One more job is off the to-do list, and more are on it. This is how things go of course. But it does mean that I at least have a lot of work to do. And I am learning things …
I have just got home and I now have more work than I can poke a stick at. I now need to see how I can offload some of it to other people whilst still making a profit. The meeting …
Optical Mice are an interesting beast. They have a small CCD video camera in them, and take many photos of the mousing surface, and do correlation analysis between shots to determine how the mouse has moved. The correlation function determines …
Under the DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME category on MythBusters… They were testing if CD’s would break in high speed drives. So they connected a CD to an angle grinder… Basically it destroyed itself… What do you expect? CD’s …
I watched Mr Headmistress this evening… There was little else on either cable or free to air, and that looked the best. Not sure why I started to watch it, but I think it was the fact that it looked …
Coding is done… and it works. I was surprised a bit how easy it was. More testing is needed but it looks great. I have to prepare a better test plan for it followed by upgrading it to my server. …
I have put a bid on eBay for a ZipIt device. I tried to buy it through amazon.com, but none of the retailers would allow it to be sold outside the USA. Therefore I just searched eBay and found one …
Enough of that. I need a break. I have just been working on a PCB for the last hour, and it is one of those activities that needs really high levels of concentration. And since I am not all that …
Our freinds at Google have released the Google Pack. This is a packaged download of a number of common programs for your PC, such as Norton’s AntiVirus, Google Toolbar, Picasa and more. Looks really interesting, and might speed up installing …
I have a few things to do today… Work wise. Catching up on some projects, and writing some emails. The good thing is that one of my clients paid me a rather substantial deposit on some work so I guess …
I do not normally post this late at night, but I have just got home and I thought I would post here as I wind down from what has been a long day. Where to start? First this morning we …
This russian site has a list of what have been voted the top 10 experiments of all time. I did some of these at highschool and at univesity like the double slit diffraction of light one. Some I would like …
It never ceases to amaze me what some of the SPAM that I get suggests. I had one this morning just come from ‘Ukrainian Folk Instruments Sales’ wanting someone to handle transfers of money for a 5% commission. They class …
According to DefenceLink, a radar device has been released that can see through cement walls. The Radarscope is designed to detect if there is a person hiding behind a wall, and runs on AA batteries. Microsoft’s Channel 9 has a …
I have just got home… Richard and I worked on the plane this afternoon, and got some work done on accessability… That is, one of the problems when working on the plane is that it is hard to get in …