Hacker Public Radio

Some useful sites http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications http://gofree.com/Tutorials/ http://en.libreofficeforum.org/ My web site is at http://www.ahuka.com/. Remember to support free software!

I chat with my son about the concept of hacking, Linux, Blacksmithing, and about some of the other stuff he does that smacks of hacking. The Belt Store http://www.beltsforanything.com/site1.php Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python, 2nd edition, by Al Sweigart: http://inventwithpython.com/ Son’s Python timer: http://paste.jonkulp.net/view/06035adb Sony Wonder Technology Lab in NYC: http://www.sonywondertechlab.com/ Son’s reading recommendation: Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik http://www.temeraire.org/ Photos of Son’s Blacksmithing and Hacking: https://pics.jonkulp.net/index.php?/category/13 Blather: http://jonathankulp.org/archives/698 Auphonic: excellent one-click post-production compression and normalization on this podcast audio file. Check it out at https://auphonic.com/

Today Dave interviews Tim, his son, and Tim's friend John, who is visiting from the USA. Tim and John met on the Internet in 2006 as collaborating composers of electronic music. They have become good friends over the years; Tim has visited John in the States, in 2011 where they met for the first time in real life, for John's wedding. This also marks the first time that John and his wife Caitlin have travelled overseas, which they did to visit Tim in the UK. In the podcast we discuss how they met, how their different world views affected each other, and how their relationship quickly transcended music. Here's a picture of Tim and John visiting Edinburgh Castle in July 2013: Contrary to what was said in the podcast, Tim prepared a mix of the various compositions he and John have made. Links to some of the full tracks are available below. Here are Tim's notes for the music mix: http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1303/Music_Notes.html Links: Some of Tim and John's work - https://soundcloud.com/heartshapedboxband/ Their latest collaboration - https://soundcloud.com/heartshapedboxband/accord

In this show, I cover my early years learning code in the late 60s. I move on to my history with home computers, and finding out about Linux around 2007 or so. I comment on Ubuntu and Mint. I mention dual booting and my one episode of triple booting. Listeners, this is my first attempt at a show. It's not that hard, and I would like to hear from others as to how they got to Linux.

While I am on vacation near New York City, fellow HPR host NYbill drives down from upstate and we meet for the first time face-to-face. Of course we have to record a conversation for posterity. Topics include activities at LUG meetings, Cory Doctorow, Neal Stephenson, blather speech recognition (a live demonstration!), guitars, and more. Outtakes after the outro. Links Photos of conversation in progress: http://media.gunmonkeynet.net/u/nybill/collection/jk-nybill-meet-up-do-an-hpr/ Adafruit Industries (source for Tux stickers): http://www.adafruit.com/ Cory Doctorow's Homeland: http://craphound.com/homeland/about/ Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver: http://www.nealstephenson.com/quicksilver/ Blather: http://jonathankulp.org/archives/698

Ever mobile MrGadgests phones in a show after visiting Maker Faire: Kansas Maker Faire: Kansas City celebrates things people create themselves — from new technology and electronic gizmos to urban farming and “slow-made” foods to homemade clothes, quilts and sculptures. This family-friendly event demonstrates what and how people are inventing, making and creating. It brings together Makers, Crafters, Inventors, Hackers, Scientists and Artists for a faire full of fun and inspiration. Come see what others are making and be inspired to tap into your own creativity! Links http://hackerpublicradio.org/index.php http://www.makerfairekc.com/ http://www.hammerspacehobby.com/ http://www.archreactor.org/

I go through the usual stuff in my bag. One thing I forgot to say is that my laptop is a Toshiba Satellite with i3 processor, 6gb of RAM, 750gb hard drive running Crunchbang Linux. Here are links to two of the items mentioned in the episode. Zoom H1 audio recorder: http://www.zoom.co.jp/products/h1/ 4-in–1 Mini Stanley screwdriver: http://www.tools-plus.com/stanley-66-344.html?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=froogle&utm_term=STA66-344&gclid=CPOc9o6wo7gCFUho7Aod0AMAgQ

The almost failsafe short of it. Use "alsamixer" to boost all recording volumes on main pulse and all cards (e.g. "alsamixer -c 0"). Start Audacity, edit -> preferences, stay in the "device" submenu, don't bother with the "recording" submenu. For each of the "Hosts" (alsa/jack), try all "Device"s under the "Recording" tab, start speaking, notice volume (or not and try the next one) see http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/contribute.php for more text on recording and suggested topics See http://www.hackerpublicradio.org/README.txt and for more (textual) information about the submission process and http://hackerpublicradio.org/sample_shownotes.txt for sample shownotes.

In todays episode NYbill talks about what is in his bag. Not just the every day computer bag, but also his 2600 bag of hacking goodies. http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-CB-ISATAU2-Supports-2-5-Inch-5-25-Inch/dp/B000J01I1G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373398735&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+sata https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11515 http://www.adafruit.com/ http://www.alliedelec.com/ The Postcard Club: http://media.gunmonkeynet.net/u/nybill/m/postcard-club-update/ The Blue Bag: http://media.gunmonkeynet.net/u/nybill/m/the-hacker-bag/ Surface mount component book: http://media.gunmonkeynet.net/u/nybill/m/surface-mount-components/

I've always felt a little awkward in social situations, and I'm always looking for ways to get over that feeling. One way I do that is to try and make myself useful, and one useful thing that I know is how to light and keep a small fire going. No one else ever seems to want to do it, and it's fun if you do it right. Admittedly there isn't much to it, but that just makes it all that much easier to learn. It isn't quite as intuitive as you might think if you've never done it, especially if it's a little damp out. Use tinder (paper, dried grass, cotton balls, etc...) to get the flame going, light your kindling (small twigs, pinecones, split sticks) over the tinder, and increase the size of your kindling until you have a good pile of coals that can sustain the burning of split logs. Keep your logs and sticks as parallel as you can, make sure air can flow freely through your burning pile of wood and don't let your coals spread too thin. If you're good, you should be able to get a fire going with just a single match and no accelerants (which are usually illegal anyway). If you're really good, you might even be able to do it with just a spark.

Some useful sites http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications http://gofree.com/Tutorials/ http://en.libreofficeforum.org/ My web site is at http://www.ahuka.com/. Remember to support free software!

In this episode of Hacker Public Radio Sigflup talks about one of the theorized causes of schizophrenia and offers her on interpretations.

A quick dialog about my week of using only FLOSS

Last Episode on Conway's Doomsday Rule ends with teaser on MOD(), a "remainder" function defined for integer values (whole numbers): MOD(K, m) = remainder when K is divided by "modulus" m. Examples: a. MOD(207, 7) = MOD(207 - 140, 7) = MOD(67, 7) = 4 b. MOD(1234567, 2) = 1 because the number is odd MOD() function found in most spreadsheet programs, but it also shows up as an operator in some programming languages: (a % b), or (a mod b). Other functions referenced: DIV(K, m) = quotient in integer division where K = m * quotient + remainder (not returned) 0

Ken recently asked Dave for help with a Perl regular expression for parsing ISO8601 time durations. As a consequence a Perl script was written, which is available at https://gitorious.org/hprmisc/hprmisc/blobs/master/parse_8601_duration. In this show Ken and Dave discuss this script at some (considerable) length. Keen listeners might want to view the script as they listen. Detailed show notes describing how to put together a Perl regular expression are also available at URL. Unfortunately some of the line numbers in the script referred to in the show are now incorrect since Dave could not stop himself updating it. For detailed show notes on how Dave created the script see: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1291/ For a html version of the script see:http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1291/parse_8601_duration.html Computer Books v Math: http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/i_never_would_have_passed_kindergarten.png XKCD ISO8601: https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/iso_8601.png Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours (3rd Edition): http://www.amazon.com/dp/0672327937