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Friday, November 8, 2024

In This Edition:
Wooden satellite, before & after Valencia satellite images, best practices in green software development, building a carbon aware website, & 1830 Irish English Primer!

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Wooden Satellite

Image: LignoSat

Scientists at Kyoto University have deployed the world's first wooden satellite and launched it into space via SpaceX. The intention of the LignoSat is to measure how durable the wooden structure withstands operation in space.

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Before & After Valencia Satellite Images

Image: ESA

The ESA released sobering satellite imagery of Valencia before and after the recent flooding.

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Best Practices In Green Software Development

Image: YouTube, Silicon Brighton

Silicon Brighton published a good talk by Nour Rteil about implementing best practices in green software development and deployment.

Building A Carbon Aware Website

Image: The New Stack

The New Stack published a great post about building a carbon aware website, including being aware of grid carbon usage, and degraded content delivery.

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1830 Irish English Primer

Image: NLI

The National Library of Ireland published a scanned copy of an Irish-English spelling primer from the 1830s, including translations between Cló Gaelach letters and English letters.

About Found This Week

Found This Week is a curated blog of interesting posts, articles, links and stories in the world of technology, science and life in general.
Each edition is curated by Daryl Feehely every Friday and highlights cool stuff found each week.
The first 104 editions were published on Medium before this site was created, check out the archive here.

Daryl Feehely

I’m a web consultant, contract web developer, technical project manager & photographer originally from Cork, now based in Liverpool. I offer my clients strategy, planning & technical delivery services, remotely & in person. I also offer freelance CTO services to companies in need of technical bootstrapping or reinvention. If you think I can help you in your business, check out my details on http://darylfeehely.com

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