Oliver Smith

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Oliver Smith's archive of technology, Linux, DevOps, and travel posts; this feed ends in 2019.

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Backing up my world - Online back ups for work and play #Backup #DataProtection #CloudStorage
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Jun 24, 2011
10 things I've learnt my first year as a web developer (Advice to new web developers) #WebDevelopment #CareerAdvice #BeginnerTips
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Apr 1, 2011
Websocket URL routing (specifying MQTT subscription topic by URL) #Tech #Networking #Websockets
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Jan 30, 2011
Node.js, MQTT and Websockets #NodeJs #Websockets #MQTT
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Jan 29, 2011
Chromium OS - another look 1 year on #Tech #OpenSource #OperatingSystems
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Jan 16, 2011
Cool geeky books I read in 2010 #Books #Geek #Reading
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Jan 1, 2011
Websocket support on Android (Using Fennec) #Tech #Android #Websockets
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Nov 25, 2010
Arduino manufacturing problems #Tech #OpenSource #Hardware
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Oct 1, 2010
Using the new Arduino Mega 2560 with Arduino 0019 on Ubuntu #Arduino #Ubuntu #Electronics
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Sep 30, 2010
Building a Low Powered and Silent Atom Based Server (Sheevaplug alternative) #Tech #DIY #Server
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Sep 15, 2010
WebSocket-Arduino Forked - Updated arduino websocket library now in development #Tech #OpenSource #WebSockets
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Sep 11, 2010
A new OSS PHP MQTT Client Library - phpMQTT #OpenSource #PHP #Tech
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Sep 10, 2010
An MQTT/Websocket based Thermometer using the html5 meter tag #Tech #IoT #WebSockets
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Sep 5, 2010
A simple MQTT to Websocket Bridge using Mosquitto and pywebsocket #Tech #DevOps #Networking
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Aug 23, 2010
Getting started web sockets using pywebsocket, mod_python and apache in Ubuntu #WebSockets #Python #Ubuntu
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Aug 22, 2010
First steps using Python and MQTT (using pynotify on Ubuntu) #Python #MQTT #DevOps
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Aug 15, 2010
When web sockets won't work (Web socket handshaking updates) #WebSockets #Networking #Tech
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Aug 13, 2010
Getting started with Node.js and Web Sockets on Ubuntu 10.04 #Nodejs #WebSockets #Ubuntu
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Aug 3, 2010
Secure Graphs - Using Google Charts API over https using PHP and cURL #Tech #PHP #Security
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Jun 13, 2010
Sheevaplug - Why Globalscale suck #Tech #Linux #Hardware
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Jun 9, 2010
Testing Ubuntu Unity on my eeepc 901 (with screenshots) #Linux #Tech #Ubuntu
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May 11, 2010
Solecreator.com - a good idea, terribly executed (updated with response) #Tech #WebDev #Opinion
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Apr 29, 2010
Upgrading the 50MHz Rigol DS1052E to the 100MHz DS1102E with simple serial #Electronics #Hardware #Hacking
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Apr 3, 2010
Maker Faire UK 2010 Newcastle #MakerFaire #Tech #Events
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Mar 14, 2010
MQTT, Arduino, Old Ammeters and Bandwidth Monitoring #IoT #Arduino #Monitoring
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Mar 11, 2010
Where to buy electronic components, arduinos and sheevaplugs in the UK? #Electronics #DIY #UK
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Feb 27, 2010
MQTT, Mosquitto and PHP #Tech #DevOps #OpenSource
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Feb 26, 2010
Sheevaplug - An ideal home server #HomeServer #Tech #Linux
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Feb 15, 2010
How the TI ez430 Chronos watch could be better (Updated) #Tech #Wearables #Gadgets
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Feb 8, 2010
Controlling lights with TI ez430 chronos, home easy, arduino and processing #HomeAutomation #DIYElectronics #OpenSource
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Feb 7, 2010
Simple caching of twitter timelines using PHP #PHP #WebDev #Caching
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Feb 6, 2010
Receiving TI ez430 Chronos Button Presses in Processing (and Python) #Tech #OpenSource #Programming
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Feb 6, 2010
Graphing ti ez430 Chronos watch data in Processing #Tech #OpenSource #Data
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Feb 5, 2010
Graphing ti ez430 Chronos watch data in Linux #Linux #Tech #OpenSource
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Jan 31, 2010
Internet Speed Monitoring with BT (2Wire) Homehub 1800HG #Tech #Networking #HomeLab
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Jan 3, 2010
Inside the UNI-T UT60A Multimeter #Electronics #Hardware #Tech
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Dec 27, 2009
Using a webcam with OpenCV to display video on an LED Matrix controlled by #OpenCV #Arduino #ComputerVision
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Dec 6, 2009
Fixing the C++ debugger gdb in netbeans 6.7 on ubuntu karmic 9.10 #Linux #DevOps #Programming
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Nov 21, 2009
How to boot Google ChromeOS on an eeepc or vmware and virtualbox #Tech #Linux #Virtualization
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Nov 20, 2009
First impressions of using ChromeOS #Tech #OperatingSystems #CloudComputing
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