Month: March 2008

Command line Twitter

You can easily update your Twitter status from the command line using cURL. The Tech-Recipes blog posted this handy command line hack: With cURL installed, you can post to Twitter from the terminal window by using the following syntax: curl -u yourusername:yourpassword -d status=”Your Message Here” http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml You will receive a response containing the XML […]

Made in Japan – Volume 5

Made in Japan – Volume 5

This week: Actbrise: Makers of Boutique Mouses and Handicapped Assistance Products, Mashup Art w/ Twittalk, The Strange Crochet Things of Niimarusangow, Ujino Muneteru’s The Rotators, and The Pika Pika Lightning Doodle Project. Actbrise: Makers of Boutique Mouses and Handicapped Assistance Products A small Japanese electronics company called Actbrise has introduced the Jupiter Mouse (13,980 yen […]

The Minthesizer

The Minthesizer is a low voltage, low power, analog synthesizer. The board is almost entirely made from surface-mount components, so you better have a steady soldering hand if you try and make one for yourself. Check out the link for more information about the build, including the schematics. – Link Related: Matchbox Synthesizer – Link