Correspondent
Andrew Conway
Host ID: 268
Interested in computers, science, economics, writing and er, well, um, humans I suppose.
blog.mcnalu.net
email: nalumc.nospam@nospam.gmail.com
episodes: 20
Released: 2023-01-30. Duration: 00:13:11. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: electronics.
Using the Joule Thief to suck energy out of flat batteries
Released: 2023-01-17. Duration: 00:27:43. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: solar,electricity,power,electronics.
I have a look at a cheap solar panel and learn a bit about how it works, and doesn't work.
Released: 2022-03-03. Duration: 00:10:55. Flag: Explicit. Series: general.
Tags: audio,microphone,headset,Plantronics,ASUS ZenBook UX550VD.
A show recording using every microphone I had to hand.
Released: 2022-02-21. Duration: 00:23:18. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: laptop,linux,power.
This is a story of a laptop with two power problems.
Released: 2021-11-11. Duration: 00:12:57. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: philosophy,mathematics,science,chess,logic,music.
Being irrational is rational.
Released: 2021-09-22. Duration: 00:29:54. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: linux,disk,windows,virtualbox.
Bad disk rescue - tragedy or happy ending?
Released: 2021-06-29. Duration: 00:56:07. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: linux,books,ebooks,scripts.
A discussion about assembling books using simple tools commonly found in most linux distros.
Released: 2021-01-06. Duration: 00:47:34. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: science,astronomy,hardware,radio,data.
Discussion with the people that created the Pictor radio telescope.
Released: 2020-07-27. Duration: 00:32:47. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: maths,relativity,physics,earth.
The metric of a 2D curved surface
Released: 2020-07-17. Duration: 00:46:07. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: open,free,roleplaying,licensing.
Klaatu and mcnalu talk through what open and free mean in roleplaying games.
Released: 2020-06-22. Duration: 00:25:53. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: mathematics,relativity,physics.
A layman's explanation of the mathematical concept of metric.
Released: 2020-02-14. Duration: 00:27:18. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: fosdem,conference,podcasts,creative commons.
Impressions from my first attendance at FOSDEM.
Released: 2019-01-21. Duration: 00:26:19. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: retro,BBC,8-bit,assembler.
I got a new, old computer for Christmas - an Acorn BBC microcomputer model B.
Released: 2017-09-21. Duration: 00:56:39. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: linux,slackware,scotland,bicycles.
Beni comes to Scotland and talks to Andrew about Slackware 14.2, a year after release.
Released: 2014-09-11. Duration: 00:17:13. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: linux,gaming,wine,steam,slackware.
How to coax a windows-only steam game to work under steam in GNU/Linux.
Released: 2014-09-02. Duration: 00:30:09. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: astronomy,star,hydrogen,helium.
A ramble about stars, by a geeky chap who resides on planet Earth.
Released: 2014-07-16. Duration: 01:07:57. Flag: Clean. Series: How I got into tech.
Tags: FOSS,software,creative commons,music.
Kevie and Andrew release TuxJam episode 33 1/3 as an exclusive to HPR on how they got into Linux
Released: 2014-06-18. Duration: 00:24:59. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: astronomy,Stellarium,KStars,Google Sky Map,Star Chart.
A review of some astronomy software, as used on the planet Earth, by a geeky chap.
Released: 2014-04-10. Duration: 01:21:18. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: astronomy.
Andrew Conway presents TuxJam episode 31, a special for HPR
Released: 2013-12-03. Duration: 00:17:35. Flag: Clean. Series: general.
Tags: astronomy,"Moon Illusion",constellation,mythology,astrology.
A personal view of the Universe, as viewed from Earth, by a geeky chap.
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