Electronics geek, phone phreak, whiteboard enthusiast, broadcasting nerd, amateur photographer, general troublemaker
Kindle 3 test
I’m writing this post on my brand new Kindle 3G. I’m trying to see how usable it is for writimg on the go. I think so far it’s better than say my mobile (currently a Nokia 6320) however its obvious that the otherwise brilliant eInk display is not the best for editing. There are huge [...]
As if by magic: Canterbury Hackspace
I could take credit for inspiring this, but instead I’ll say what an amazing coincidence. Andee tweeted at me today, saying whether I’d be interested in helping start a Canterbury based Hackspace. And my reply was: “hells yeah”. (and as it turns out he hadn’t read my last blog post… spooky) So we went for [...]
PIC10F Assembly "Hello World"
So for a project, I’m using a PIC10F due to their very small size (in a SOT23-6, wow) and low cost. They don’t have interrupt support, but they do have a timer, watchdog timer and a comparator. You can do some fairly funky things with them. However, I’m opting to use assembly for this project [...]
Things I currently dislike
I’ve been in the lab since I finished work 4 hours ago. I’ve still not managed to get my embedded system board routed. I’m annoyed with: 40 pin TQFP packages IDC connectors OrCAD’s autorouter Having to mix surface mount and through-hole components because I can’t be sure what package certain things are labeled as in [...]
Cleaning LCD Screens
So, you’ve got a nice shiny laptop which you use every day. After a few months, the screen gets somewhat grubby and has marks on it. Ew. So you have to go to the computa shop and get some of those LCD screen wipes, right? WRONG. What’s really in those wipes? They’re just lint free [...]