Jonathan Oxer

Jonathan Oxer is the founder and technical director of Internet Vision Technologies in Australia, as well as the past president of Linux Australia, the national organization for Linux users, developers, and vendors.

Ubuntu Hacks Ubuntu Hacks
by Kyle Rankin , Jonathan Oxer , Bill Childers
June 2006
Print: $29.99
Ebook: $23.99

Jonathan blogs at:
http://jon.oxer.com.au/

Walktime blog #25: The episode about nothing

April 11 2012

I haven't had much walktime recently, so not many walktime blogs. However, I have been working on creating some videos for SuperHouseTV relating to home automation using Arduino and other Open Source hardware and software, so I'll start uploading those soon and updating the content on www.superhouse.tv. These video blogs… read more

Walktime Blog #24: Storing parts for electronic projects

March 26 2012

After 25+ years of dreaming about my ultimate home workshop, it's all starting to come together. Part of it is setting up adequate storage for all the little bits and pieces that are necessary in a typical electronics lab. So when I heard that Element14 had a special on parts drawers,… read more

Walktime Blog #23: Storing CAD files

March 13 2012

On episode #85 (or was it #84? I can't remember) of The Amp Hour, Dave and Chris mention in passing different techniques for storing their CAD files. Having spent many years working in software, the techniques I've seen used by hardware devs for managing their project files seem to be… read more

Walktime Blog #22: Making a glass whiteboard

March 11 2012

Every lab needs a whiteboard, so when I saw a nice piece of glass being thrown out when helping a friend with a clean-up I grabbed it to mount on the wall. But glass is heavy, and it's not particularly easy to drill holes in. With a bit of care… read more

Walktime Blog #21: Silent power supplies

February 16 2012

I'm in the process of setting up my home office, and the computer I'm using is an old machine decommissioned from regular use. It's really noisy, so I'm on a mission to make it silent. The first step is replacing the power supply. View or comment directly on YouTube: http://youtu.be/zuvPJvcersY read more

Walktime Blog #20: Building a triple-head monitor stand

February 11 2012

I need a monitor stand for the triple-head computer in my new home workshop, so I had a go at making one out of bits of left-over timber. View or comment directly on YouTube: http://youtu.be/iiOo8YOLAEk read more