Well… three bits of news to share… I can’t be stuffed doing three separate posts however, so I’ll stuff all three into the one, it puts less load on the servers involved. X.org working on Yeeloong I managed to get X going on the Yeeloong within Gentoo… I’m currently battling problems with Python 2.6 not [...]
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It has been a while, but I can safely say I have returned. Not sure what the next step is… looking for paid employment I guess, but I have passed all subjects this semester, which should mean that I am now qualified in IT and Electrical Engineering as a graduate. After the last exam, I [...]
At university, I’m currently studying a subject entitled “RF & Applied Electromagnetics”, and at the moment, we’re looking at the issue of electromagnetic compatibility. One thing that has come up both here, and browsing through the ARRL Amateur Radio handbook (I have the 1975 edition) is that above all, circuit layout has some of the [...]
Some of you may be wondering where I have been the last two days. I have not been on IRC, forums, or on the radio much at all this last 48 hours. I did call in to the BARC 2m net the other night… put in one over, then handed it on to the next [...]
Well people will have noticed that I’ve been quiet on IRC, forums, email… and also on most of my usual haunts around the amateur bands (especially HF). I’ve been out at Laidley for the past few weeks, doing some industrial experience with a small outfit known as Eze Corporation, who trade under their trademark of [...]
Well, presently I’m reading through the semester’s lecture slides to familiarise myself with the content I’m going to be examined on shortly. And I’m noticing there are some bad habits that lecturers seem to be keen on repeating… again, and again. Here’s some of my pet hates, as a student. These relate to the presentation [...]
… is not a pretty tale at this point. At the moment, I’m a bit pissed off. Some inconsiderate bastards in my neighbourhood are playing crap music at top volume (Yes… I’m talking about YOU, at the Settlement Road/Kaloma Road intersection!) — so loud in fact, that wearing earmuffs with a 80dB attenuation rating, does [...]
Hi all… Lately I’ve been busy with university stuff. In particular, my final year project, which is investigating Controller Area Networks, in the context of the Atmel AT91SAM7X256 MCU. These microcontrollers are a low-cost system-on-chip based around the ARM7TMDI core. This particular one includes 64KB RAM, 256KB flash, RS-232, device-side USB 2.0, 10/100Mbps ethernet, and [...]
People who know me, will know I’m quite a keen supporter of open source projects. I’m not nearly as fanatical about it as others, such as Richard Stallman, but I try to support open source as much as I can. However, I suppose I’m a much bigger supporter, of open standards, than open source. I [...]
Well, 2007 is slowly drawing to a close. As I write this, I’m lying on my bed, winding down for the evening, I can’t help but think back over this year. For me, 2007 was great academically. I hit some quite high scores at uni, and even this semester, managed to score a 7 in [...]
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