Tag Archives: opensource

Arduino: automatic compile time stamp

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

I wanted to see the revision or in this case date and time of compiling every time I start my Arduino program. This is the solution I figured out with the help of #arduino (@IRCnet) IRC channel. void setup() { … Continue reading →

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Diaspora experiences, part III

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Things move on with Diaspora, the open-source-future-replacement-of-facebook. Diaspora is now the most ‘trending repository’ in GitHub Cross-seed friending starts to work here and there, someone figured out that the primary port to connect is 443 and 80 is used as … Continue reading →

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Diaspora review – first experiences UPDATED

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Diaspora, the privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all, open source social network (project) has now released it’s source code, as expected. HURRAY!!!!!! Read more at Diaspora Blog. I was able to register to one of the installations people have made today, … Continue reading →

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GPS (+Heart Rate) trackers for Linux

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

I’ve been recently playing with GPS devices on Linux (for example i-gotU gt-120, and the linux software to download tracks). I’ve also been discussing gps+heart rate data storage options. The obvious choice is (ex-Nokia) Sports Tracker and it didn’t even … Continue reading →

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FoxtrotGPS – we can dance if we want to!

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

The news are out now – tangoGPS has been forked. tangogps is an easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for use with or without GPS. (tangoGPS web site) FoxtrotGPS is an offshoot of Marcus Bauer’s excellent tangoGPS application, … Continue reading →

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