Update for arduino / python / rss reader – Weather!
December 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I just whipped up this script that checks and displays the weather through rssweather.com. As always, it requires feedparser, an arduino, and a lcd screen. It is currently configured to read Burlington Vt's weather, so if you don't live there - change it in the python file. Check out the commenting for more info. Click [...]
Tags: arduino · general geek
gmail notifier project (for dummies)
November 25th, 2008 · 40 Comments
I've been really interested in doing J4mie's Physical Gmail Notifier ever since it came out in February. I only recently dropped into the project and got to learn a lot about python, plists, and arduino auto-reset functionality. I'm going to share what I've learned because I think there are lots of other people out there [...]