February 2011
5 posts
Worklog: From paper to final prototype →
zenona:
For the past weeks I’ve been mostly working on the final container for the device. It’s been three weeks of work moving from the breadboard sketch to a handmade PCB. Unfortunately, I’ve had to take a week and a half off and I haven’t been able to work 100% on the project during the past week, but…
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@Groupon's Offensive Superbowl Ad, or Intentional...
There has been a lot of controversy over the angle Groupon decided to take in their Superbowl ads. Twitter, Facebook, and blogs were alight with fury voicing the dissatisfaction of Superbowl viewers and the insensitivity that Groupon has expressed.
I can understand that they could have chosen something a bit more “Middle of the road” to satisfy viewers. And had I been home in...
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Clearwire Speed Test... huge difference
So I was trying to watch netflix on my TV and it kept stopping the show that I was watching. I tried to switch shows to see if it wasn’t just a matter of trying to play HD content, but there was no difference.
So I decided to run a little speed test to see what it looked like.
Wow, pretty sad when you are sold on their 6-7 Mb/s network. So I tried doing a router reset…....
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WatchThis video is in response to a blog post I saw on a car blog run by a friend of mine. http://ht.ly/3Ogko Asking what people do when their cars make unusual noises.
When my wife saw this video she was horrified because she would have reacted in the same way. I have personally gotten in the habit of not leaving my car running if I am checking on something, especially if I am not at home. So my...
