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Posted by on Dec 16, 2013 in featured | 0 comments

This blog and most other UKOLN sites have been flatfiled – reduced to plain old HTML+CSS+a bit of JavaScript. This is an intentional...

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Getting MTP devices to work on Linux: Nook HD(+)

Posted by on Jun 5, 2013 in ebooks, linux, technology | Comments Off

Android devices typically require you to use MTP to read and write files, instead of using USB mass storage. Wondering why? A lot of other...

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Installation notes on ipython-notebook

Posted by on Apr 4, 2013 in linux | Comments Off

ipython-notebook is a nice piece of kit, a sort of user-friendly pocket web interface slash gui for mucking around with Python. According...

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PIMMS workshop, Bristol: Web engineering for research data management

Posted by on Feb 14, 2013 in JISC, news | Comments Off

I’m attending the PIMMS (Portable Infrastructure for Metafor Metadata System) workshop today, in an anonymous office off...

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Streaming video with VLC

Posted by on Jul 12, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Occasionally one wants to stream video for various reasons, whether it’s within the institutional network or a live feed from a...

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