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- Kinetic Minutae: Techniques for Energy Harvesting
I’ve always been incredibly interested in the idea of harvesting energy. There are so many small outputs of mechanical and kinetic forces in routine life — from doors closing, stomping of feet, knobs turning, heat from exercise, heat from cooking, etc. The collection of these outputs seems like it would something incredibly lucrative — albeit [...]
- Fix It Yourself: Fans on a Netgear Switch
Recently at work we discovered a noisy fan inside a Netgear GS516T Gigabit switch. Sometimes when fan bearings start to fail they can be silenced with a little percussive maintenance. Despite our best efforts to tap and bang on the switch we were unable to cure its disease.
In an effort to get warranty service I [...]
- Kitsch of the Day: Lazer Harpz
Sometimes things from the internet arrive in front of my eyes that are so ridiculous, so homoerotic, so incredibly kitschy, that I have no option but to stare blankly at my screen in awe. This is one of those times.
Enter “Beamz,” the laser based “music performance system” [note: system NOT instrument]. Sold by [...]
- Linux Infection: Bridging Ubuntu + Windows XP
I recently installed Ubuntu as the main desktop OS on my home pc. There are a few apps that I still use in Windows, so I also installed XP as a guest OS using VirtualBox. In the past I wasn’t impressed when I tried using VirtualBox on top of Windows, but it works really well [...]
- Hold On To Your Mobiles: 700mhz Auction Ends
UPDATE: Verizon did indeed “win” the auction and is now the proud owner of the C block. AT&T got its grubby mitts on a share of it as well. *sigh*
Today is a red-letter day for technology; what with Microsoft finally releasing Vista Service Pack 1, Intel announcing plans to create a “powerful” integrated graphics solution [...]
