Make a Mario Mushroom Power-up from a radish

Make a Mario Mushroom Power-up from a radish

Emergency charging device, with Radio, Solar Panel, Dynamo, and Flashlight

Emergency cellphone / battery charging device, with Radio, Solar Panel, Dynamo, and Flashlight. If you power goes out for a couple of days due to a Hurricane / Ice Storm and have a hard time calling relatives or 911, you may be thanking yourself for having one.

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/09/multi-function.php

Browser for the Better - Microsoft will donate up to $2.30 to starving Americans

Microsoft will donate up to $2.30 to help starving Americans for every browser upgrade to IE 8.0. Glad to see marketing campaigns like this whereupon someone else can benefit.

http://browserforthebetter.com

Tired of dealing with traffic in Charlotte? Get Involved at the MUMPO

Do you have ideas on which roads should be built / expanded next? Let your voice be heard and participate in the Meck / Uniion Municipality Planning Organization (MUMPO) meetings. Check their site for times and locations.

http://www.mumpo.org/

Greater Charlotte Area Photographer

In case you are in need of an excellent and very creative photographer in the Charlotte metro area, check out:

http://www.photographybyheatheranne.com/

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/

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