CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-03-07 03:44:51 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

nerdnite is in Auckland too!

2013-02-24 23:28:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Added photos to Open Research.

2013-02-08 02:51:07 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Project Gutenberg's science fiction bookshelf

2013-02-08 02:47:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I can't tell if these people are just feeding off of each other, but it looks like Microsoft may make a native port of Office for Linux.

2013-01-10 08:21:45 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Ran out of battery 3 times today. I think I'm hooked.

2013-01-10 04:27:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+Gavin Treadgold it looks like you've been to Dunedin recently

2013-01-09 03:33:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Air Quality Egg - has anyone built one of these yet? They look quite neat!

2013-01-09 00:36:48 (8 comments, 13 reshares, 51 +1s)

Riding a Mondo Spider

Mondo Spider In The Wild | Engadget At CES 2013

#ces #ces2013

2013-01-08 22:24:39 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+SpaceX is hiring a social media manager!
The Social Media Manager will develop and implement SpaceX’s social media strategy, increasing brand awareness, enhancing the company’s image and reputation, generating inbound traffic and encouraging loyalty to the organization. This role coordinates with the marketing and communications teams to support their respective roles and missions, ensuring consistency in voice and cultivating a social media referral network.

2013-01-08 21:35:54 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Any tips on not being part of the Eternal September?

2013-01-08 21:21:52 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Recieved +Ingress invite. My life is about to change.

2013-01-01 04:58:39 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 9 +1s)

Look what you can make with a $20 infrared thermometer and not much else.

2012-12-29 09:28:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Some neat work out of Germany

2012-12-29 04:45:15 (19 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Does anyone have recommendations for a database suited to log-like data? Write heavy, zero updates and will need to support moderately complex queries to facilitate some dashboards. PostgreSQL will probably be fine, but I thought it would be worthwhile to take a look around.

2012-12-28 20:47:19 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

This article indicates that citation counts are a relatively poor indicator of quality science.

2012-12-20 18:23:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

MIT researchers discover new form of magnetism

2012-12-17 05:01:50 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

If you would like to assist with the response to Tropical Cyclone Evan, please sign up here!

2012-12-17 04:37:58 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Ultimate in biohacking?

2012-12-13 19:09:46 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Have any weird ideas for computer vision popped into your head recently?

2012-12-13 18:58:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

If there are any Kiwis in this community, it would always be great to get contributions to data.geek.nz!

2012-12-13 06:41:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Are there many people in Australia & New Zealand in this community? Would love to catch up at this event: "Open Research 2013"

2012-12-12 09:19:27 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Behind the scenes of moving a super computer

2012-12-12 09:17:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

For when you need to level up on your nerd/awesome scale

2012-12-07 19:21:27 (12 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Interesting Q from Kate Chapman "Curious if @Ushahidi has trademarked/copyrighted 'crowd mapping' or some variation." I hope disaster management doesn't become plagued by IPRs.

2012-12-07 05:21:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Anyone else from #NewZealand here?

2012-11-01 03:13:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-11-01 01:22:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

"Instead of choosing the next block randomly, this fiendish program uses a special algorithm to give you the worst possible brick. Playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!" - sounds intriguing ;-)
http://fph.altervista.org/prog/bastet.html

2012-11-01 07:19:07 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Would you like to assist with organising a CrisisCamp this weekend to support the Hurricane Sandy recovery? Looking for leaders from Wellington and Christchurch in particular! Read more here http://crisiscommons.org/2012/10/30/sandycrisiscamp/

2012-10-14 09:37:25 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Interested in developing apps? I've spent quite a bit of time today writing up a long list of tips that should be useful for anyone wanting to build scalable systems. Very interested in feedback.

2012-10-09 03:02:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Encounted my first Google+ spam. The platform must be succeeding.

2012-09-30 08:01:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Daily deals are getting a bit desperate. Just received a deal for a new towbar.

2012-09-28 22:42:56 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Quantum computing power is increasing faster than Moore's Law

2012-09-28 22:42:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Interesting. A 16 core, system on chip, computer (includes fully operational OS) for $99. If they reach $3m, they'll scale everyone to 64 cores.

2012-09-25 22:56:49 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

In another universe, the Sinclair C5 really did revolutionise personal transport

2012-09-03 23:05:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Mark Hammond was tagged in Tim McNamara's album.

2012-09-03 05:06:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Added photos to Kiwi PyCon 2012.

2012-09-03 03:33:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Cmon people, feel inside. Open up the lids, helpa helpa help the kids.

2012-08-23 01:55:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

For anyone interested in high performance computing in New Zealand, my work will be touring the country next month. We provide researchers with access to some of the country's most powerful computers for amazing science. 

2012-08-10 03:06:20 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Can't figure out how to connect my Gmail account and my (various) Google Apps accounts together on Google+

2012-07-09 08:37:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

We're now looking for generous, forward-thinking, smart, brave and committed companies to sponsor the next New Zealand Python conference. This is the perfect opportunity to associate your company with such former sponsors as Github, mozilla, weta digital, catalyst IT...

http://nz.pycon.org/pdf/Kiwi_PyCon_Sponsorship_2012.pdf

Spread the word! Get in touch with the sponsorship team at: kiwipycon-sponsorship@nzpug.org

2012-07-01 08:14:25 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Do you know programming, and want to know more about this Python thing? This event is a 3 hour overview of the language. Programming experience in another language is assumed.

We'll be covering:

- its data types, syntax and idioms
- some things that make Python unique: iterators, being ultra-dynamic, coroutines, other goodness
- how to make it run fast
- how to integrate it into other environments, such as the JVM and the CLR

2012-07-29 05:58:18 (10 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Do you know programming, and want to know more about this Python thing? This event is a 3 hour overview of the language. Programming experience in another language is assumed.

We'll be covering:

- its data types, syntax and idioms
- some things that make Python unique: iterators, being ultra-dynamic, coroutines, other goodness
- how to make it run fast
- how to integrate it into other environments, such as the JVM and the CLR

2012-06-28 16:36:42 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Thinking about reviving the Data Book Club idea using Google+ Hangouts now that I can schedule events in here. The in-person idea hasn't gained much traction (see http://www.meetup.com/data-book-club/), but the concept is quite cool. What do you think?

2012-06-18 03:45:47 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Registration desk of #ISC12 yesterday morning. I have spent the last 5 weeks worrying that I needed a new suit for this conference.

2012-06-18 03:44:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Learned a surprising amount about fusion power yesterday. Some interesting facts include the plasma shields are actually at room temperature, while the plasma is at around 100 million degrees C a few meters away.

Magnets keep the plasma from escaping, although turbulence can lead to breaches. The talks I attended yesterday werre mainly dealing with simulating the effects of turbulence using Europe's biggest supercomputers.

Also, it's possible to heat and crush particles into plasma with multiple lasers. That is, the photons from lasers pounding a tiny spec of deuterium can compress and heat it to a plasma state!

2012-03-18 06:13:38 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2012-02-07 02:40:36 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Does anyone know how to combine Google Apps accounts together on Google+?

2012-01-06 21:00:04 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Dear Google, please give G+ comments URIs.

2011-12-29 21:01:55 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I've been thinking a little bit about the #Singularity. In particular, I've been concerned about the prosect of friendly AI. If you're not familiar with the problem, I guess you could call this the iRobot problem: We would like to constrain the ability for an artificial intelligence to destroy humanity.

There are significant doubts about the efficacy of any of the methods to do so. Any limitation we could place on an artificial intelligence would 1) a limit its potential benefits, 2) have its loopholes be undermined by the intelligence and/or 3) introduce unintended consequences.

I don't have the answer, but I feel like we need to give ourselves the best chance at providing solutions. Here are some things that I've come to believe upon reflection:

Maturity

There will be a adolescent stage for any new intelligence. A new intelligence will have... more »

2011-11-08 00:46:05 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)