s1axter posted on Sun. December 3rd 2006 at 01:57 PM PST
I saw this on youtube and thought it deserved a post, especially since I haven't posted anything in a while. The board is a spartan 3 dev board which has a PS/2 and VGA port. I would really like to see the code for this thing since it could be a good platform to develop on.
firewire posted on Thu. November 2nd 2006 at 10:43 PM PST
Everyone says Javascript is old and outdated, but wait until they see how easy it is to add some amazing looking enhancements to any site. I recently stumbled upon a library called overlib.
Overlib is a library that incorporates a large number of easily used functions for popups, rollovers, and many other site ehancements. The site has a complete list of commands and a small display of what can be done with overlib. Overlib is great because it allows for a lot of tweaking and can be customized to do just about whatever you want. You can pass templates in to be displayed exactly how you want and anchor the popup or rollover to any position or near any object even through resolution changes.
A comprehensive command refrence can be found at http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/?Command_Reference. So if you feel like just messin around with some cool javascript or want to just tweak and enhance your personal website take a look at overlib for a fast and very easy to use javascript library.
Here's a new microcontroller site for your bookmarks. "Microcontrollers Electronics Hobby" http://www.uchobby.com . The site looks about two months old and from the topics posted has some real potential to provide cool projects. Check them out if your looking for something to read.
Hackaday.com always has cool stuff to browse and just recently has (re?)started a podcast. Check it out.
That's all I have right now, take a browse of the links and remember to keep checking back.
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
Well anyone who has visited the site in the past month has seen a major slow down in the frequency of the posts. This is my fault and I apologize. Just over a month ago I started a new full-time software engineering job, and believe me it's been a full-time job. Most days I work 12-14 hours from 8am till between 8 and 10pm. It's cool stuff but when I get home I just want to chill and sleep.
Geeksinside.com is in no way dead nor will it be anytime in the near future. I've made a promise to No Starch Press I would review some of their products and I will soon.
Just wanted to post a little update and let people know I haven't left the planet or lost my passion for anything electronic.
A nice writeup on the project goes through step by step on how they carved the pumpkin and the circuit they made for it. The cool part about this project is it doesn't use a PIC or other microcontroller, it uses just a 555 timer and a 4017 counter chip. The next project I want to see is an R2D2 pumpkin, now THAT would be cool!
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
It's been a while since a post so I figured I would get into to the October spirit tonight and post some cool Halloween DIY and hardware Halloween projects. HackedGadgets http://hackedgadgets.com has posted a number of cool Halloween hacks found on the Make magazine site http://www.makezine.com . I did some digging tonight and found some more. So enjoy and send in some pics of your cool Halloween projects!
Looks like the 'sensor' is a simple IR detection module that uses a simple emitter and detector LED pair ( http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=9844 ). This hack takes the module and replaces the emitter/detector with a laser taken from a "Microsoft US" (WTF??) remote control and laser pointer device. Not too sure why this individual would want to replace a light sensor with a laser with no detection abilities.
I will keep this remote/pointer in mind since it seems like a good source for a low power laser emitter.
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S1axter's Tech Log of Crazy Stuff
I saw this on youtube and thought it deserved a post, especially since I haven't posted anything in a while. The board is a spartan 3 dev board which has a PS/2 and VGA port. I would really like to see the code for this thing since it could be a good platform to develop on.
Well that little site update was too short, plus I did see some cool links on some blogs.
A little update to the Halloween post from earlier this week. ZeWrestler sent in this Link for a 
It's been a while since a post so I figured I would get into to the October spirit tonight and post some cool Halloween DIY and hardware Halloween projects. HackedGadgets 
ZeWrestler sent me a link for this cool Lego NXT light sensor module so I thought I would post it here. 
