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Summary: This is the longest show so far and it covers a wide range of topics with no specific item of focus

HIS is the fifth episode, which was recorded last night. OpenBytes has some show notes and the structure of this show has improved somewhat (the show is still not scripted in any way, as a matter of preference).

This show closes with “Axxo” from “Binaerpilot” (binaerpilot.no) (album name is “Nordland”).

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intend to publish a long overview of Web resources for tagged data. In the mean time, based on the excellent Web page of Zhen Qian I have managed to piece together something for people to play with. From his thesis [PDF] I’ve extracted a series of 6 frames that I’ve produced the above videos from. I’m hoping to receive high-resolution data to test code with, probably later this month. If the data can be legally shared, I will try to ensure people can get it from this Web site so that getting things done becomes less of an unnecessary ordeal to others.

udden change in plans and improvement of research direction leads me to the exploration of MRI tagging, which proves to be difficult when one tries to actually find raw data to work with, not information about it. In the coming days I plan to prepare a post explaining to people where they can obtain tagged data of the brain and the heart (trying to help others solve the problem which occupies many hours of my time). The Internet is extremely mature when it comes to sharing of text and sometimes even audio and film, copyright being an obvious barrier. When it comes to medical data, however, it is another story altogether, even if it’s totally anonymised. Personally, I’ve put 3-D scans of my brain on this Web site, hoping to provide people with the sort of data I sometimes struggle to get a hold of.

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Summary: Tim and Roy discuss Fedora 14 (which Roy installed today), file sharing, DDOS attacks, and they also cover a variety of GNU/Linux distributions

HIS is the fourth episode, which is also the third episode released in 3 days. OpenBytes has some show notes and in the future the structure of the show will be as follows (as per Tim’s suggestion):

1. News headlines summary
2. One discussion point (or guest interview)
3. Feedback
4. Close on highlighted artist

This show closes with a lovely song from the lovely Emma Lee (maybe not the same Emma Lee as the famous one). The song is called “That Sinking Feeling” and it was a free download in SXSW 2009 (Showcasing Artists).

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Summary: Tim and Roy discuss today’s news about games, graphics cards, and 3-D effects in GNU/Linux; towards the end of the show the discussion is focused on the competition

HIS is the third episode of our show, which now increases in terms of release pace and audience size. The show is neither scripted nor edited, but it strives to cover all the news that matters and delve into discussions which other Web sites seem to avoid. Show notes can usually be found at OpenBytes, which also posts links of relevance.

In a future show we may speak to “wallclimber”, who contributed a lot to Techrights and will hopefully be on TechBytes some time in January. She requires some preparation, which we too will be doing as the show matures. The interference of background noise has been reduced and the flow of the show will hopefully improve over time, even without any rehearsals.

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Summary: Tim and Roy discuss Apple, Microsoft, UK innovation, and of course a lot of GNU/Linux in this second episode of TechBytes, which is hopefully entertaining

IM opens this show with an introduction which soon becomes a discussion about Ubuntu. Later on we speak about Silverlight, Moonlight, and WPF, which are seemingly a dead-end endeavour.

Roy corrects some remarks he made last week about Octave, a project he has not tried for years. He now testifies and talks about how impressed he is by Octave, which has made a lot of progress. Other issues that are covered towards the end are licence compliance matters and women in Ubuntu (now exceeding 5%).

In future shows we may speak about Steve Ballmer getting rid of a lot of Microsoft shares, possibly with Marti, Wayne, and several other guests who are sceptical about Microsoft’s claims. As a reminder, TechBytes does have a room for discussion about the competition, unlike some other shows.

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T HAS BEEN many years since I last updated or maintained the family tree pages on this Web site (not public), but moments ago I expanded the collection and also found this old photo of my great grandmother, whom I never met in person. It is saddening that several generations down the line people are no longer remembered, neither by their photo/s (they are not tagged with names, so blurring and fading are not the main issue, which digitisation can slow) nor their name; often enough not even a date of birth is recorded, let alone a short biography. It will be interesting to see what the Internet generation can do to change this.