I use the standard Radio Shack “helping hands” tool a lot when I’m working on electronics. It’s pretty useful for holding components in the right place while you’re soldering or working with small parts. They can be a bit of a pain, though, because the little alligator clips tend to move around, causing components or […]
On Tinkerlog, Alexander Weber has a short tutorial on the software toolchain and hardware (a USB programmer) required to get an AVR programming environment up and running on a Mac (in his case, the MacBook). Programming AVR with a MacBook – Link Related: Arduino AVR In System Programmer (ISP) – Link Getting started with 8 […]
Jason Striegel over at Hackzine has a great tutorial on slicking up your website’s typography. He tells us why cross-platform fonts are limited and how to render any font on your website without compromising its ability to be found by search engines. – Link.
This version of the mega hit game “Guitar Hero” lets you punk out with your own accordion. That’s just the kind of impetus I need to fashion my own version of the game like “Recorder Hero”, “Ukulele Hero”, “Castanet Hero”, ahh the possibilities are endless. Still, it’s a nicely done game mod. Spiele – Accordian […]
Berroco has a free knitting pattern for this cute knit tote, Bagette. I love the chunky yarn in grey. Link.
My flight is delayed maybe 2 hours, this is fitting as I write this from my cramped seat – On yesterday’s show, author Mike Idov gave us the skinny on U.S. flight delays. Now take a peek at what all that air traffic looks like. Designer Aaron Koblin composited a day’s worth of FAA data […]
Only Two Cross-Browser Web Fonts If you want to choose fonts that will look similar across most modern browsers you have two choices: Georgia and Verdana. Yeah, there are a few other fonts, such as Times, Arial, Helvetica, etc., that are available on all platforms, but they tend to look really nice on one platform […]
