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Getting started with EAGLE

Getting started with EAGLE

Here’s a super basic “getting started” with EAGLE (layout editor for electronics)… Link. Related: HOW TO – Turn your EAGLE schematic into a PCB – Link. HOW TO – Make a custom library part in Eagle’s CAD tool – Link. Making hobbyist PCBs with professional CAD tools – Link.

Google voice local search

Google voice local search

Jeez, I just tried this – it worked great. Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone. To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone. Using this service, you can: search for a local business by name or category. You can say “Giovanni’s Pizzeria” […]

Boozhound laboratories

Boozhound laboratories

Jason writes – Here’s a site with tons of cool DIY – vacuum tube amplifiers for Hi Fi and guitar, studio gear, speakers, even an old-school minibike and bicycle projects. I especially like the tube amp howto that tells you how to build a vacuum tube hi fi amp from start to finish, including vacuum […]

Ripping Vinyl with GNU/Linux

Ripping Vinyl with GNU/Linux

Jason @ Hackszine rounds up ripping Vinyl with GNU/Linux It’s time consuming, but with the right process you can transform your vinyl collection into digital audio for archiving, sharing and playing on portable devices. To make the most of your ripped analogs, you’ll need to go a little further than just recording the audio with […]