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This little sliding tool may soon have a spot on my wallet right next to my CAT5 wiring guide card. I can do lots of electronics stuff, but figuring resistance for LEDs always makes my brain work too much.

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/ledcalc

I just ordered a couple 28X2 chips for my porch gardening project, and the changes they listed in the info was sort of confusing.

I'm just wondering if any of you guys out there have tried them yet, and have any comments/gripes/tips/tricks about the newer chips.

I really wanted to try out the 28X2 module they made to compete with the Basic stamp, but I'm poor.

-Z

Not really robot related, but sometimes I get so frustrated with work I need to blow off some steam. Enter Backyard Ballistics, a great book that teaches you how to make spudguns, mini-catapults, and smallest of all, matchstick rockets.

This, and a few more books are written by William Gurstell, the man who had a website called backyard-ballistics.com, that sparked my brain into more research into amateury-ness.

I can't handle the stupid alone, so I decided to share.

I've been working at my new job for two weeks and all is going great, until I start making some power cables that have a gasket I just can't get around the diameter of the cable. I don't have strong manly arms, just puny girly arms. I was trying to think of what would work best. All I had around was dishsoap; wasn't able to use that because it's slightly conductive.

I decided it would be best (and cheap) to just get some mineral oil. Non-conductive and a great lubricant!

SO....

So a lot of people want to use the lmr watermark on their videos, but how do we do it?

Please comment what programs you use to edit your videos, and I will use my connections toget information on each one. Maybe we can get a little FAQ going on this guys!

UPDATE! (3/6/09)

I know it's been a while, but I was browsing on Deviantart, and found a picture I absolutely loved. I emailed the person that sketched it and asked if I could use it. She was overjoyed someone wanted to, and now I have the start of my "mascot"!

Her name is Gypsy, and she's a Transformed Lamborgini. So sexy....

Now to find someone with Photochopping skills to add some color/style, and maybe finish the "feet"...

 

Do you secretly have long hair and like to wail on keyboards???

I wish I found this when you posted the previous "pulse"