beatworm.co.uk http://beatworm.co.uk/blog Colin M. Strickland Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Autonomous ocean robot http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/autonomous-ocean-robot/ http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/autonomous-ocean-robot/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:14:36 +0000 cms http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/?p=1042 Ocean robot ‘plans experiments’: The Gulper AUV, using an embedded software engine called ‘T-Rex’, can navigate autonomously, and make planning decisions about how best to schedule its task list of experiments.

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Rather excitingly, the recording sessions featured St Vincent, Will Sheff, and slightly less excitingly, the Dap-Kings horns, and Zach Condon. The album title is ‘Together’.

The New Pornographers are due to play this year’s Primavera Sound, although I suspect I will be giving it a miss this time around.

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Photo on 2010-01-23 at 10.10 #4

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]]> http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/pixel-qi/feed/ 0 IPL 2010 to broadcast live on YouTube http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/ipl-2010-to-broadcast-live-on-you-tube/ http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/ipl-2010-to-broadcast-live-on-you-tube/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:09:36 +0000 cms http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/?p=1021 IPL 2010 to broadcast live on YouTube: Google to be exclusive broadcaster for two years. The times they are a changin’.

]]> http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/ipl-2010-to-broadcast-live-on-you-tube/feed/ 0 Misa digital guitar http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/misa-digital-guitar/ http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/misa-digital-guitar/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:37:43 +0000 cms http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/?p=1019 Misa Digital Guitar MIDI controller: No strings, plastic molded body, 24 frets, touch interface, linux kernel, open source software stack.

]]> http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/misa-digital-guitar/feed/ 0 Jellyfish Are the Dark Energy of the Oceans http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/jellyfish-are-the-dark-energy-of-the-oceans/ http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/jellyfish-are-the-dark-energy-of-the-oceans/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:32:02 +0000 cms http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/?p=1016 Jellyfish Are the Dark Energy of the Oceans: fluid drag from animal motion could be as responsible as wind or tides for mixing the world’s oceans.

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]]> http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/gneve/feed/ 0 Octopus snatches coconut and runs http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/octopus-snatches-coconut-and-runs/ http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/octopus-snatches-coconut-and-runs/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:42:55 +0000 cms http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/?p=1012 Octopus snatches coconut and runs: Amazing video footage of tool use by octopuses.

]]> http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/links/octopus-snatches-coconut-and-runs/feed/ 0 Airport command line http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/airport-command-line/ http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/airport-command-line/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:46:41 +0000 cms http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/?p=1004 There’s a handy little command line tool nestled away inside Apple’s system WiFi framework.

Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport

It doesn’t come with a man page, but --help will print a usage guide.

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