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October 30th, 2009 - No Responses

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    Time-lapse courtesy of Arduino

    [Ross] put together a small package for use with time-lapse photography. The Nikon camera he’s using can snap a picture when it receives an IR command. [Ross'] solution connects an IR LED to an Arduino to generate this signal. The delay between frames is set with a potentiometer that is read in through the ADC. [...]
    Processor built with Transistor-Transistor Logic

    [Donn] wanted know exactly what is going on inside of a processor so naturally he built a CPU out of TTL components. He had previously built a couple of versions of a computer based on the Z80 processor. Using the troubleshooting skills he learned and a second-hand textbook, he set to work using 74LS series [...]

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October 29th, 2009 - No Responses

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    Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

    Today is the official release of the latest version of Ubuntu, the most popular Linux-based operating system. Someone mentioned that there had been a new release of the Windows OS recently and if you’re thinking of going with that one, we feel you should a least give Ubuntu a try. Now in its 11th official [...]
    Linux iPhone sync draws near

    [Emuboy] lets us know about some software advances that will make iPhone and iPod Touch syncing possible under Linux. Apple made big changes to how the iPhone syncs compared to legacy iPods. Locking out all communications other than through iTunes was surely part of their motivation. This has left Linux users out in the cold [...]

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Geek Montage Contest Update!

October 29th, 2009 - No Responses
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The requirement for the contest that I mentioned earlier is now only 10 posts. That’s very, very easy to do.

Check out this post Here for details.

Daily Digest

October 28th, 2009 - No Responses

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    Upgraded Atari 1024STf

    [Gerritt] wanted to give his crippled Atari 1024 STf a new purpose in life. He cracked it open and set to work filling it with some modern components. The keyboard from the nearly 25-year-old dinosaur doesn’t have all the keys we’re used to, nor did they all work, so he replaced the original with a [...]
    Xerox ink will print circuits

    Xerox has announced a breakthrough in printable circuits. They’ve developed a conductive ink called “silver bullet” that can be printed on many different types of substrate to create circuits. The key part of the new ink is its lower melting point. Plastic film substrate melts at 150 degrees Celsius but the ink is liquid [...]

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GeekMontage.com Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 License Contest!

October 28th, 2009 - No Responses
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That’s right! You can earn a 1-year for one of the best malware protection suites out there! Here’s more info–

We will be holding a contest for Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 1-Year licenses!

The contest, if you choose to participate, requires users on the Geek Montage Forum to reach 30 *good* posts. We have 8 keys at the moment to give out so this means that you must be one of the first 8 people to reach 30 posts. This should be pretty easy considering that not many people are posting there yet :) More information can be read Here On the Forum.

Please note that this giveaway was sponsored by A Blog for Geeks. It’s a cool website. Check it out!

How Fairs My Netbook? How About the Ram Upgrade?

October 28th, 2009 - No Responses
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It fairs well! I meant to post the link to this, but I wrote a review on my ASUS EeePC 1005HA-PU1X-BK with my thoughts on it. I am overall satisfied. So..how about that RAM upgrade though? There has been virtually no difference in performance. I say “virtually” because my scores will have raised by a point or two on benchmarking software, which isn’t really too obvious at all. This is to be expected though, as there was never a big need to upgrade initially. It is comforting though that the extra ram is there.

I haven’t been playing with my tablet lately. Yes, I know…I’ve been slacking! I haven’t even explored all of the features that it has yet. In my defense though…at least I wrote a couple of scripts for some upcoming animations I’m planning to do. We’ll see how things go!

Daily Digest

October 27th, 2009 - No Responses

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    CNC used to make 3D video using one camera

    [Gabriel] is making 3D movies using only one camera. This should be impossible because true 3D needs to be stereoscopic, with images from different perspectives for each eye. He’s worked this out by mounting the camera on a CNC gantry and programming it to make two passes along slightly different paths. He’s plotting the camera [...]
    Football Hero

    For Kasabian’s new single Underdog, they decided to do something original. After dreaming up a Guitar Hero style controller powered by soccer football players, they set out to make it happen. Using 5 wall mounted pressure sensors connected to a microcontroller, they hooked up the rig to a computer running Frets on Fire (an open [...]

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October 26th, 2009 - No Responses

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Future Flash Videos

October 25th, 2009 - No Responses
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I wrote two short scripts for two different flash videos I plan on making. One is Twilight based and the other is Resident Evil based. They’ll be comical in nature and not sure how the animation will look. I’m not a very good artist so…we’ll see! I’ll practice using pen and paper, then try with my tablet. Also, there will now be a daily digest post by Bot from now on. It’s to keep things more interesting here.

My Tablet Arrived!

October 19th, 2009 - No Responses
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A couple of days ago I ordered a Wacom Bamboo Black Tablet. It has now arrived!

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I haven’t even opened it yet, but I’m excited. The reason I purchased it was so that creating animations and drawings on the computer would be easier for me. I can’t draw very well with a mouse so…yeah. I’ll write a review on this sucker after it’s been properly field tested.