A page to show up when I'm google stalked
Its pretty well established that “email AT domain DOT com” offers only marginal protection from spammers getting your email address, but sometimes, it makes it even easier. Look at this google query for “at gmail dot com” restricted to LinkedIn.com From a search like this I can harvest thousands of reliable emails off linkedin.com, or […]
I’ve gotten enough requests for the code I figured I should just release it into the wild. Use this only as an example of how to do some fancy things with phidgets, don’t use it as an example of how to actually write good code! You can checkout the nasty threads and the door protocol […]
Opening up the door to your dorm room? There’s an app for that. Here’s the story of iDoor, the iPhone controlled hydraulic dorm room door. Enjoy. Credits to Greg Schroll for most of the hardware. Life at MIT can be tough. With all the problem sets, and projects taking up time, when I come back […]
Update: How did this become my #2 google hit?? For you googlers I see, why don’t you go somewhere else. 5. As your final hour approaches, you bequeath your belongings to charity and those around you. 4. You spend your last days surrounded by friends and family. 3. You’ve been in pain for so long […]
Is the %0.3 smaller size really worth it?
Is a new year! The end of the Zuneapocalypse, and the year Quebec will now be one second ahead of the rest of Canada. For 2009, I’m going to fill this up with more interesting content then this.
Found this laying around somewhere…sorry for the isight camera picture… apparently its wireless, and pretty darn simple at that. Such a small board, and a 9v battery. I think I’ll turn the button into a button to operate my own door, and then use the board to make myself my own wireless automatic door opener.
So, I got a new phone recently. Not wanting to awkwardly type numbers in, or worse yet, ask people, I wrote a little script to convert what I copied from the facebook mobile phonebook to a nice CSV file. I then used BitPim and bluetooth magic to transfer the numbers directly to my phone! Viola, […]