Monthly Archives: September 2008

I Laughed, I Cried

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Huw Lynes

Godzilla and Beaker Investigate the Credit Crunch Finance has never been the natural home of philosopher kings. It is instead the home of the rapacious vultures, dead eyed killers and Brooks Bros clad Nazgul – financiers, neither living nor dead. … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on .Astronomy

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Huw Lynes

Having spent the afternoon at my desk sorting out my to-do list for tomorrow, the buzz from attending dotastronomy has almost worn off. The odd thing is, it felt more like LugRadioLive year one, rather than a scientific conference. You … Continue reading →

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Cardiff WebScene Meetup #4

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Huw Lynes

Which I only found out about because I’ve started following Cardiff-based tech people on Twitter. Meetup Details

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The Wait for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Huw Lynes

Poster from the WETI institute. Hilarious, yet educational. Musings on the .Astronomy conference will follow later.

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Cal Henderson Keynote: DjangoCon 2008

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Huw Lynes

Hilarious and informative talk about what needs to be done to Django to make it scale. Presented by Cal Henderson of Flickr. Why I Hate Django

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Learning Programming Languages

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Huw Lynes

I’m a sucker for a good meme. So here is a list of programming languages in the order that I learned them. Basic Python Shell Perl C Tcl Java Of those I’ve written production code in all of them apart … Continue reading →

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Jobs and Prizes

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Huw Lynes

Apparently we’ve made the shortlist of the British Computer Society 2008 IT Industry Awards. This is in the environmental category for our new compute cluster install. In slightly less esoteric news work are advertising for two new posts at the … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Stupid Programs That Think They Need X

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Huw Lynes

The new compute cluster is beginning to feel like a production system. I’m currently run off my feet installing software for the stream of new users. Mostly this is fine, but occasionally I run into software that makes me want … Continue reading →

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