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Bookmarks for July 2nd

These are my links for June 30th through July 2nd:

• SparkFun Electronics - ClockIt
  This would be a fun project to do with the kids.
• YouTube - Quizno's | "Toasty Torpedo"
  This certainly does NOT make me hungry for Quiznos.
• NEW HARDEE'S COMMERCIAL LATEST IN SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE ADVERTISING
  This is just wrong.
• micRo CNC desktop manufacturing system
  As low as $1k, still out of my hobby budget.
• Make: Online : The MicRo CNC from Lumenlab
  Another diy CNC kit
• Alaska Museum of Fancy Knots
  A good howto on making Star Knots. They are useful as file handles, key fobs, and more.
• Robot Art Installation: The Traveling Man in Deep Ellum | GeekDad | Wired.com
  Dallas is not only getting a cool robot sculpture, it is getting three giant robot sculptures. Not quite as big as the giant Gundam in Tokyo, but still well into the realm of giant robots.
• Lunch With Alan Dean Foster, Part I: Turning Movies Into Books | GeekDad | Wired.com
• Star Trek Deleted Scenes Fix Nero And Bring Back Shatner
• Barney Frank Files Bill To Decriminalize Pot
  Congressman Barney Frank: "We don't need to spend our scarce resources prosecuting people who are doing no harm to others."

YouTube - Kevmag 2000-Transforming Robot

YouTube - Kevmag 2000-Transforming Robot.

Bookmarks for June 30th

These are my links for June 26th through June 30th:

• Ugobe’s Pleo Finds His Jurassic Park | GeekDad | Wired.com
• 52 Robot Geeks on Twitter | GeekDad | Wired.com
• FireBall V90 CNC Router -
  Looks like a nice CNC machine, but still too pricey for me. $600 gets you the mechanical components. Controller, motors, spindles and software are not included.
• Amazon.com: Best. Concert. Ever.: Jonathan Coulton: Music
  Jonathan Coulton's Best Concert Ever is finally out. CD and DVD
• Deep Ellum Gateway Project » The Story
  The back-story of the Travelling Man art installation is interesting.
• Random Bot Pic: Robot Mythbusters? | botropolis.com
• Deep Ellum Gateway Project
  I need to go take me some pictures this weekend.
• South Africa abuzz over talk of banning soccer fans' favorite horn
  The vuvuzela ranges in length from 2 to 3 feet. The longer it is, the harder it is to blow.
• Connex Family - Multi-Material 3D Printers
  Objet's new line of 3D printers. Nine print heads for multiple materials in the same job.
• Woot Shirt : One Shirt, No Shoes, No Service (SM)
• LinuxCNC.org - Home

YouTube - The Defenders (2009)

YouTube - The Defenders (2009).

Bookmarks for June 26th

These are my links for June 23rd through June 26th:

• British Journal of Photography - Olympus: there's more to come
  Even smaller micro four thirds cameras on the way from Oly
• Atomic Robo Throwing Bombs
  An Atomic-Robo t-shirt
• Bacon Mints, Archie McPhee Toys, Gifts & Novelties
• Candied Bacon Ice Cream Recipe - David Lebovitz
  Candied bacon ice cream
• Slashdot Story | Tesla Nabs $465M Government Loan To Build Model S
  Maybe this will subsidize the pricing of the model S?
• robots.net - Pololu 3pi : the 10,000 Mile Review
  I have one of these on my desk, need to get busy and write a review of it.
• The Werewolf Page Myths - The Benandanti Werewolves
  An interesting story about werewolves and witches from 1692 in Livonia.
• Jukebox the Ghost on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
• Nerdapalooza | Performance Schedule
• Curious Inventor - HowTo Guides, Tools, Parts and Kits for DIY'ers - Make your own technology.

YouTube - Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else

YouTube - Betty Bowers Explains Traditional Marriage to Everyone Else.

Bookmarks for June 23rd

These are my links for June 17th through June 23rd:

• Super Mario stepper motor music with the help of an Arduino… « adafruit industries blog
• Hodgeman Was Already My Hero - Now He’s My Leader
• Index of /gearlibrary
  2D cad files for various gears
• Why can't Pidgin connect to Yahoo anymore? - Yahoo! Answers
  I recently had problems connecting to yahoo im with pidgin. Setting an IP in the config instead of the domain name seems to work.
• KeepVid: Download and save any video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm and more!
• SparkFun Electronics - Resistor Kit - 1/4W
  A nice set of resistors from SparkFun. 5 each of over 70 values. This would be a great addition to any parts bin.
• Evolution of a Linux Geek
  Dirk's evolution as a linux geek isn't too different than mine. Notable differences are that I started with Slackware, used Fedora for too long, and made the jump straight to Breezy without stopping at Debian.
• J & D's - Everything Should Taste Like Bacon: Recipes
  As if having bacon salt wasn't enough, here are a few gourmet recipes that take advantage of the bacon saly flavor.
• Arc Attack and their Singing Tesla Coils
  I suggest that Time-Warp take a look at ArcAttack's Tesla Coils. That should be some cool slow motion.
• The Complete Social Media Douchebag - Adages - Advertising Age
  Finally, someone offers the sort of business plan that will help you turn Twitter into cash … or gold … or even cash-gold. Fair warning, but close your eyes if certain words offend you. Ladies and gentlemen, The Complete Social Media Douchebag. Or, better yet, THE COMPLETE SOCIAL MEDIA DOUCHEBAG, because, according to Tip No. 128, "CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE-CONTROL FOR AWESOME! "

YouTube - Hina/Clockwork Robot makes Coffee

YouTube - コーヒーを淹れさせてみた.

An amazingly detailed humanoid. At first I thought this was stop-motion animation, but it is definitely a robot.

More detail with google translated Japanese text is here: Clockwork/Hina

Bookmarks for June 17th

These are my links for June 16th through June 17th:

• Beetlebug Software - Blog
  Source for an iphone face detection app.
• Downloads - cookbooksamples - Google Code
  Sample code and routines for iphone development
• 6Tringle : blog : iPhone Touch Sample Code
  Handling events on the iPhone
• Sample Code - iPhone Dev Forums
• AppsAmuck iPhone Development Tutorials and Examples
  Sample programs and tutorials on iphone development
• BarbieFoot Foosball Table Bends It Like Barbie
  Totally Wrong.
• Amazon.com: Olympus WS-321M Digital Voice Recorder and WMA Music Player: Electronics
  Need a digital recorder for conferences and interviews. This one is reasonably priced and has great reviews.
• Communities: FRC Twitter Pack
• Communities: Twitter Pack
  NI Peeps on twitter
• The Long Tail - FREE book giveaway - Wired Blogs
  Chris Anderson's latest book FREE can be had for free if you know the right people.
• YouTube - Keepon on The Works
• TypeTees - T-shirt: Robots wish they could do the human

Bookmarks for June 15th

These are my links for June 10th through June 15th:

• Catherynne M. Valente: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland
  "You seem an ill-tempered and irascible enough child," said the Green Wind. "How would you like to come away with me and ride upon the Leopard of Little Breezes, and be delivered to the great sea which borders Fairyland? I am afraid I cannot go in, as Harsh Airs are not allowed, but I should be happy to deposit you upon the Perverse and Perilous Sea."
• Amazon.com Gold Box: New Deals. Every Day.
• python-twitter - Google Code
  A nice python twitter api wrapper
• Introduction to Named Pipes
  Creating and using named pipes in bash
• 100 Best Science Twitterers | Online Courses
  Science Twitterers
• Amazon.com: BLUE ROBOT - Aluminum Water Bottle: Kitchen & Dining
  Another cool water bottle with a robot desgin
• Amazon.com: ROBOT Stainless Steel Water Bottle: Kitchen & Dining
  Cool stainless steel water bottle with a retro robot design on the side.
• Yfrog - k6n.jpg - Uploaded by twid
• Brownie Points » Homemade Bacon Vodka
  Even better, home-made bacon vodka.
• Bakon Vodka :: Home
  Bacon flavored vodka should make an interesting bloody mary.