Category Archives: electronics
Little Bits
These are pretty cool. They remove the hard part of electronic design. It would be neat if this could be used and pushed by teachers into school science programs and try to get more kids interested in electronics in time … Continue reading
GPS
I had a TomTom Go for about 3 years. I’d tried several laughable attempts at making my own, but finally I decided it is easier and cheaper to go with an off the shelf unit. About a month ago, it … Continue reading
Titan robots
Really neat animatronics. I am pretty sure I can’t afford to do or buy one.
Cellular Modem
I was given a 3G modem to use to connect to the internet on location and in the staffhouse. I’m actually pretty impressed with it. It just zips right along, I could be connected to DSL. The only thing I … Continue reading
The Last Lecture
Amazon pushes a blog to every Kindle. Mostly it is just about what new books have been released or some author doing whatever it is they do. Sometimes, it is really cool stuff. When Randy Pausch died, they made his … Continue reading
+2 Bag of Holding
As I said, I’m not happy with my backpack. I like the Targus, but it isn’t working out so well. After I’ve looked around for different options including these little cubes. But after playing with them in a luggage store, … Continue reading
I broke my laptop
I was given a program that would get my computer through the firewall on the rig so I could email when on the job. The job cancelled, so I decided to uninstall the program. It decided that since I was … Continue reading
Moving my pictures to Flickr
I’ve decided that since I’ve got a Flickr account, I’m going to start loading my pictures to Flickr. It took a while, but I figured out how to get Robogeo to talk to Flickr through the firewall, so now … Continue reading
A Kindle issue
I downloaded a bunch of free books. Why? Well… Why not? They are free, I want to read them and I am spending 12 hours a day at the computer not doing anything(Except for the hour or so I spend … Continue reading
Bag of Holding
I’ve got a Targus XL that has been all over the world. I use it to carry my laptop and all my carry on gadgets. I really like it but it has a two issues that I want to fix. … Continue reading