NotesLike many people I thought Covid, with its stopped clock and blunt force, would bring a major reckoning. A reckoning with small things, like what we wear, and with large things, too ā how we relate to each other, for example, how we consume and, crucially, how we work. But what seemed to happen, and very quickly, was that people rushed back to try to make life exactly as it was before. There was a panic to fill the empty office blocks, to repopulate the Prets and very little incentive to use the imposed pause to look around at what could be improved and what weād got terribly wrong. I sound like a child saying this, I know, but what if the office blocks became affordable flats instead? What if we learned one single lesson? The rise of hybrid working was one of very few silver linings to the pandemic ā that reach for an elusive balance and acknowledgment from employers that their workers were human beings, too.Unfurl
NotesAt 8:30 p.m. on 16 May 1916, John J. Carty banged his gavel at the Engineering Societies Building in New York City to call to order a meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. This was no ordinary gathering. The AIEE had decided to conduct a live national meeting connecting more than 5,000 attendees in eight cities across four time zones. More than a century before Zoom made virtual meetings a pedestrian experience, telephone lines linked auditoriums from coast to coast. AIEE members and guests in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco had telephone receivers at their seats so they could listen in. FeedUnfurl
NotesAs Gideon Haigh observed 20 years ago, the era of neoliberalism has been associated with the ācult of the CEOā. The office has been the shrine of that cult. In their plaintive call for a return there, CEOs are like declining deities who see their votaries deserting them.Unfurl
NotesYep, you read that right. While itās no surprise that remote employees are happier than their commuting counterparts, many business owners are shocked to learn distributed employees are also more productive. How could that be? Itās actually pretty simple. Psychologists have proven time and again that a happy employee is also a productive employee. Unfurl
NotesDo you want to remote into your Raspberry Pi and see a graphical desktop? Itās actually really easy. If you donāt want to dedicate a monitor or the TV to the pi but still want to use it, hereās your solution.Unfurl
NotesEvery day I read a new article about some company whining about how hard it is to hire technical staff. Invariably it turns out that theyāre only looking for people within a commuters distance of their office. I refuse to feel sorry for such companies.FeedUnfurl
NotesOur USB IR Transmitter/Receiver is a standard USB device that can transmit and receive the infrared codes supported by LIRC (Linux only) and WinLIRC (Windows only and beta). Combined with (Win)LIRC, this device can communicate with most home electronics, such as TVs, stereos, DVD players, receivers, and their associated remote controls. When used with MythTV, you can turn your computer into a TiVo-like media center. Unfurl
NotesWith the following (minimal) hardware circuitry the NSLU2 is able to receive and transmit infrared signals, e.g. like RC5. These are normally received by audio and video equipment and sent by remote controls from your couch. The signals are decoded and generated in software using LIRC. Unfurl
Notes IR detectors are little microchips with a photocell that are tuned to listen to infrared light. They are almost always used for remote control detection - every TV and DVD player has one of these in the front to listen for the IR signal from the clicker. Inside the remote control is a matching IR LED, which emits IR pulses to tell the TV to turn on, off or change channels. IR light is not visible to the human eye, which means it takes a little more work to test a setup. FeedUnfurl
Notes"Designed exclusively for the AppleĀ® Remote, Mira takes it beyond Front Row and gives you personal control for any application, on any MacĀ®."FeedUnfurl
Employees are being marched back to the office. But why? | Life and style | The Guardian
The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916 - IEEE Spectrum
In their plaintive call for a return to the office, CEOs reveal how little they are needed | John Quiggin | The Guardian
Remote Desktop with Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Blog
Stop whining and start hiring remote workers - (37signals)
FoxClocks :: Add-ons for Firefox
Sensor tutorials - IR remote receiver/decoder tutorial
Apple Remote Control Solutions and more - Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software