Last week I placed an order for a Thinkpad X220 (specs to follow), and I can hardly contain my anticipation! When researching any kind of mobile computer, my main requirements are always:

• is the display bright enough to use outside and does it have a decent resolution?
• is the keyboard large enough to type on for long coding sessions?
• is the hardware supported relatively well under Linux?

The 12.5″ IPS screen satisfies condition #1, while the full-sized non-chicklet keyboard satisfies condition #2.

Author: Team Heisenbug

• Michael Tom-Wing (http://ahadiel.org)
• Tom D.
• David Yan
• Martin Pelikan (http://martinpelikan.com)
• Allen H.

Description: A calendar software system designed and developed by Team Heisenbug for CMPT275 – Software Engineering I.

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Author: Michael Tom-Wing

Description: A small bash script I wrote to control volume and display the percentage through xosd.

License: GPL

Dependancies: amixer, xosd

Usage:

• -up             Increases volume by 5%
• -down       Decreases volume by 5%
• -mute        Mutes the control
• -help         Prints the help dialog
• -*                Prints the control’s current volume percentage

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Installation:

• Extract the tarball anywhere on your system (maybe somewhere in your $PATH).
• Edit $control and $vOffset in volctrl.sh to your liking.
• Bind volctrl.sh -up, -down, and -mute to some hotkeys.

Download: Volctrl.

Author: Michael Tom-Wing

What is this?

• Short for “kami ga arimasen” meaning “without paper”.
• Kamimasen is meant to be an electronic quizing/testing system.

Features:

• Paperless multiple-choice tests/quizes/exams
• Automatic marking and grade reporting back to students
• Timed exams
• Highly scalable

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Requirements:

• A multi-user setup where each student would have a unique username.
• Python
• Twisted
• pyFLTK