Archive for February, 2008

Robot Magazine: VEXplorer Contest

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Robot Magazine: VEXplorer Contest Revell, Innovation First, Inc., Robot magazine and SolidWorks Corporation, with Grant Imahara, are pleased to announce the Grant Imahara VEXplorer Robot Challenge. Grant Imahara is one of the hosts of Discovery Channel's hit television show Mythbusters. He is a special effects expert who has worked on ...

links for 2008-02-29

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Popurls Clone using Wordpress | Wordpress - WP Theme, Plugin, Resource A popurls clone like theme for wordpress (tags: wordpress popurls todo)

Rise of the EduBot | Geekdad

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Rise of the EduBot | Geekdad from Wired.com And what, pray tell, is Vex? Imagine building your own robot from Erector-esque metal girders and plates. You get to learn about how the gears work, configure tires (rubber tires or plastic treads, small or large?) and program the microcontroller to obey your ...

Zenoss Google Maps Traffic Monitor

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Zenoss can now monitor two kinds of traffic. By hacking at the javascript in the default zenoss template it is possible to add Google Maps traffic overlays to the Zenoss dashboard. Submit your own Zenoss tip and get a chance to win an AsusEEE! The full Google Maps Traffic Report Howto is on ...

links for 2008-02-27

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

chalain: Oh, Go Ahead. Overthink FizzBuzz. A rather elegant and obscure way to solve the fizzbuzz problem in Ruby. (tags: fizzbuzz ruby complex solution) Coding Horror: Why Can't Programmers.. Program? Some less than elegant solutions to fizzbuzz. (tags: programming fizzbuzz) Exotic Wood Veneer, Vacuum Press Systems, Vacuum Bags, Veneering Tools and Veneering Supplies at VeneerSupplies.com A source ...

links for 2008-02-26

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

gbrainy - GNOME Live! Interesting game that purports to train your brain. (tags: brain free game linux opensource toread todo)

You have the right to be offended

Monday, February 25th, 2008

I am offended by people who think they have a right not to be offended. What kind of world would we live in if this were true. If you honestly had a right not to be offended then someone could enact a law making it illegal to offend you. ...

links for 2008-02-25

Monday, February 25th, 2008

todbot blog » Blog Archive » “WiiChuck” Wii Nunchuck Adapter Available (tags: arduino electronics hacks microcontroller wiimote toread)

My Desk is Finished

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Maybe not completely finished, but done enough to use it now.  The clutter is packed up and put on shelves in the garage.  I need to sort through and organize all those sometime soon.

links for 2008-02-24

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

gzip decompression quine - comp.compression | Google Groups This guy has come up with a gzipped file that gunzips to itself. (tags: programming gzip) Panasonic Youth – Learn Git 10 Different Ways Ten more ways to learn to use Git. (tags: git howto reference TODO toread tutorial)