Category Archives: Project Updates
New Toy: Chumby!! (open source hardware!)
I get to play with a Chumby! Chumby is an open source hardware “Window to the Internet”, or ambient information display, meaning it scrolls through a variety of information sources and presents the data for you to check out at a … Continue reading
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Electronics Update: My New Workbench
I’ve finally arrived in Cambridge: I built myself a work bench to do electronics on. That means I’ve finally arrived here! I think it’s pretty sweet. Here are Star’s essentials: Stuff on the desk: my awesome weller soldering iron (I … Continue reading
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Designing the UI for a Firefox Extension
Has anyone ever sent you a link to a big directory of photos? “Hi, I took 9,000 pictures on my recent trip. They’re each 5MB, and there might be a good one of you in there somewhere. Check it out!!!” … Continue reading
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Tire Wear
About a month ago, Tim gave me four or five really gorgeous bike tires that someone else was going to throw out. I finally borrowed some of Geo’s leathercrafting hardware, and made two of them into stylish belts:
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Sound Sleep on a Long Flight
I’ve made the six hour flight from the US Mainland to Hawaii many times, and I usually try to sleep through as much of it as possible. I have never slept so well on an airplane as this time, or … Continue reading
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Snella Time
I just finished making the Michael J Snella honorary clock/screen saver, for fun, after discovering a photo set by Bilal Ghalib of Snella apparently breakdancing on the roof of tEp. He’s shown here in the “7 PM” position — the … Continue reading
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Hack Tragedy!
In classic pre-deadline efficiency, I’ve spent the last two days finishing EVERYTHING before I travel home and can’t work on this stuff anymore. This push culminated, tonight, in my determined wiring up of the motor controller for what would be … Continue reading
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Electronic Scooter Hacking
I’m learning. I’m converting an electric scooter I found to a horseless electric roman chariot, for personal transportation, of course, and I’m making the motor controller work today. I was lead to believe that I could treat my scooter throttle … Continue reading
