tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37003607581122856672011-11-22T00:57:42.312-08:00A collection of rants, ideas, and opinions on anything and everything that comes to mind.Andreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003913579423913594noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3700360758112285667.post-48785299401270277012010-05-20T08:42:00.000-07:002010-05-20T08:42:12.905-07:00

What a great way to express freedom through technology, and helping people as a side product! :)

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A great tool for Arduino developers. This sheet has just about everything you need when working with your Arduino board. Find more info about the sheet at http://sites.google.com/site/mechatronicsguy/arduinocheatsheet

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This is a basic of exploration of how I can now monitor my home's electricity consumption cost in real-time. There are many solutions to this problem. Some are more complicated than others. I needed to create a solution that did not involve any manipulation of my electric panel simply because I know very little about electrical work and did not want to mess around with high power. Ultimately I

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Just finished building a medium scale solar cell array panel to power some small electronics outdoors. Here're some pictures of the construction and the end result:This is a closeup of a solar panel. These are polycarbonate panels that generate about 1.75 watts of power. I got them from this eBay seller http://myworld.ebay.com/rebeccayi0904A closeup of a 6 panels connected in serial. The

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He pasado las últimas semanas diseñando un aparato que pueda dispensar comida a mis gatos en una forma sistemática y predecible. El resultado es esta máquina.El cilindro descansa en dos barras metálicas para darle fuerte soporte y también una forma de girar sin restricción. La rotación viene de un motor servo cuyo cual es controlado directamente por el Arduino.El cilindro tiene una apertura en su

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I have spent the last several weeks building a device to automatically dispense dry food to our two adorable cats. The cats need to be ona diet due to weight issues. So a certain amount of food must be given to them throughout the day.i learned about the Arduino board soon before starting this project. So this little hobby has given me the perfect opportunity to learn more about this amazing

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I think i just found the best tool to help me document and diagram my Cat feeder Arduino project. It is a diagraming tool dedicated to the Arduino environment. It is called Fritzing (http://fritzing.org/) and runs on the same environment as the Arduino and Processiong Java environment. I must admit, though, that this IDE is way nicer and easier to use. Can't wait to start document my project with

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One of the most anoying issues i encountered as i started working with the Arduino board was what kind of power adapter should i use? Thankfully, the good folks of Arduino.cc have provided an excellent description and provided a great page for it. Go to http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/WhatAdapter and make an intelligent decision now that you have all the necessary information.Good luck!

Andreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003913579423913594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3700360758112285667.post-34066245312314816072008-11-02T05:30:00.000-08:002009-05-13T14:37:17.622-07:00

this is a video about south Florida Fight Club. This is the Jiu Jitsu gym i attend on a regular basis. I wish i could come more often. They are a great group of people, very friendly and always ready to help and teach!Their web site is http://www.sffc.tv/ Check them out!Almost forgot... whatch out for the guy wearing the green shorts.. that's yours truly! :)

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I was looking at this image (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080723.html) this morning and started thinking about its quote. It said that a long time ago water could have fallen off from these cliffs and could actually have been the force that formed these impressive precipices.Then I realized that the whole “travel in time” idea is impossible. This is why:People who claim that time travel

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an interesting educational video about qunatum physics.when one tries to observe a qunatum event, the event itself changes. just looking at it makes it change… what an amazing thing. how is that possible? how does a qunatum object know that it is being observed? why?makes you think if perhaps this also happens in regular physics, but just not to the same level as in quantum physics. what if this

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This man was beyond his time… i remember watching his tv series “Cosmos: A personal voyage” in the early 80s. it was fantastically entertaining. Biology, physics, astronomy, geography, mathetmatics, history, philosophy… all branches of knowledge combined to make life more meaningful and understandable. Yet, it let us know that there is so much we don’t know and are far away from understanding.i

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found a pretty interesting article about how gas prices are set…http://auto.howstuffworks.com/gas-price.htmNot a whole lot to comment. just thought i should share it here… enjoy!

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one could argue that most of this universe and the forces within it are designed to KILL US… so then maybe the plan is to make us stronger! You know, that which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?!?we live in an extremely fine balance between chaos and control (no pun to Get Smart… can’t wait till it comes out :) ) god, gods, higher entities may exist… but certainly are not making it easy for us

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