Abnormal in the linear1 forums LED forums has a huge LED lighthouse project… – “This design is for an octagon lamp for simulating a lighthouse 6 second round trip flash. The lighthouse stands about 6 feet tall, an outline of the lamp head is shound on the cardboard of one of the pix. I am […]
Garrett spotted this really neat way to view the past without getting a Delorean, Google Earth now allows you to travel back in time – almost. There is an incredible set of old maps that can be turned on an explored, maps include: World globe 1790, North America 1733, US 1833, Lewis and Clark 1814, […]
I recently ordered a refurbished Dell E1505, and I was bummed out that it didn’t come with Bluetooth. But it turns out that even if it didn’t have Bluetooth in its Build-To-Order configuration, you can add it after the fact. I posted a photo set that shows you how to do it. I’m pretty impressed […]
Westsw shows you how to control the speed of a small DC motor with nothing but the serial port on your computer, a single MOSFET, and DOS commands… – Link. More serial project for serial Makers: Control the Parallel (or Serial) Port with Python – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – […]
Tired of waiting around for Apple’s iTV? You can build your own now… – “Apple’s forthcoming iTV promises to place all your digital media on your TV. But what if you don’t want to wait months before enjoying your iTunes music and video or iPhoto pictures in your living room? And is iTV really worth […]
I discovered a URI called “data:” today which allows you to encode any amount of file data into a URL. This data could be an image, ascii text, xml data, you name it. You’ll have to read the details, but you use it like this: data:image/jpeg;base64,base_64_encoded_jpeg_goes_here The RFC was drafted in 1998, so it’s by […]
Back in the day, you really couldn’t call yourself a web-master unless you’d sent a few “newbies” to a web page that said something on the order of “I can see all your files,” followed by a link to “file:///“. I figured that joke had died a long time ago, but recently I came across […]
