When I needed portable power for my Small Form Factor WiMax project, I remembered seeing mention of Sundance Solar over at TreeHugger. Their $369 solar kit looked like just what I needed. The kit is pretty simple: a solar cell (24W cell pictured above) and a rechargeable power pack made by Xantrex. You can use […]
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On the O’Reilly Radar, Brady reports that Google has deprecated their Search SOAP API, will no longer be issuing keys, and has removed the SDK from their site. But Google Hacks, 3E, author Paul Bausch found a hack in the forums to get yourself the API key Google’s just discontinued. If you have a Google […]
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 […]
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 […]
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