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Over The Air ’12

Yesterday I attended the 2012 edition of Over The Air, once more held at Bletchley Park. I wasn’t able to attend on both days as I’d double-booked myself and was heading to Paris on the Saturday instead. So I didn’t … Continue reading

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Maker Faire Madness

I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Maker Faire event in Newcastle over the weekend. It was a real geek-fest – with all sorts of mad inventions and sciency-crafty-creativity on show. Alistair was demonstrating his Newcastle Metro Simulator, and … Continue reading

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Leeds Hackery

I’ve just returned from a fun but very tiring weekend in Leeds, for LeedsHack run by the Hodge. Another 24-hour coding marathon, another silly app built – this time, Alistair, Martin and I made something every self-respecting geek cannot do … Continue reading

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BarCamp Blackpool – Rocks!

I’ve never been to Blackpool before, so when the excuse of BarCamp Blackpool came along, I jumped at the chance. And since it’s a long way away, and the BarCamp was only on for one day, we took the opportunity … Continue reading

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BarCamp Leeds 09

Another trip up the North for BarCampLeeds this last weekend. I had been to OBH for PhotoCampLeeds in February, so knew the venue would provide us with a great space for a BarCamp. There was much bribery going on during … Continue reading

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