I got a USB to serial converter box today – it cost $75 + postage… Charging $25+Postage from Artarmon by Express Post. I know it takes people effort to send things, but it cannot be that much. Sometimes I hate dealing with sole suppliers of stuff.
According to the Times Online in the UK, the Government over there is selling off a 240 acre city. They are thinking about 5million pounds. What is interesting is that this city is underground. It has 60 miles of roads, and its own pub. It was built in the 1950’s to hold up to 4000 people in the event of an attack on the UK by the russians. There is a in interesting story about it In the times.
Inchlab contains a LEGO project on how to build a Bar Code Reader… Cute idea…