An iPad security observation
The moment I had my iPad out and began setting up an email account, I realized that the iPad presents a challenge that the iPhone and iPod touch largely avoided. It is much easier to see someone typing in their password on the iPad than the smaller devices – not only is the keyboard larger, [...]
In: Annoyances, Criticism, Observations · Tagged with: DINO
Meta-Nixie Clock
I recently caught Matt Mets’ post on hacking a digital photo frame into a clock by generating a static image for each minute of the day, and then automating the action of advancing the image once per minute. This allows for any number of interesting clocks to be made with suggestions ranging from a written-word [...]
In: projects · Tagged with: DINO
lolshield hacking
My friend Jimmie Rodgers, maker extraordinaire has come up with a great new shield for the Arduino which he is calling the LoLshield for “lots of leds”. It’s a charliplexed array of 126 LEDs in a 9×14 grid that pops right onto an arduino. Neat!
A problem with charliplexing is brightness. Since you have to turn each [...]
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Searching for Space (for your hackerspace)
A long list of things to think about when looking for a physical location for your hackerspace or maker community.
In: Observations, projects · Tagged with: DINO, diy, hackerspace
Do you really need a space?
Recently, Emily Daniels, David Nunez and I decided that it was Time To Do Something. We were all struggling with some personal creative projects, and felt that we needed a community of people around us who were making interesting things. With the right kind of people gathered, a lot of magic can happen. We were [...]
In: Praise, projects · Tagged with: community, DINO, diy, hackerspace