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Farewell 2009, hello 2010

rw — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:31:34 -0500

It is the New Year and it is time for great food, family, reflection, predictions and top ten lists. Here, I have collected my top ten list of top ten lists. They are divided between reviews of Linux related events from 2009 and predictions for 2010 and beyond. This list of lists was presented at the Kitchener Waterloo Linux User Group at the January 2010 meeting. read more »

OpenStreetMap presentation at FOSSLC Summercamp 2009

rw — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:00:46 -0400

My OpenStreetMap presentation at FOSSLC SummerCamp 2009 was recorded. read more »

OpenStreetMap for CERT

rw — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:31:50 -0500

I'll be giving a talk on OpenStreetMap as it applies to emergency response and search and rescue for CERT / ALERT in Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA, on Thursday February 19th.

What: Introduction to OpenStreetMap for CERT[1] (Community Emergency Response Team)

When: Thursday, 19 February 2009 at 19:00 (7:00PM)

Where:268 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, New Hampshire, 03053

Who: Open to the public. Limited seating. Limited on-site parking. Free. read more »

Hardware hacks for Wireless Routers

rw — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:45:31 -0400

Have you ever wondered what you could do with consumer electronics, a soldering iron and some spare time?

This project takes an ordinary wireless router, adds extra memory and a GPS antenna to make a cool mobile wireless survey rig.

Slides from a presentation that I've delivered internationally. As usual, the slides are pretty spare if I'm not narrating them for you. Contact me to schedule a presentation for your group.

Slides printed with speaking notes, as a pdf. read more »

Stupid monitor tricks

rw — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:23:21 -0400

Show the options for using more than one monitor with X.

Clone two monitors for more viewers
Extend the desktop to additional monitors
Remote

multiseat
Multiseat plus a surprise
kiosk

Introduction to OpenStreetMap

rw — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:29:07 -0400

OpenStreetMap.org creates and provides free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways. read more »

Open Source Investment (speaking notes)

rw — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:12:00 -0400

These are my rather spare speaking notes from a presentation I did in 2006 with a colleague. I covered the scope and nature of investment in Open Source and presented it to a technical audience in an informal setting at a Communitech "KWITers" meeting.

From 2500 to Ten

rw — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:56:52 -0400

My presentation slides from DrupalCampToronto 2008.