Monthly Archives: January 2014

Let’s make DIY littleBits!  For original circuits, visit littleBits.cc .  I will be adding more steps to this instructable every time I manage to make another DIY littleBit.  So come back often and follow this instructable  to see new designs.  … Continue reading →

RasPi.tv has a useful post of the top ten android app for using with your pi. Here’s 3, for more click here. I regularly use my Nexus 7 or my Android smartphone (was Galaxy S2, now Nexus 5) to help … Continue reading →

The most popular Excel blog posts of 2013 reflect your interest in the new capabilities we’ve added to Excel this year, including exciting updates to Web Excel and the release of Power Map for Excel. Other favorite posts offer valuable … Continue reading →

Build your first Project Siena app in under 10 minutes while learning the basic framework of working with Project Siena. Create Excel tables with images and bring them into Project Siena Visualize your tables using gallery controls Perform simple filters on … Continue reading →

[Matt] lives in South Africa, where homes have smallish crawlspaces (some only 30cm high!) that he can’t quite squeeze himself into. Even if he could, he probably wouldn’t: they’re apparently vacation homes for the local rats. He did, however, want … Continue reading →

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Microsoft has created a new 20 gigapixel photo panorama of Seattle that used the company’s Photosynth and Image Composite Editor software to merge nearly 2,400 separate photos. Read more…      from Neowin http://ift.tt/1mMx86O via IFTTT

Today’s C++ Monday Project is not like our usual fare, but I thought it kind of cool and we don’t highlight C++ utilities often. Also it’s two-for-one day too! So why did I think it cool? All to often when … Continue reading →

Plane Stand Every so often I need to plane down a piece of wood that is too small for my jointer. To handle these small jobs, I devised a stand for my No. 5 Stanley jack plane. The plane rests … Continue reading →

Alan sez, "Spark.io provides instructions for making your own Nest-like ‘smart’ thermostat. Of course it’s entirely open source, with files on github." * The Spark Core served as our connected brain.* We display the temperature on a few Adafruit 8×8 … Continue reading →