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andrewbolster / Software Installation List (Windows7)

Created January 25, 2010 00:23

	-24/1/10-
	Chrome(Unstable)
	Dropbox
	Launchy
	CCleaner
	Bamboo Driver
	DisplayLink (Lilliput) Driver
	VLC
	[REMOVED GADGET FEATURE]
	Virtual Clone Drive

andrewbolster / speedie.py

Created August 6, 2012 15:00

How to make speed

	# Array evaluations were taking up 60% of my execution time. This is a simplified version

	import logging, numpy
	logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

	x=numpy.random.rand(100,100)

	logging.debug("This is bloody slow because of this: %s"%x)

	# Remember, the array is evaluated BEFORE being passed to logging

andrewbolster / GGJ 13 Upload Instructions

Created January 27, 2013 15:58



	A Message from Farset Labs:
	Hand-in Procedure

	The hand-in procedure has two (2!) deadlines, is simple to follow, and can be handled by a single member of each team.


	Hand-in Deadlines (all local times)

andrewbolster / Aliases

Created February 5, 2013 10:06

Handy Dandy Aliases

	# Take the last command and try it again with sudo while deleting leading spaces
	alias please='sudo $(history 2 \| head -n1 \| perl -pe "s/^\s*\d+\s+//")

	# Python compilation check without execution (parse without exec)
	alias pycheck='python -m py_compile'

	# Python profiling
	alias pryfile='python -m cProfile -o profile.run'

	# Enhanced Sudo

andrewbolster / nananana.ipynb

Created February 14, 2013 13:16

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andrewbolster / brutus

Created November 11, 2013 19:17

Solution to PyPool 11/11/13 Problem: You have intercepted a coded message. (Also available in plain text.) Your objective is to identify the source of the material. You can see from the character encoding of the HTML document that the encoded message is in Unicode. You have also received intelligence that the original message is in English and t…

	import string
	from urllib.request import urlopen
	from collections import Counter

	def getCipherText():
	cipherreq = urlopen("http://pypool.daihuws.me.uk/crypto/encrypted.txt")
	cipherstr = cipherreq.read().decode("utf-8")
	cipherreq.close()
	return cipherstr

andrewbolster / RCUK Arduino

Created November 15, 2013 11:15

Jing Deng's Arduino code for RCUK Magherafelt project

	/*
	Melody

	Plays a melody

	circuit:
	* 8-ohm speaker on digital pin 8

	created 21 Jan 2010
	modified 30 Aug 2011

andrewbolster / NI or Irish Inventions

Created December 2, 2013 19:58

List of Irish Inventions

	* C14 - Whiskey
	* 1680s - Chocolate Milk
	* 1730 - the concept of an entrepreneur - Richard Cantillion introduced the term before Jean-Baptiste Say in his work
	* 1813 - the mining safety lamp
	* 1836 - the induction coil
	* 1844 - the syringe
	* 1851 - the stereo-stethoscope
	* 1866 - the trans-atlantic phone call
	* 1891 - the torpedo
	* 1884 - the steam turbine

andrewbolster / Ubuntu Touch Install

Created December 20, 2013 16:10

Simplest device flashing process ever

	sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phablet-team/tools
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo aptitude -y install phablet-tools android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
	phablet-flash ubuntu-system --channel devel --bootstrap

andrewbolster / motion.conf

Created January 11, 2014 16:27

Motion Configuration file use by Farset Labs

	# Rename this distribution example file to motion.conf
	#
	# This config file was generated by motion 3.2.11


	############################################################
	# Daemon
	############################################################

	# Start in daemon (background) mode and release terminal (default: off)

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