Bend in the Weather

Chris, a friend of mine has been able to do some fun electronics hacking for a worthy cause.

Chris has entered into The Great Brisbane Duck Race, a competition run by PA Foundation which sponsor the Prince Alfred Hospital. All monies raised will be used for Cancer research.

So what is the Great Brisbane Duck Race I hear you say?
Well it's not the infamous Ernie from Sesame Street rubber duckie:



In a nut-shell:

• Purchase a rubber duckie from PA Foundation


• Pimp your duck -- add a motor, jet engine, whatever you think is appropriate to make it the speediest duck around


• Go down to the competition on the day


• Navigate without sinking the 100m water course


• Ensure your duck passes the line first to win!

Chris has been making some good progress, and been blogging about the project.

In fact he even has a YouTube video showing his current results.



The competition is being held on Saturday 26^th September at 2:40pm on the Brisbane River (in front of South Bank where the new Brisbane Big Wheel is located).

Whilst I won't be there in person cheering Chris on, I will be one of his virtual supporters!
If you're in Brisbane, head down for a great day and support such a worthy cause.

The Linux Foundation has announced the winners of the 'We're Linux' competition.

They have selected one winner, and two runners up (Runner Up #1 and Runner Up #2).
Personally I like the 1^st runner up. (With probably a different voice over). It's got all the geeky aspects I like, though this was probably not the chosen criteria for the competition.

Here is the winning entry on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWEIQIv8zvY



Runner Up #1:

The Origin... from Agustin Eguia on Vimeo.

Runner Up #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xceiMJSunIg


There was a range of submissions, and some are quite creative. You can see all the submissions here.

Well done to the winners, and those that entered. Truly inspiring!