The Linux Chronicles – Blue Smoke and ….

….agony. So there I am on Monday night, reading Craig’s List and minding my own business when I hear a little pop from my laptop, my venerable 7 year old Dell Inspiron. Simultaneously, the screen goes blank and a wisp of magic blue smoke le… [...]

XXI century sundial – Now for Arduino also !

Update (21/03/09) : now this thing runs on Arduino also, read at bottom. This is a simple project of a sundial wherein the pinion is replaced by a line LASER I took from a LASER level. The LASER is mounted on a RC servo which in turn is driven by a mi… [...]

HP Joins Solaris Community (Live Free or Die)

In 1809, a hero in America’s Revolutionary War, General John Stark, was forced to decline an invitation to a military reunion due to ill health. He sent a toast to be read in his absence that began, “Live Free or Die.” That phrase is now the offi… [...]

The FatMan and Circuit girl – WIKI: The Fat Man and Circuit Girl: Revisions 2009-02-23 01:14:06

Our Show and Projects Forums FAQ/Contact Us Live Show SUNDAY 3/1/09, 7PM Pacific, 10 Eastern Store Theme Song (full length) Webcast 9 from 1/31/09 (Here’s the buildup announcement we gave it): The Fat Man and Circuit Gir… [...]

The Linux Chronicles – Virtual Machines

Imagine being able to run Linux programs and Windows at the same time on the same machine. No, I’m not talking about Wine, the Windows emulator. I’m talking about running genuine Windows XP as an application under Ubuntu. Well, Imagine no m… [...]