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Kindle vs. iPad Displays: Up close and personal
Programming, creative coding, tutorials by Keith Peters
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Hardware & Electronics
The most popular blog posts about hardware & electronics on Hacker News. 42 posts.
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18' Canoe from One Sheet of Plywood
The prospect of building a one sheet kayak, as presented in the original Prism section , has aroused some interest. The original "maximum volume" kayak Prism would not be suitable for a kayaking beginner, however, unless he or she was equipped with excellent balancing abilitites. This design is an attempt to overcome…
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The software fixed the hardware
software solutions to hardware problems, and outbreaks of the future. © 2007 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
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Here's why you should not buy a Drobo
Jan Rychter: Tech Consulting, Product Development, Data Science.
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The advantages of programming on a small netbook
Most software developers prefer to work on "fast" computers, and I am normally one of them. Many of my tools work best with lots of memory, ...
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Using the Google Cr-48 for Coding
The other day I saw the announcement for the new Chrome OS test laptop and decided to sign up on the off-chance that I might be able to snag one. In the request form I made it very clear that I would be attempting to use this laptop for development (easily my primary activity). Surprisingly the laptop arrived this…
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Matt Cutts: $1,000 to the 2 best implementations of the recently-hacked Kinect
I’m starting a contest for people that do cool things with a Kinect. See the details below. Before I joined Google, I was a grad student interested in topics like computer vision, motion self…
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Review: $99 TonidoPlug Linux Home Server, NAS
Have you ever wanted to get more out of your home network, like adding a NAS, without ponying up for expensive hard drives with Ethernet built-in, Time Capsules, Drobos or the like? While some newer routers come with a USB port allowing users to add a hard drive or printer on the network, they are c
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Nexus One display and subpixel pattern
Progression news for Business
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A pink $16 pocket spectrum analyzer
ShmooCon was, once again, a fantastic experience this year. One of many highlights of this year's event for me was hacking on some radio d...
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Why Developers don't rush to create apps on new hardware/platforms.
A common fallacy is assuming that any new platform in an exciting market — recently, smartphones and tablet computers — will be flooded with developers as soon as it’s released, as if developers are just waiting outside the gates, hungrily waiting to storm in.
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Using Python to Encode Cassette Recordings for my Superboard II
See Part 3 to see real-time audio encoding/decoding used in conjunction with telnet.
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A Homebrew 8-Bit Computer
Sadly, I was born a couple years too late to grow up with an 8-bit home computer. (though I did use Apple IIs in elementary school.) In an attempt to compensate, and relive a childhood I never had, I've decided to design and build my own 8-bit home computer.