Suckered by Ubuntu's Advertising

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This week I decided to give Ubuntu 10.10 with GNOME a whirl, tempted by a brief glimpse of it on a friends' computer looking much prettier than my Debian desktop running KDE. I've been using Linux for a long time now and while it works well for me both as a server OS and on the desktop I've become very cautious about recommending it to non technically minded friends, could Ubuntu change my mind?

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Brief Personal History with Linux

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When I first started playing with Linux I was working in Windows technical support so I knew that system very well, by that I mean I knew when confronted by a particular problem clicking certain buttons in a particular order would fix it. I backed up this knowledge with an imaginary mind world where I imagined what the programs were doing when I clicked their buttons. Of course Windows is closed source software so unless you're a programmer working for Microsoft you could never really know what those buttons were doing but my imaginary world still seemed remarkably effective at helping to fix real problems.

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Dual Linear Regulated Power Supply

This project was built to power an Allen and Heath SR series mixing desk. Rated at 3500mA @ 24v for the main desk power and 500mA @ 48 volt for phantom power. It was built with an aesthetic in mind which would be in keeping with the mixing desk, using a steel instrument style case, overrated toggle switched and attractive panel mount LED's on the front with panel mount connectors and heat sink on the rear.

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Temperature Controlled Fans for Rack Mount Chassis

This project was built to replace the existing very noisy power supply fans of an Amek Angela Mixing Desk, designed by Graham Langley in 1983. Normally the power supply, along with it's noisy fans, would be kept in a separate room however space in it's current venue limited that possibility so a quieter solution was needed. The original fans were a pair of small, high speed, mains powered units. The replacements are three large, low speed, low voltage fans.

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Special Interests, part I

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Almost everyone I know has something special they're interested in, something they care about. Perhaps they call it their hobby or passion, it could be their pets, music, politics or something more unusual but whatever it is I'll refer to it as their "special interest". While it is important to them it will usually be irrelevant to their friends, family, colleagues and the general population. I will explore by example what I find interesting about these special interests, how exclusive they can be and their effects on society.

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Bike feedback MK II

The is the second version of the global feedback system. It shares the same basic circuit as the previous version and adds voltage sensing, reset switch, status LEDs and updated firmware. More details are coming soon, also see the plans for the future.

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Bike feedback MK I

More details on this project will be published soon but also take a look at the next version and the plans for the future and the Cities in the Dark site.

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Human Power Feedback Design

The first version of this system made it's début at Dis-con-ected 05 before making a long trip to Uganda where it now resides, the second version is ready for testing. This page is collecting some ideas for the future...

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Using Arduino as an Atmel Development Board

In this article I'll show you how to use the Arduino hardware board as a standard Atmel development board. It uses the Arduino hardware as a stepping stone towards independent Atmel projects and uses Atmel's tool chain and ISP. The target audience is C programmers wanting to experiment with micro-controllers or Arduino users wanting to take a leap in their understanding of the micro-controller at the heart of their projects.

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Atmel Project Base

This is a standard base with which to build Atmel micro-controller based projects. It only includes only the essential components and is designed to be built as part of larger projects. Included is a low voltage power supply, Atmel processor, isp header and optionally a crystal.

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