To anticipate and prevent
One of the many little tidbits of advice I found when reading up on Arduino was to protect your computer’s USB port. By that I mean buy a powered USB hub to plug the Arduino into. That way if you do something epicly stupid, you’d burn out a USB hub, instead of your computer’s USB…
For a long while now, I’ve been fascinated with the idea of having an alarm clock that is somehow tied to one’s sleep cycle. On a conceptual level it sounds cool, and on a practical level it would be very nice to have. I’ve had days (as I’m sure most have) where I’ve woken up…
As I mentioned last week, SNAFU Con is starting shortly, so shortly in fact that it is tomorrow! So get your cosplay going and head to the GSR! Unfortunately, I couldn’t convince Jon to join me at the convention, but I will definitely be there both days, and in costume. For those of you still…
Since I’ve gotten onto my Arduino kick, I figured I should get some proper reading material on the subject. One of the first I saw was Getting Started with Arduino by Make: Magazine. Since “Getting Started” is exactly what I wanted and I rather like most of what Make does, I bought and read the…
Saw something very intriguing today. It seems Chrysler is going to be producing a Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition for 2011.
Recently, I watched The Gamers: Dorkness Rising and felt it deserved a mention on the blog. No spoilers contained herein.