Tuesday, 2024-02-20.
00:30:55.
Clean.
general.
astronomy, telescope, camera, raspberrypi.
On how to build a cheap astro imager using a raspberry pi
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Monday, 2023-07-10.
00:13:02.
Clean.
Sound Scapes.
history, scotland, prehistoric.
A verbal tour in situ of one of the two brochs of Glenelg
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Tuesday, 2023-05-16.
00:11:08.
Clean.
general.
solar, astronomy, telescopes, planes.
An account of the first time I saw a solar flare with my own eyes.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Monday, 2023-01-30.
00:13:11.
Clean.
general.
electronics.
Using the Joule Thief to suck energy out of flat batteries
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Tuesday, 2023-01-17.
00:27:43.
Clean.
general.
solar, electricity, power, electronics.
I have a look at a cheap solar panel and learn a bit about how it works, and doesn't work.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Thursday, 2022-03-03.
00:10:55.
Explicit.
general.
audio, microphone, headset, Plantronics, ASUS ZenBook UX550VD.
A show recording using every microphone I had to hand.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Monday, 2022-02-21.
00:23:18.
Clean.
general.
laptop, linux, power.
This is a story of a laptop with two power problems.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Thursday, 2021-11-11.
00:12:57.
Clean.
general.
philosophy, mathematics, science, chess, logic, music.
Being irrational is rational.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Wednesday, 2021-09-22.
00:29:54.
Clean.
general.
linux, disk, windows, virtualbox.
Bad disk rescue - tragedy or happy ending?
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Tuesday, 2021-06-29.
00:56:07.
Clean.
general.
linux, books, ebooks, scripts.
A discussion about assembling books using simple tools commonly found in most linux distros.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Wednesday, 2021-01-06.
00:47:34.
Clean.
general.
science, astronomy, hardware, radio, data.
Discussion with the people that created the Pictor radio telescope.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Monday, 2020-07-27.
00:32:47.
Clean.
general.
maths, relativity, physics, earth.
The metric of a 2D curved surface
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Friday, 2020-07-17.
00:46:07.
Clean.
general.
open, free, roleplaying, licensing.
Klaatu and mcnalu talk through what open and free mean in roleplaying games.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Monday, 2020-06-22.
00:25:53.
Clean.
general.
mathematics, relativity, physics.
A layman's explanation of the mathematical concept of metric.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Friday, 2020-02-14.
00:27:18.
Clean.
general.
fosdem, conference, podcasts, creative commons.
Impressions from my first attendance at FOSDEM.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Monday, 2019-01-21.
00:26:19.
Clean.
general.
retro, BBC, 8-bit, assembler.
I got a new, old computer for Christmas - an Acorn BBC microcomputer model B.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Thursday, 2017-09-21.
00:56:39.
Clean.
general.
linux, slackware, scotland, bicycles.
Beni comes to Scotland and talks to Andrew about Slackware 14.2, a year after release.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Thursday, 2014-09-11.
00:17:13.
Clean.
general.
linux, gaming, wine, steam, slackware.
How to coax a windows-only steam game to work under steam in GNU/Linux.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Tuesday, 2014-09-02.
00:30:09.
Clean.
general.
astronomy, star, hydrogen, helium.
A ramble about stars, by a geeky chap who resides on planet Earth.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Wednesday, 2014-07-16.
01:07:57.
Clean.
How I got into tech.
FOSS, software, creative commons, music.
Kevie and Andrew release TuxJam episode 33 1/3 as an exclusive to HPR on how they got into Linux
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Wednesday, 2014-06-18.
00:24:59.
Clean.
general.
astronomy, Stellarium, KStars, Google Sky Map, Star Chart.
A review of some astronomy software, as used on the planet Earth, by a geeky chap.
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Thursday, 2014-04-10.
01:21:18.
Clean.
general.
astronomy.
Andrew Conway presents TuxJam episode 31, a special for HPR
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opus,
or mp3 format.
Tuesday, 2013-12-03.
00:17:35.
Clean.
general.
astronomy, Moon Illusion, constellation, mythology, astrology.
A personal view of the Universe, as viewed from Earth, by a geeky chap.
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opus,
or mp3 format.