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s1axter posted on Wed. August 9th 2006 at 06:17 AM PST
some of the cooler things dealing with Google. All it takes is a single signup. Take a look:
Google Calendar:
http://www.google.com/calendar/
Google Notebook:
http://www.google.com/notebook/
Google RSS Reader:
http://reader.google.com/
Google Page Maker:
http://pages.google.com/
Google Spreadsheets:
http://spreadsheets.google.com
6006l3 l337:
http://www.google.com/intl/xx-hacker/
( http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en )
List of all domains owned by Google:
http://www.pronetadvertising.com/articles/googles-growing-list-of-domains.html
Just some fun things to play with, enjoy
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
SO I bought "So You Wanna Be an Embedded Engineer: The Guide to Embedded Engineering, From Consultancy to the Corporate Ladder" ( amazon.com link ) by Lewin Edwards and it arrived over the weekend. Last night I sat down with it and got a decent way in.
Chapter 2 of the book talks about different 8-bit microprocessors/microcontrollers including the 8051 microcontroller. The 8051 is "the worlds best selling microprocessor core..", and can be found in almost anything that uses a smaller application specific embedded system such as VCRs, Car cruise control, microwaves, etc. These systems don't require the pure number crunching power of 16- or 32-bit processors.
For a number of years I have been interested in 80c51s since I found a number of them in an old lab at Clarkson (which I still have). I thought I would share some links to info about the 8051...so enjoy.
Tools and stuff...
http://keil.com/c51/
More...
http://www.pjrc.com/tech/8051/
History, arch, links, etc, etc...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8051
s1axter posted on Fri. August 4th 2006 at 10:02 AM PST
Gizmodo.com( http://gizmodo.com/ ) is running an article in which they have information from a number of ‘secret sources’ high up in Apple who have said the next generation iPod will be released in November and "will definitely feature a touchscreen".
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets//touchsc...OMG.BIG.URL
If I had to give one statement about the touchscreen, and if it would be incorporated into the next-gen iPod I would have to say...”Duh!”. It’s the next logical step in the progression:
Play music
Play music in color
Play music & view pictures
Play music, view pictures, watch video podcasts
BusinessGuy1: "What’s next??"
BusinessGuy2: "Lets get rid of the buttons, expand the screen, make it touch, play full movies and games like that PSP thing!"
BusinessGuy1: "Ooooooo, I want one"
Honestly, if this is the way it goes, Apple might as well just develop an embedded OS, put on a web browser, interface it with a phone and bingo, the Windows Mobile Killer
Oh wait….
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/06/08/04/1425257.shtml
Hmmmm......just my $0.02 ;-)
s1axter posted on Thu. August 3rd 2006 at 05:32 AM PST
William Cox from over at GoRobotics.net is vice president of the NCSU Underwater Robotics club. This week they are out in San Diego at the AUVSI and ONR's 9th International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition from August 2nd through 6th.
William has posted some info on the competition and their team on his site ( http://www.gorobotics.net ), the article can be viewed here:
http://www.gorobotics.net/The-News/Latest-News/9th-Annual-Autonomous-Underwater-Vehicle-Competition/
The site for the competition is: http://www.auvsi.org/competitions/water.cfm
Best of luck to William and the NCSU URC
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
This is just too geeky...
http://slashdot.org/articles/06/08/02/1232229.shtml
(PS. most date functions DO store the date d/m/y)
s1axter posted on Wed. August 2nd 2006 at 07:21 AM PST
On Tuesday August 1st IBM announced the next generation in its System X family of servers based on the dual-core Rev-F AMD Opteron. In a market dominated by Intel until recent years, AMD is making headway in the acquisition of larger processor market-share.
ZDNet is reporting the new x3455, x3655 and x3755 servers will ship within three months running the new Rev-F AMD Opteron dual-core AMD64 chip. The Rev-F chip from AMD is a dual-core processor using the Socket F form factor expected to be released within the next few months, with a quad-core processor slated for release early in 2007.
This is a major milestone for AMD as the juggernaut that is IBM is a nice partner to have in the battle of Intel v. AMD for server market-share.
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/announcements.html
Zdnet is covering the story too:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6100676.html
Opteron:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opteron
Socket F:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_F
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
Embedded.com ran an article on July 11th about Intel ending their x86 product line. From the article:
"After more than 20 years, Intel is pulling the plug on its embedded x86 processors. The '186, '286, '386, and '486 will cease production in a few months, going to that great motherboard in the sky"
http://embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UPRGQT20P1DOUQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=190302101
Also .reghardware.co.uk has this story from May 18th
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/18/intel_cans_386_486_960_cpus/
Looks like I need to keep up on the news
s1axter posted on Tue. January 30th 2007 at 12:36 PM PST
So I was poking around embedded.com, reading some of the back articles from the magazine and stumbled across some of the April Fools articles. I was crying I was laughing so hard. The perfect item to post here, it is definitely “crazy stuffz”
The only thing I wonder as I read these is who comes up with this stuff. Then again, I think to myself ‘I am getting it all and thinking it’s funny…COOL!’
Geeksinside.com Disclaimer:
READER BEWARE!! The following links are to humorous articles written in an EMBEDDED SYSTEM TECHNICAL JOURNAL. These could be hazardous to your health if the following equation is true: IQ<=100. Symptoms discernable to others include, but are not limited to, blank stares, extreme hard thinking, no laughter, and slack jaw as all mussel control energy is now critical thinking energy. Side effects are usually mild or moderate and can include sudden motivation to hack embedded system or a new focus in life. Geeksinside.com takes NO responsibility for life changing events surrounding the linking of said articles, or any other information procured from embedded.com or sites affiliated with embedded.com.
I Agree:
http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160400702
http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184417070
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