Christmas gifts for geeks (pt 4) Arduino Edition
November 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Introduction - just in case you haven't renewed your geek card for the past year (decade?) Arduino is a term that refers to a microcontroller on a board that has certain hardware and software 'shortcuts' figured out. It was designed to be as plug and play as possible, and to lower the barrier to entry [...]
Tags: arduino · general geek · robots
Christmas Gifts for Geeks (pt 3) MAKE magazine
November 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
There really are few magazines that I eagerly look forward to. There are even fewer that I can't hold back from reading in the bookstore BEFORE my subscription arrives (I just can't hold back!) MAKE is chock full of cool projects, ideas, and people. They have detailed build plans for some of their projects, and [...]
Tags: general geek · photography · robots
Dremel vise-Christmas gifts for geeks (pt 1)
November 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
I am going to do a series of posts on things that geeks might need for Christmas / the holiday season. It will be a learning process, as I am going to rely on the collective wisdom of the internet to pick between a few similar products. Some might be big and some might be [...]
Tags: arduino · general geek