to be awesome (again).

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Expect squrrels...

Well, it's nearly time to head off to Linux.Conf.Au again, and I've gotten around to contemplating what this year may hold for Linux, and what hints may come out of the conference... but it's usually...

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When will Microsoft stop the FUD?

Looks like Microsoft are at it again.. apparently they now have 96% of the Netbook market, with four times the return rate from netbooks shipped with other operating systems. (The articles are here and...

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Expect Kakapo

Its of to Linux.Conf.Au 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. Work isn't paying for the trip this time around, so I'll be going as a hobbist. I'll miss out on the Professional Delegates Networking session,...

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Logging Software for Amateur Radio contacts - xlog

Introduction Something that I have recently been looking into is Amateur Radio logging software available on Linux, in particular Ubuntu and Gnome. One of the things that Ham (Amateur) Radio operators...

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Part 2: Hacking on xlog

In the first part on "Hacking on xlog" I eluded to the fact that xlog was good, but that I wanted to made some changes to it. The following article discusses these changes. What changes do I want to...

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Part 3: xlog - Preparing to hack

The previously published parts of this series can be found here: Part 1: Logging Software for Amateur Radio contacts - xlogPart 2: Hacking on xlogAppendix: References/links So, we've downloaded the...

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Appendix: References (links etc.) for xlog hacking.

Useful WebpagesxlogSoftware Website - http://freshmeat.net/projects/xlogCVS Download Page - http://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=xlogBrowse CVS Source- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/xlog/xloggit...

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Part 3a: xlog - Preparing to hack, the aftermath.

The previously published parts of this series can be found here: Part 1: Logging Software for Amateur Radio contacts - xlogPart 2: Hacking on xlogPart 3: Preparing to hackAppendix: References/linksSome...

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Building a Pedel Powered Electric Generator

Greetings.. over the last couple of months, thoughts and materials have been gathering in order to build a pedal powered electric power supply, which could be used, amongst other things to recharge...

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Pedal-Power Update

A very useful site is for Bosch, which produces after market replacement parts. The PDF downloads from this page have all the technical specifications for each vehicle engine type.The budgetSomeone has...

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Anderson Powerpole Connectors

With my increasing number of 12V appliances, thoughts quickly turned to what would be an appropriate standard power connector. In the past, these appliances have had a huge range of different sized...

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First Power Generation Application

I didn't have any luck finding my 240V inverter, but I was able to borrow one from a friend (in exchange for fitting it with an Anderson Powerpole connector.)So, you have a peddle powered generator.....

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Powering the OLPC XO-1

Another device that I thought would be worth trying out with the generator is the laptop from the One Person Per Laptop project, the XO-1.I have been fortunate and have acquired two of these XO-1's...

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Box for Huxley Reprap

I have been building a couple of Huxley Repraps, one for myself and assisting in building one for the Adelaide HackerSpace. In order to be able to design things to print I am going to have to get my...

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