Month: July 2005

Awesome. My initiative : to be able to squeze out more info from the Prius than it is given on the standard display… Such as amperage used, longer term MPG computation and more.. a Zaurus SL-C700, running Linux Embedix, I ported one of my codes… ( I modified the Zaurus sync cable to accept serial input, the code is reading the CAN232 on 115.2KBaud with acceptance filtering to reduce traffic, data is collected, analysed, prep’d and written to the Linux framebuffer.) . Link.

Peter Mui showed up at Squid Labs with this dental side mirror he attached to his bike helmet. Peter says the dental mirrors are also sold as a tool for auto mechanics, repairmen, etc. Anyone who needs to get into a tight space can pick these up for cheap. Click here for a larger image.

Atari 2600 BASIC is intended as a beginner’s platform so that one may become accustomed to the intricacies of the system. Although Atari 2600 BASIC is a viable development platform on its own, its real purpose is as a stepping stone toward 2600 programming using assembly language. Atari 2600 BASIC “lowers the bar” so that others with limited programming experience can write games that can run on a real Atari 2600 or an emulator. Link.

All this week the BBC News website is speaking to people whose creativity has been transformed in the digital age. From blogging to podcasting, millions of ordinary people are becoming writers, journalists, broadcasters and film-makers thanks to increasingly affordable and accessible tools. Link.

...how to modify the color of the Apple logo on the back of your iBook. This process is surprisingly simple. By simply removing the back of your iBook’s screen you are enabled to place colorful plastic behind the glowing Apple on the back of your screen. Read on for a step-by-step tutorial complete with pictures to guide you. Link.

Shadow puppets are a mysterious and wonderful kind of puppet. If you have ever made hand shadows (used your hands to make shadows that look like animals, etc.) on the wall or have seen shadows cast by a flashlight on a camping tent wall then you already have an idea of how shadow puppets work. What you need to create the magic of shadow puppets is a screen on which to project the shadows (-light must be able to pass through it–it could be a sheet, tent wall, big piece of paper, etc.) a light source (could be the sun or an artificial light –flourescent lights do not work well) and a shadow puppet (an object that will cast its shadow on the screen.) Here is how it works… Link.