Without too much ado, I’ve been seeing how it goes designing in a Bluetooth module with the Arduino Mini. It’s not difficult at all, really. The thing that gives me a belly-ache is how relatively expensive Bluetooth modules are, generally. This one here set me back around $60USD, single units. It doesn’t get much ch…

A proposal for research seeking support.

Second day — after a break yesterday — trying to install World of Warcraft. It’s not fun any more. I mean, I had trouble enough trying to muster the brain waves to say, okay..I’ll give it a shot. But, this installation process is horrendous. After several patch downloads, etc., I finally got to one that said, b…

Anne Balsamo gave a talk today at the Annenberg Center for Communication on the topic of her forthcoming book: TechnoHumanism: The Study of the Cultural Relationship between the Human and Technological

Fan Art in Google Earth (click for the super high-res, high megabyte version)

For his Ph.D. work, Jean-Baptiste Labrune has captured some cool line-ups of a trio of tinkerers microcontrollers for young and old.

Title An API for Durable Affinity: Engineering Interfaces That Matter

Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy by Jonathan Chapman

I picked up a nice electric skillet from Target to do some surface-mount technology work. It was on sale — $19 after the mark down! The suggestion for using an electric skillet for a low-cost, perfectly serviceable SMT reflow rig came from the Spark Fun folks.