Free electronics hobby software
Dave put together a nice collection of free software for electronics hobbyists – Link.
Technology
HOW TO – Make a rotate / pivot lcd monitor
Odrarek writes – This fixture is very usefull for rotate 90 degrees the monitor in order to see o read documents in in a portrait fashion, there are drivers for video card that support this modes, in my case i use it to read pdfs. instructables : rotate or pivot lcd monitor – Link.
Take digital photos through a microscope
There’s a way to take photos through a microscope, telescope, or binoculars with a regular digital camera and no special lense adapter. The trick is to use the macro mode on your camera. With a bit of positioning and focus tweaking, you should be able to get a clear photo. If you use a tripod […]
iGoogle Greasemonkey hacks
If you use Firefox with Greasemonkey, there are a lot of really nice scripts available for tweaking the iGoogle interface. You can resize columns, replace the iGoogle logo, or, my personal favorite, add some subtle transparency effects to the search interface so that it blends in with the theme you are using – Link. Related: […]
Fun with speech synthesis
There’s a new “Listen” link in the O’Reilly Network weblogs. It speaks the contents of an article, and sounds pretty nice. Dave Battino went on a search for some rhythmic posts, and made a fun remix out of it: O’Reilly recently snuck a wacky speech synthesizer into our blogs: Clicking the “listen” link above will […]
Bubbl.us: online brainstorming tool
Bubbl.us is a simple online tool for making flowcharts. It’s easy to use, which makes it a nice way to quickly brainstorm ideas without getting too caught up in the details with Dia/Xfig or Visio. It’ll also allow you to export your sessions as a png, jpg, xml, or html, so that you can archive […]
Batt-Mon (battery monitor)
Mark made a really nice battery monitor, he writes – This mini-project came about from building a garden shed. I wanted to use an old UPS battery and some spare halogen downlighters for illumination. As I researched lead-acid technology, I decided that I needed more than a simple switch if I wanted the batteries to […]
