Tech

This is it; my first convention! Yes folks, I’m going to be attending (and volunteering) at TheNextHOPE (@thenexthope), 16-18 July. I’m really looking forward to my first real foray into a tech/hacker community, but don’t really know what to expect. But I’m going to jump in anyway. The tickets are only $85, or $100 at the door, but if you register on-line, you get an awesome hackable RFID tracking badge. Unfortunatly my partner (non-techie) has very little interest in going but I’m sure she’ll enjoy the fashion district on her own (or with the girls). ...

As Other Folks have been going in a GTD fashion, I’ll be throwing useful websites and links into this post so my sievelike menory can cope with the multitude of things that come to my attention. LectureFox Free Online Lecture Directory MyBook Hacking Easy Peasy List Of Tutorials For Screwing with the WD My Book WE II 13 Of the Best Linux Tutorials and OpenCourseWare on the Web Best Passwordless SSH authentication tutorial I’ve seen (complex but simple) Google Courses Looks pretty good SSH quick reference The Academy The Videos look quite good Euler ...

Yeah, suprise suprise, I’m actually gonna try and keep this up. One of the major reasons for the delay since my last documented fiddle as been job hunting for a placement year next year, but I’ve wonderfully secured a position with Ericsson Ireland in their Athlone R&D centre. Pays good, experience is even better. Beyond that a few other things have been making things hectic, not least of which is the impending Examination period so about the only techy thing I’ve been able to come up with has been a wipe and reinstall to upgrade to Hardy Heron (8.04) (I didnt update because i dont trust dist-upgrade’s ability to do things my way, also meant i could blow out the cobwebs in my filesystem.) ...