Monthly Archives: October 2008

CHaNT

Cardiff’s new half-metre telescope is now operational. It’s even on twitter. And while we are talking telescopes; SETI’s new radio telescopes just made first light.

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A Lack of Organisation on Your Part Does Not Constitute an Emergency on Mine

When we discuss a piece of monitoring software that you would like writing and I tell you that we can collect any data that you want, but you have to tell me what you want reports on up-front so that … Continue reading

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Is Effort A Myth?

Seth Godin deserves a pat on his shiny, bald head for this. I got lucky when I landed my first job at MPC. But I’d also spent a year immersing myself in Linux on my own time. Like the man … Continue reading

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