I’ve taken a few little steps forward towards my plans of building some cool stuff I’ve yet to announce. Yesterday I focused on testing out a tutorial I found on the Arduino website regarding driving multiple LEDs via chained shift registers. This setup is pretty cool as it only takes 3 pins off of the arduino …

Here’s a video I decided to toss up on YouTube just showing some of the results of some of the goofing around I’ve been doing with my Arduino board (it’s actually a Freeduino). I had a lot of trouble getting the board to work at first, but once I ran it through an ultrasonic cleaner it seemed to smooth out a lot. …

So I found this article on HackADay.com that discusses how to build a small computer on a PCB about the size of a business card. So I went ahead and managed to order a PCB for it and all the parts. It took me awhile to scrounge the stuff together, but eventually it all arrived. Then I spent a very careful 10 hours …

Here’s a little video I did up of what’s got to be as good as it’s gonna get over VNC. The Video speaks for itself. Have fun.

Here’s a little video I did of the “first” boot of the Refurbished Mac Pro I picked up.

Here’s a video I made of opening the refurbished mac pro I picked up. Saved me some good coin going the refurb route - though I figured people may be interested in seeing how a refurb pro comes packed.

This is something I’m working on for school.. Pretty gruesome project, though at times it’s fun..

So I was entering the mall with some friends when I came across this car. Who knows what the deal with it was, but that paint looked like it was meant to stay on.. How bizarre!

At Alistair’s B-Day, kids playing with a neat ball