Nick Carter and his son Henry were browsing Goodwill when Henry spotted a Staples Easy Button for sale and wanted to try using it to make an Awesome Button, our DIY USB synonym generator project. Neither of them had much experience with electronics projects, and despite some difficulty with the soldering iron, they managed to […]
Hack an Easy Button into an AWESOME Button! This USB button types in a random synonym for the word awesome when it’s pressed. It works with any computer and in any application. Learn how to make your own custom USB devices using the Teensy USB microcontroller.
For more info:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/the-awesome-button.html
After a quick search of the posts I’ve written for MAKE, it’s clear that I overuse the word “awesome.” It’s not news to me, but I had no idea how bad my problem was. In fact, I think you could say that I abuse the word. In order to cut down on my usage of […]
