Update for arduino / python / rss reader – Weather!

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 …

Arduino based rss reader – W/Check Facebook Status Updates script.

My last project, the arduino gmail checker really opened my eyes to python/rss/arduino integration. I branched out from there to use feedparser for more conventional rss reading and I ended up with a python script that pulls in your friend updates from facebook. That was cool watching it scroll by in terminal, but I decided …

2008 Arduino Holiday Gift Guide

In making my list annual of goodies I usually look for other people who have compiled “gift guides” aimed specifically at geeks like me. Usually they are written for the wrong kind of geek, and are full of things like star trek stuff, D&D, LEGO, or model airplane parts. All of those things are definitely …

The Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronics Junk (or TGIMBOEJ to his friends)

I put myself on a list over at tgimboej.org to try to get a big box of junk to show up at my door! I’m super excited about the idea, because it combines my love of looking at geeky stuff with a strict one in / one out policy. It’ll be cool to swap some …

Nuclear Missile Silo

a few weeks ago I got the opportunity to go check out a nuclear missile silo in the area that had been decommissioned and converted into a private residence. The owner’s name is Alex and he’s nothing like what you would expect (considering he owns a nuclear missile silo.) His website is siloboy.com and is …

8 tips for Time lapse photography

Here’s a few things I have learned while sitting in fields waiting for my camera to finish working for me. 8 tips for shooting SLR time lapses   1) Put your camera on full manual – otherwise the still will flicker from one to the next.   2) Try to pick objects that are still, …

usb camera trigger / usb mouse hack

This is a super easy hack, but I decided to post it because I think that it could benefit a lot of makers out there. Anything that makes documenting your work easier is a good thing in my book So this could be so much more(-or less) depending on how you use it, but I …