CityNatureChallenge 2023 Wien Notable Observations
Vienna’s 2023 City Nature Challenge had more observers, observations and species than last year, and many observations still need final IDs. Here’s some of the more notable ones.
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CityNatureChallenge 2022 Wien Notable Observations
Vienna’s 2022 City Nature Challenge had more observers, observations and species than last year, and many observations still need final IDs. Here’s some of the more notable ones. -
How to Consume Microformats 2 Data
A (very) belated follow up to Getting Started with Microformats 2, covering the basics of consuming and using microformats 2 data.
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CityNatureChallenge 2021: Notable Species in Graz
I was asked to perform the same analysis as I did for the CNC Wien for the data from Graz, so here it is. -
CityNatureChallenge 2021: Wien Uniquely Observed Species
I analysed the CityNatureChallenge 2021 Wien observations, and found that as of 2021-05-12, 747 of the total species had only been observed by a single person. So special thanks to these 68 people, who are responsible for a staggering 31% of the species observed. -
Programming a Blue/Black Pill STM32 Board with a ST-Link v2
While trying to learn embedded rust, I ran up against issues connecting my black pill STM32F103 boards to the ST-Link v2. The solution is simple but badly documented, so here it is with nice illustrations. -
How to read and program the EEPROM and configuration of FTDI FT2xx ICs on Linux or Mac OS X
Yes, it is possible, just a little awkward. -
How to Build a Chien
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A Graphical/Text Based Hybrid UI Vision
One of my evolutionary, hybrid, next-gen UI ideas, which I decided was better out of my brain than in it. -
The Vatnajökull Hurdy Gurdy
On the 14th September 1950, the cargo plane “Geysir” crashed into Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajökull (vat-na-yer-kutl, no, not the one which stopped all the planes in 2010). Operated by Loftleiðir, which went on to become Flugleiðir and then the present-day Icelandair, this aircraft was flying from Luxembourg to Reykjavík for a refuelling stop before flying to its final destination.
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How to stream live audio over the web using Icecast2 and Puredata
A brief, illustrated guide to setting up web audio streaming on your domain with automatic archiving using Icecast2 and Puredata.
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Cuncti Simus Concanentes Phrasing: Unscientific Youtube Research
How exactly is the word “vocabis” phrased in the C14 song? If you speak (and sing) fluent medieval Spanish latin it’s probably obvious, but for the rest of us, there’s YouTube.
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The Other Side of HTTPS Support
One of the main themes of IndieWebCamp UK 2014 was a heavy push for TLS support on our personal sites, mainly thanks to the eternal patience and knowledge of Tim Retout. A large proportion of the participants either got TLS working on their site for the first time or upgraded their support to remove vulnerabilities and support snazzy extra features like perfect forward secrecy. -
Experiences with MidiGurdy at Chateau d’Ars
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Kerbal Space Program Airship Design Tips
When consistently failing to synchronise orbit and dock got boring, I started installing mods and building whatever nonsense their parts inspired. KAS confused me a little at first (what use is a grappling hook on a rocket?), but adding in Hooligan Labs’ Airships, B9 Aerospace’s cargo holds and Firespitter’s propulsion parts results in some really fun craft. -
A Minimal Javascript HTTP Abstraction
What’s the minimum amount of code required to make XMLHttpRequest more concise? -
Problems with Hash Fragment Subscriptions
Superfeedr has this awesome feature allowing you to subscribe to fragments of an HTML page rather than the whole thing — perfect for cases where the publisher of the HTML page doesn’t send PubSubHubbub pings to let the hub know when content has changed, as this forces the hub to poll the content and notify subscribers on even the smallest change to the content. -
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Getting started with microformats2
Classic microformats have been serving the web community’s need to extend HTML’s expressive power since 2004. Through an evolutionary, open, rigorous community process and human-first design principles, structured use of theclassandrelattributes have paved the cowpaths of publishing data about people, places, events, reviews, products and more. -
Gurdy Wheel Speed Measurements — Background and First Steps
Documenting the idea, inspiration, purpose, background and initial steps toward a device for measuring the speed of a hurdy gurdy wheel.
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