Freedom Board Resources
Some resources for working with the Freescale/Element14 Freedom Board
Beautifully Haunting: A Blessed Unrest by The Parlour Trick
Beautifully haunting, the album A Blessed Unrest was released on 2012-12-12 and is described by its creators as "Haunted chamber music and dark, dreamy ambience composed, arranged, and performed by multi-instrumentalists Dan Cantrell & Meredith Yayanos."
Audience:
Those who like their music to be intelligent, different, and with a haunting beauty.
Published:
Friday, 14th December 2012Downgrading Iceweasel on Debian Wheezy
By default, Debian Wheezy installs Iceweasel (Firefox) 10.x. This can break a lot of extensions so, for those who would rather stick with version 3.x, this is how I reverted to the older version.
Published:
Sunday, 24th June 2012Recent Versions of the Chromium Browser in Debian, Ubuntu
I'm a big fan of the Debian Linux distribution but one thing that can be a problem is the age of some packages, especially web browsers. Needing to work with a recent version of the Chromium browser, this is how I managed to get it installed without going through the horrendous process of building from source.
Published:
Monday, 11th June 2012Debian for vi users in Australia
As much an aide-memoire for myself as anything, this is a brief post-installation to-do list to get a Debian Linux system working As It Should. (Note that this does not just apply to vi users in Australia - make appropriate substitutions, and you can be an EMACS user in Denmark, if you so wish.)
Published:
Friday, 25th May 2012Killing Time - And Small Business
Large corporations ripping off customers and hurting small business - a familiar concept in many sectors. Watchmaking is one where this goes further in that it is killing off a rare skill-set.
Published:
Friday, 6th April 2012;last updated on Wednesday, 23rd May 2012
Motorola Xoom: Discoveries, Disappointments, Delights
First impressions of the Motorola/Google Xoom 10 inch Android tablet, combined with an Otter Box case.
Published:
Saturday, 17th March 2012Microcontrollers - Moving Forward
Now that microcontrollers are becoming part of my business, rather than just a hobby, the time has come to see where my allegiances lie - and that is primarily with Freescale Semiconductor. This article tells why.
Published:
Thursday, 5th January 2012Samsung Galaxy S II - The Bad and the Good
Over a fortnight after taking delivery of a Samsung Galaxy S II, replacement for my broken Nokia N900, I have a look at what is bad and what is good about this Android phone.
Published:
Friday, 23rd December 2011I Killed My FaceBook Account. Or So I Thought.
Concerned with Facebook's increasingly abusive privacy terms, I decided to vote with my feet and delete my account. If only it were that simple.
Audience:
Those interested in online privacy, social media and human rights.
