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June 29, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-29

by @ 8:00 am. Filed under micsaund.com
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May 23, 2009

Slow(er) posting for a while – I’m going to Disney World

by @ 6:11 pm. Filed under Disney World, Florida, Fun Stuff, Travel

Going to Disney World tomorrow

Going to Disney World tomorrow


Time for a couple weeks of real living, away from the waste of life known as work...
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May 4, 2009

FPGA board emulates classic platforms

by @ 3:28 pm. Filed under Electronics, Retro Computing

FPGA Replay board uses an FPGA to play classic arcade games

FPGA Replay board uses an FPGA to play classic arcade games


This cool projects aims to take the various FPGA-based arcade platforms and run them on a common piece of hardware, thus letting you play many games and platforms without having tons of equipment sitting around.
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April 8, 2009

The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Honda CRV

by @ 6:16 pm. Filed under Stupid Stuff, Weird Stuff

Don the Magic Juan knows his bling and it ain't this CRV!

Don the Magic Juan knows his bling and it ain't this CRV!


Apparently, some people like their cars to have a split personality, as this late-model Honda CRV shows.
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March 30, 2009

Entertainment shopping? Swoopo is a great cash generator

by @ 12:56 pm. Filed under Commentary, Money

Swoopo TV auction screenshot

Swoopo TV auction screenshot


I found a new site last night that lured me in with low prices on nice items. However, after watching the site overnight, I can see that I will never bother bidding on any of these auctions, but there's a great profit-generating machine behind these auctions you'll be amazed to see.
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March 26, 2009

Digital Apollo – the story of the first computers in space

by @ 8:38 am. Filed under Commentary, Electronics, Retro Computing

Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions

Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions


Have you ever thought about how amazing it was when the Apollo space missions actually took someone to the moon considering that they didn't have the fancy technology we have today? This book recounts the design and use of the on-board Apollo digital computers.
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March 10, 2009

Pinball: How It’s Made

by @ 7:10 pm. Filed under Pinball

Stern's Lord of the Rings pinball backglass

Stern's Lord of the Rings pinball backglass


Ever wondered how a complex modern pinball machine is manufactured? How It's Made will show you.
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February 26, 2009

$Lazy++; The world’s shortest escalator

by @ 8:38 pm. Filed under Fun Stuff

Lazy

Lazy


Here's a quickie post for ya. The worlds shortest escalator for the world's laziest people. It travels a total of 834 mm (just under 33 inches) vertically. What were they thinking when they paid for this?
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February 19, 2009

Add web access to your electronic projects and hacks

by @ 7:32 pm. Filed under Electronics

Add a web interface to your electronics projects easily and inexpensively

Add a web interface to your electronics projects easily and inexpensively


Easily and cheaply add a web-page interface to your next hacked gadget or microcontroller project with these simple, pre-built modules.
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January 23, 2009

Seagate tech support is cut and paste garbage

by @ 9:12 pm. Filed under Commentary, Hardware

Seagate support didn't even read my e-mail
Contrary to the wonderful support I received from Logitech some time ago, the brand new Seagate 1TB FreeAgent drive I just bought exemplifies the worst in support.
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