Re: [Ilugc] Small tasks for FOSS contribution

2012-11-06 Thread Pramode C.E
some tasks are > > 1. write article on wikipedia > 2. write review on any free software on their blog > > Reply with such tasks, so that we can create more contributors. > Creating new packages and contributing them to Debian is another good idea. Check out this thread to find out how Praveen (a

Re: [Ilugc] [Hope] it interests somebody

2012-10-07 Thread Pramode C.E
> Thanks for sharing. Nice to see Pramode CE of Thrissur, a member of ilugc > and ilugcbe is featured in the video. Awesome 17 minutes spent. > I had written about it here: http://pramode.net/2011/01/03/the-most-amazing-cs-course-i-have-seen/ ___ ILUGC

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Workshop and experiment design contest on the open hardware platform "Phoenix ExpEyes"

2012-09-18 Thread Pramode C.E
This link within the article: > http://www.iuac.res.in/indexhighres.html > > Returns a glorious 404 error. > > Wish these kinds of projects are reacheble reliably > > Have marked cc to mail provided in main website > Thanks for pointing it out! regards, pramode ___

[Ilugc] [OT] Workshop and experiment design contest on the open hardware platform "Phoenix ExpEyes"

2012-09-18 Thread Pramode C.E
The Phoenix "EpxEyes" (http://expeyes.in) is a wonderful platform for learning electronics/science. There will be a workshop and experiment design contest at Government Engineering College, Thrissur on September 21st based on the ExpEyes. Please check out: http://recursive-labs.com/blog/2012/09/19

Re: [Ilugc] [OT?] Fwd: [racket] on-line programming languages course

2012-08-24 Thread Pramode C.E
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Roshan Mathews wrote: > In case you haven't seen the forwarded message below already. I think > there are some 15 people in Chennai (don't know them), and some 45 in > Bangalore who have already registered. > > This is going to be a very interesting course ... I

[Ilugc] The GNU/Linux powered "electronics lab-in-your-pocket"

2012-07-27 Thread Pramode C.E
Check out: http://recursive-labs.com/blog/2012/07/27/expeyes-electronics-lab-in-your-pocket/ ExpEyes is a wonderful tool ... the developer (who is a Physicist and Free Software enthusiast) has put in a tremendous amount of work in getting it to its current state. We now have a small community of

[Ilugc] Tim O'Reilly OSCON 2012 Keynote

2012-07-19 Thread Pramode C.E
Check out "The Clothesline Paradox and the Sharing Economy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbcgmf6eDKU ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] How to display hello in a PC without bootstraploader and OS???!!!

2012-07-09 Thread Pramode C.E
anything? > 2. How to print a hello on monitor without any OS? These links may be useful: http://linuxgazette.net/issue77/krishnakumar.html http://linuxgazette.net/issue79/krishnakumar.html http://linuxgazette.net/issue82/raghu.html ___ ILUGC Mailin

Re: [Ilugc] Anybody working with the Raspberry Pi?

2012-06-26 Thread Pramode C.E
Please share name and phone number of the vendor. Is it available in > India? > > Yes, you can order from here: http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi?ICID=ap-rpi-hwb Problem is, there has been a tremendous amount of interest in this device and there is a *long* waiting line - i

[Ilugc] Anybody working with the Raspberry Pi?

2012-06-26 Thread Pramode C.E
Hi friends, Just wanted to check out whether anybody is working with the Raspberry Pi ( http://www.raspberrypi.org/ )? I have a google group setup for rpi enthusiasts: http://groups.google.com/group/rpi-india/ You can read about my "getting started" experience with the Rpi here: http://recursi

Re: [Ilugc] Learning C coding

2012-06-26 Thread Pramode C.E
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > All my life I have benefited by C coding skills. > Same here! I think I should use this opportunity to mention this great resource for learning modern C programming: http://c.learncodethehardway.org/