Well, it’s out and it appears to work. It is said to contain all the bug fixes from the last few months as well as some great new features. Don’t just read it from me, go and get it straight from the horses mouth.
A word of caution though, some of the things that used to [...]
SparkFun Electronics - Higher end toys for hackers and robotics enthusiasts. Great GPS and gyro/compass boards. While you’re there, check out the Port-O-Rotary: Rotary style cell phone. Just pop in your sim card and plant it on your dashboard in the car or pull it out of your briefcase during a meeting. OLD SKOOL at [...]
fritzing.org - Need to make your own Circuit Boards? This (free) software will help.
Created by the University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Still in it’s Alpha stage as of this writing.
iRobot - Clean your home bots. I own the discovery scheduler version of this. It works “OK”. With three dogs in the house and never enough time to vacuum, It does better than I do but it’s not the Jetson’s robot maid Rosie by any means. (this same site also has the most awesome toy [...]
As I mentioned in a earlier post, I recently purchased a Mac Mini.
Why buy a Mac?
There are a couple of iPods in the house and an iPhone. All the computers in the house that will support iTunes have it installed. I have a moderately extensive music collection and have found that iTunes [...]
So, I’ve finally done it. I went out and bought a Mac. I am the proud owner of a brand new Mac Mini as of Mid March 2008. I’ve had Apple computers before but not in some time. It’s refreshing to see that some things have changed with Apple. [...]
Processing 1.0 - Open Source programing language and development environment designed for advanced computing concepts (robotics, simulations, data visualization) targeted at artists, researchers and hobbyists.
Very cool stuff.