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Digital nomad travel schedule Celia and I have become digital nomads. This is where we’ll be.

Upcycling a vintage TV alarm clock with a Raspberry Pi A love story involving a retro Saisho unit.

Weeknotes S2E2: Beyond showing the thing When people say it's important to "show the thing", what thing are we talking about? Thoughts on linked data, fixing the plumbing and Personal Data Exchange.

Weeknotes S2E1: Data's gonna date Keeping data fresh and why MVPs and agile thinking can get in the way – sometimes.

Two rules for optimising laundry Shave vital seconds off your runs with my key strats.

Running a static Gem server from an S3 bucket Deploy and consume Ruby development artifacts on a shoestring.

What I learned from a month of veganism Getting by with no meat and cheese was easier than I thought.

The Fibonacci sequence in logarithmic time A general technique for solving linear recurrence sequences, even in modular arithmetic.

Clearer types using alias templates in C++ How we can make C++ more human-friendly.

Hiding messages in colour-indexed images Manipulation of the PNG palette can be used to hide data or messages in plain sight.

Ruby needs to get its functional on First-class functions are the way forward, but Ruby is missing a few tricks.

Hesiod: storing user data in the DNS A comprehensive guide on using the DNS as a lightweight directory store for user data and more

Theory and simulation of ion Coulomb crystal formation in a Penning trap Appl. Phys. B, 2013

tilefx.js Silly JavaScript image effects using divs as pixels

Physics 4th Year Harsh Reality Calculator If you're in your fourth year of physics at Imperial College London, this'll tell you how screwed you are.

memor-eyes 2 High-octane puzzle action that will take your visual cortex, break it's back, and make it humble.

Once Upon A Time In The Union A short film set at Imperial College written, shot and edited in a week.

One-click backup in Windows 7/Vista Some short info on using sdclt.exe, the backup utility introduced in Vista, and its command line parameters.