Starting today you can use Google to make your own “gadget” that can be added to your site. From the Seattle PI – Getting more people to log in to the site is important to Google because it allows the company to log more data that helps its algorithms better understand the nuances underlying many […]
Every time I launch Firefox I’m usually researching something online and/or something that has appeared on MAKE – so here’s a fun feature… You can have two pages open up in tabs as your start page, just put a link, the pipe symbol “|” and the other URL – handy!
Here’s a quick and simple way to control servos with an AVR microcontroller, stiant04 writes – This code is developed for the ATmega16 on tha AVR-stk500 trainer and can only control two servos with a ten step resolution (but this can all easily be changed). It is ment to show newbies (like me) how they […]
Yod’m 3D is a freeware virtual desktop manager for Vista that provides a three dimensional spinning cube effect, similar to a Beryl effect. It’s not open source and it doesn’t provide all the features of Beryl, but it looks pretty slick and I really dig the cubic virtual desktop metaphor for some reason. Yod’m 3D […]
Simone writes in – “Holy Crap! $10,000 dollars for a winning robot? I never heard of such a thing!” It’s true, those crazed robot lovers over at RoboGames are offering $10,000 spread over First, Second and Third Place winners for the team that can smash, bash, crash and crush their way to victory! “Where, O […]
Sashi writes – Well, I was sick of having to dig behind my TV to exchange the cable from my Nintendo 64 to play my SNES. So I figured why not install two RCA jacks so I can plug it directly into the front of my TV. Sashi’s Architecture – [via] Link. Related: SNES/NES controller […]
Here’s an easy way to make a variable resistor from paper and pencil – Link.
