Category Archives: News from the front

Music piracy geocaching wins prize at Music Hack Day!

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Andrew

I had a fun time at Music Hack Day London 2010, despite only being there physically for the Saturday. The team, made up of Yves, Chris and myself, with camerawork provided by Patrick, created an Android app to discover musical … Continue reading →

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Getting mobile and mobile internet whilst travelling in India

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Andrew

A word of warning to those wishing to travel to India and use a local SIM card, or stay connected to the net whilst on the move: getting a prepay mobile or GPRS / 3G SIM isn’t as easy as … Continue reading →

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Using Alt Gr to switch windows in Ubuntu

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Andrew

Now that I’m on the move for a couple of months, I’m using a Dell Inspiron Mini to do all my work. As soon as I switched away from my Macbook I missed using the right-hand ⌘ with Tab to … Continue reading →

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Geek anger management 101

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Andrew

I recently moved out of my office space in Hove, as I’m spending two months in Kerala, India, for a change of scenery. I’m so hard done by.

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Brighton web development and design meetups

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Andrew

This past week, having finished a project and having a bit of free time to spare, I decided to do some digging and see what was going on in Brighton in terms of web development meetups. It turns out there’s … Continue reading →

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