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I’ve written a review on Street Tech of the Ultra 3.5″ hard drive enclosure that TigerDirect is selling for under $20. I knew rolling your own external HD was easy, but it’s mindlessly simple, and you can save some money. For instance, TigerDirect sells an 80GB Ultra drive (a WD HD in an Ultra case) […]
The latest piece on uC Hobby explains how-to use low-amperage microcontroller signals to control high-current devices. Among other things, it explains how to use transistors to get from the logic of a MCU to the power needs of a motor. uC Meets BJT – [via] Link
Here’s a quickie how-to on using and sharing “lists” of podcast subscriptions with iTunes – if you like science and news programs you might like this – Link.
Jason has a great how-to on using a Wii remote to control Mac OS X (Keynote) – A couple people wrote in today in response to my post about WiiRemote, the Windows Wiimote input device driver. More specifically, I’ve been reminded that I completely left the similarly capable DarwiinRemote for OS X out of the […]
Jason writes – I wish I had a Windows box handy at the moment, as I’d like play around with this. Using WiinRemote, you can have the Wii Remote control your PCs mouse. Tilting causes the mouse to move up, down, left, and right. In addition to a mouse click, the remote’s buttons can also […]
This is a neat way to list useful and interesting web sites, with a periodic table – (We’re MK!) Thanks Zach – Link.
Jason writes – Relive the glory (gory?) days of early computing with these two great sites for vintage computer kits. Briel Computers has kits for the Apple I (Replica I) and the Kim-1 (Micro Kim). And, Spare Time Gizmos has a has a kit for the Cosmac ELF (ELF 2k). These kits are great ways […]
