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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)