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Here is an early draft of the WindyCityRails Code of Conduct: WindyCityRails strives to provide a healthy, harassment-free conference experience for all attendees. Our Code of Conduct, which has been practiced by members of our community for years, is as...

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have asked for a faster horse. ~Henry Ford The above Henry Ford quote is often cited in presentations about innovation. The point of the quote: An inventor who listens to...

Part one of this series shows how to install Ubuntu on the BeagleBone Black. We used a MacBook Pro to burn an Ubuntu disk image onto an SD card, and then we booted a BeagleBone Black from the image we...

The above screenshot shows a BeagleBone Black running Ubuntu, Ruby, and Rails. Why Ubuntu? The Bone comes pre-installed with Ångström, and it boots as soon as you unbox it. Why not stick with Ångström? My opinion: The factory standard is...

What can we build with disposable electronics? An ad in the January 2014 issue of Wired Magazine lets the reader change the color of a Moto X smartphone by pressing a colored circle on the page. This 20-second video shows...

Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.   ~ Seymour Cray The Chicago chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (Chicago ACM) hosted a lecture titled Supercomputing and You yesterday evening. The talk...