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Stern modernises SAM to SPIKE

Stern modernises SAM to SPIKE

Moving pinball to a distibuted computing model

08 Jan 2015
A modular christmas lights idea that is begging to be made

A modular christmas lights idea that is begging to be made

During a Christmas long past, I had the most unpleasant job of untangling a 300 string set of these Christmas Lights. Being the smart geek, I had wound them around...

07 Jan 2015
Record screen demos on fedora using the commmand line (ffmpeg)

Record screen demos on fedora using the commmand line (ffmpeg)

Background

11 Jan 2014
Make a standing desk using a shelving rail system

Make a standing desk using a shelving rail system

Summary

23 Apr 2013
Using open source to reinvigorate Pinball 2000

Using open source to reinvigorate Pinball 2000

I remember when I was restoring pinball machines that I learned a very important lesson about computer repair. I accidentally caused mainboard damage to a Pinball 2000 (Pin2K) game: Star Wars:...

04 Oct 2011
Ways to reduce paper reliance through technology

Ways to reduce paper reliance through technology

I read a blog post about identifying bad processes which suggested that:

04 Dec 2010