Model Standing Orders (Australia/UK meeting procedure)

Some model Standing Orders for general meetings, committee meetings and so on of organisations using Australia/UK meeting procedure. Based on John Rigg's How to Conduct a Meeting: Standing Orders and Rules of Debate, and the Standing Orders of MUMUS Inc.

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I'd just like to interject for a moment

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Liberal, is in fact, Liberal/National, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Liberal plus National. Liberal is not a stable government unto itself, but rather another political component of a fully… »

GIF scrolling text marquee with ImageMagick (or: DIY X'trapolis PIDs)

#!/bin/bash

IMWIDTH=336
IMHEIGHT=24
STEP=2 #pixels per frame
FRAMERATE=50 #frames per second

OUTPUT="scroll.gif"
FONT_PATH=/usr/share/fonts/TTF/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf

MESSAGE="Hello World!"

BACKGROUND="#000000"
FILL="#ff9c10"

# Make a "unique" prefix for this run
PREFIX=

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Hacking a cheap fitness tracker – Setting the time

The cast

The Mambo HR is a no-name $30 fitness tracker from Chinese manufacturer Lifesense, and I recently acquired one as a gift. Let's look this horse in the mouth, shall we?

Oof, it's not pretty. The Mambo HR has no buttons or touch functionality,… »