For the last couple of months I've been having a problem with Skype freezing up for 1-3 seconds every time I'd click to another application and come back. After 2 months or so of hatred for Skype, I finally found a fix that appears to be working.Open Internet Explorer -> internet options -> security -> …
New Fit Tracking App
I logged in to my FitDay app today to find that they wanted $10.99 a year for me to update my weight daily. I've been with them for almost 12 years - and said good bye. There are plenty of other (some better) apps out there - I was using FitDay as I had been …
Progress – and moving forward
I've had these blades for like 4 weeks maybe (sometime the week of the 24th of Mar). I built a slideboard like the next week. I've used the slideboard a few times (mostly b/c of weather). I've managed to get in a skate about 2x a week (mostly due to location). I'm trying to find …
AVR programming on a Mac
I have done a lot of my work locally on WinXP running in Parallels. I bought the book Make:AVR Programming which I cannot recommend more for anyone wanting to do AVR programming. With that, I installed http://www.obdev.at/products/crosspack/index.html - and then his examples use make files to build and flash to the AVR. I would like to see …
Cylon Eye – KITT — bitshifting with a shift register on an arduino
KITT and the Cylon Eye are very popular among those tutorials on Shift Registers.This tutorial should cover an Arduino vs AVR - This is going to suck for a tutorial. I wanted to go over some of the changes that I made to some code based off of the AVR.Let's start with the AVR - …
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Wii Nunchuck update
In February of 2013 I was attempting to wire a Wii Nunchuck to my Arduino (which I did). The problem was that I thought it wasn't good enough. I liked that I could run the throttle on a train with this Arduino and code (here's the original post: http://holoprinter.blogspot.com/search/label/Wii%20Remote). What I didn't like was that it …
Laser tripwire
My son keeps asking me if we can build a laser tripwire. The idea is that a laser hits the photoresistor and if anyone breaks the laser beam then an alarm will sound. Sounds great and annoying.The circuit is very simple. A photoresistor, a 10K resistor and a laser pointer.I used this link to provide …
IR Emitter and Detector
About 2 years ago I worked for a company that made hardware and went on a RadioShack buying spree. I bought an IR Emitter and Detector, but didn't know anything about hooking them up. Over the couple of weeks I've gotten back into wanting to do some cool stuff with electronics including sending some sort …
Blading
I've had the skates for about 2 or 3 weeks now. I've bladed probably 5 times, maybe 6. That seems like a low number to me. I've exercised on the slideboard at least 4x weekly since finishing it.I've found one park for skating that has relatively flat surfaces and in the .46 mi trail everyone …
