When you are working towards a tight deadline corners are sometimes cut. When a past project is working (no mater how poorly) it often gets overlooked and is never allotted any future time. I am guilty of doing this myself in the past leaned very quickly that the job needs to be done the right way the first time. I am not sure about the history of these Crazy
Here is a great way to ring in the new year with some friends and technology. It allows you to wire up the fireworks before you start consuming beverages and watch your handy-work when the time is right. "The Mortars are all on the 16th channel. the "Det" channel. I’ve ran an extension cord out to the street and plugged it into a 12 volt 1 amp power supply.
Rube Goldberg devices are great, this method of remote control reminds me of one of those devices. There sure are better and simpler methods of sending commands from one computer to the next however none would be as crazy as this idea (I mean that in a good way). 🙂 There was a computer show years ago that transmitted data in the top corner of the screen during the
If you want everyone to know that you are a true geek then you need to purchase (or make) some of these cool Recycled PCB Ornaments. They look good and help the environment! Not sure why there are no components on the boards though unless they get the blanks from a circuit board manufacturing facility but I think one with components would look more interesting anyway. "Decorate your Christmas
I wonder if the self balancing craze will make it into some real products (other than the Segway). I want a robot like this one that follows me around the house with a laptop. That way I will always be ready to get some work done when the urge strikes. What I really want to see is the same idea but built on a Ballbot type system. 🙂 "A
Our friend Sprite_tm has had some time to play a clever prank. Some HP printers have the ability for code to modify what is being displayed on the status screen. This HP Printer Display Hack uses that feature to make a stand alone module that displays some funny comments to the roommate that felt that it was OK to leave a bunch of printers laying around for others to
If your stock alternator in your vehicle can’t supply all the power you need you can install a larger after market model. Another option would be to install five more!
