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September 3, 2006

Free software lets you build your own pinball machine simulations

by @ 8:31 pm. Filed under Computer Games, Pinball

Future Pinball virtual pinball machine
Ever wanted to bring that imaginary pinball machine in your head to life? Well, maybe not for real, but virtually?
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August 24, 2006

Develop your own 2D games, retro or otherwise

by @ 5:38 pm. Filed under Computer Games

TGB editor screenshot
Tired of the boring rut of 3D computer games are stuck in? Got ideas of your own?
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July 15, 2006

Maybe, just maybe, customer service isn’t dead

by @ 6:04 pm. Filed under Commentary, Hardware

Logitech G15 keyboard
A recent experience with a customer service call left me (gasp) satisfied and happy!
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May 27, 2006

Cool FPGA board lets a Gameboy Advance control robots and more!

by @ 4:49 pm. Filed under Electronics, Hardware

The Xport installed on a GBA in a robot
With the upcoming release of the Nintendo DS Lite, my GBA SP will be heading to the "infrequently used" pile. This might give it new life.
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April 4, 2006

Retro style nixie-tube clock powered by a 6502 microprocessor

by @ 7:49 pm. Filed under Electronics, Retro Computing

Nixie tubes
Combining the orange glow of nixie tubes with an old-style microprocessor leads to this neat clock.
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March 28, 2006

$20 Commodore 64 toy that can be modified for so much more

by @ 4:16 pm. Filed under Electronics, Retro Computing

Commodore 64
Radio Shack sells a $20 joystick toy that plays video games on your TV and it contains a full C-64 on-a-chip which you can hack.
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February 28, 2006

New Apple products announced

by @ 1:14 pm. Filed under Apple

New Apple logo
Sadly, there is no Mac Mini with built-in DVR funtionality, but the new Mini based on the Intel chips is now available. Also announced were some no-so-interesting iPod accessories.
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February 24, 2006

Free app lets you bind keys to start and focus programs

by @ 8:50 pm. Filed under Software, Windows

qliner keyboard graphic
Windows only, sorry. It seems that very few people even know about the Windows-E combination to start an Explorer instance. Well, this open-source freeware lets you assign any program to any Windows-key combination press.
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February 19, 2006

Homebrew microcontroller based hard drive LED bar graph

by @ 6:51 pm. Filed under Electronics, Hardware

Faceplate
This is a PIC microcontroller project I did some time ago which turns my computer's hard drive LED into a more interesting 10 LED bargraph display.
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February 17, 2006

Photo documentary of a Tivo Series 1 drive upgrade

by @ 7:24 pm. Filed under Hardware, Technology

Tivo logo
These photos document the hard drive upgrade I did to my factory-dual-drive Series 1 Tivo.
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