Ross Younger
Thu, Dec 15, 2011

brot2: a fractal plotter

Revisiting the work of a great mathematician.
Mon, Nov 21, 2011

Fractals

Some of my favourite fractal images, created with my own software, brot2.

Fri, Oct 8, 2010

The tech behind Middle-Earth Weather

This is part two of a two-part article. In the first part I explained my research for this project, leading to the creation of my map slides. This part builds on that to show how I turned it into the film…

Fri, Oct 8, 2010

Creating Middle-Earth Weather

My initial creative vision was clear: I wanted to create a spoof TV weather forecast for Middle-Earth along the same lines as earthly TV weather bulletins. But where on Middle-Earth do you start?

Fri, Oct 8, 2010

Weather forecast for Middle-Earth

This is my first film. It’s a spoof TV weather forecast for Middle-Earth, with parody elements from real-world TV forecasts.
Wed, Aug 18, 2010

CurrentCost monitoring for RRDtool

Scripts to read data from a CurrentCost CC128 electricity consumption monitor and drop it into an RRDtool database.

Wed, Aug 11, 2010

chiark-cryptdisk: scripts for encrypted backups

This package is only available in source form for Debian systems.
Wed, Feb 10, 2010

Using the ZTE MF626 on Ubuntu and T-Mobile

The ZTE MF626 is a 3G modem stick resold by T-Mobile in the UK.
Sun, Jan 10, 2010

Sausage casserole

Serves 2-3.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009

Beef chilli

This recipe was the subject of several years’ refinement. Serves 4-6. Enjoy!
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