Feb 06, 2009 2:07pm GMT
The "maddog Multimedia Brazilian Challenge" is over, and we had three winners. Unfortunately we also only had three entries, so the judging was not overly taxing. I learned quite a bit from this first "Multimedia Challenge". While I had listed the rules and a list of various pieces of multimedia software ahead of time, we did not announce the prizes until quite late. Th... more »
One of those magic times: On Friday the 13th!Feb 01, 2009 3:42pm GMT
"At 11:31:30pm UTC on Feb 13, 2009, Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890.Where will you be at this momentous second?" - from Bell Labs This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST. If you want to find out what time it will be in your local time, try this Perl script courtesy of Matias Palomec: perl -e 'print scalar localtime(1234567890),"\n";' Now if... more »
Last Day of Campus PartyJan 24, 2009 4:08pm GMT
It is the last day of Campus Party, Brazil but things are still going strong. Saturday means that a lot of people that could not get here during the week are coming out to see what Campus Party is all about. If you are living here in Sao Paulo, it is still not too late to experience it. Participants are now going around taking pictures of the old friends they have seen and the new friends th... more »
Entrepreneurs and Free SoftwareJan 20, 2009 1:40pm GMT
How does a young innovator get advice about how to bring their product or services to market? How do they get the attention of knowledgable people who act as a Venture Capitalist or can make those connections for them? Here at Campus Party, one segement is called "CP Labs", and so far they have over seventy projects that will be presenting over the course of the next week to a pane... more »
Campus Party BrazilJan 19, 2009 6:35pm GMT
It is -10 degrees Celcius at my home in New Hampshire, but I am in Sao Paulo Brazil with a balmy temperature of +25 degrees Celcius. Hmmm...35 degrees Celcius difference....enough to cause me to shatter if I were to transport here.... But fortunately I am at the first day of Campus Party, and the participants are starting to arrive with their computers, robots, astronomy gear, etc. All I r... more »
Prizes for the "maddog's Multi-media Challenge" - and how everybody wins!Jan 11, 2009 5:09pm GMT
I previously blogged about the "maddog Brazilian Multi-media Challenge" that is going to be at Campus Party in Sao Paulo Brazil on January 19th to 25th but I decided to update that blog entry with news about the prizes that will be offered, which I think might be interesting to people even if they are not going to Campus Party. While looking around for more Free Software for Multi-... more »
Campus Party Brazil - maddog's challenge - multimedia and Free SoftwareJan 04, 2009 7:24pm GMT
Campus Party is going to be held January 19th to 25th in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I have been asked to create a "challenge" for the attendees. I have long had a fascination with automated musical instruments (player pianos, player reed organs), and while I sometimes struggled with higher mathematics while attending Drexel University, I have developed an appreciation of how math, music an... more »
