Saturday, August 29, 2009

Work around the Pandora 40 hour limit

Essentially on Ubuntu:

rm ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/xxxxxx/pandora.com/*
*where xxxxx = some random foldername

Idea from:
http://dualcoremusic.com/nerdcore/634/pandora/

Monday, August 24, 2009

How Infrared Motion Detectors Work

Use a lot of these in home automation and its nice to read up on just how they work.

http://www.glolab.com/pirparts/infrared.html

Highly Dexterous Robotic Hand



http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/03/high-speed-robot-hand-demonstrates-dexterity-and-skillful-manipulation

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Apple rejects Google Voice app from App Store

Mysteriously Apple has rejected the Google Voice apps from their App Store.  Apple's newfound control over content and platform reminds me of a certain add campaign started by Apple in 1984.

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Credit Crisis Explained for the masses

A really good five minute video explaining the credit cresis with easy to follow visuals.

http://vimeo.com/3261363

Credit Crisis Explained

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Smartphone wallpapers

A website devoted to wallpapers for smartphones.  The link is branded as a Palm Pre site, however, any phone supporting portrait 320x480 resolution can share.

http://idesignpre.com/