iSimply FLyByNight

On a cold, dark, winters midday, I decided I had enough of the indoors, and wanted to get out. I was upset, I needed my blood to flow, but the darkness had taken over, I would no longer daywalk. I had to go back to my roots of irishness and red headed vampire living. But how? I remember Jayson had an LED frisbee that sort of worked, but seemed a bit like an overgrown plastic plate with light. And I told myself I could better it. So I took my Ultimate 175g frisbee and added 2 LED's. Took it up to the local football field where we play every day, until it got dark, and took it for a spin. Down here is the footage, And during the the launch, we were approached to make one for a Christmass present.And now,the second frisbee is done and waiting for the young chap to beat the darkness. The footage actually shows the LEDs a little too well, in the darkness, it really appears to be a bright ring of lovelyness.

 I will have to load the images as I get them.

Web App for Kindle - Send to Kindle

I have been using Google Chrome for a while now, and being in a new country, and not speaking the language, the the web pages for everything you need in the new country are all in this new un readable language, Google Chrome comes to the rescue, and translates 90% of everything automatically. But this is not what this post is about.

http://www.klip.me/sendtokindle/

Klip.Me's Send to Mobile Application

This post is about a Google Chrome app. It is called Send to Kindle. And while I am researching my PIC data sheets, and trying out different electronic problems, that I read and re read, and want to read more, but I know I have little time before the bus comes, I click the "K"  button on the top right of the browser, and it automatically sends to my kindle.

I turn my kindle on and the wireless on for a few moments while I brush my teeth, get my shoes on, and then turn it off, put it on my bag, and in the buss, I have the web page to read.

Sometimes, the page format is a little obscured. And my formulas can be a little difficult to read, sometimes it all works out perfectly. And I am stoked to see it.

A pretty useful tool for the kindle. And best of all, Wireless means its free. I think the 3g versions will pay if using 3g.

http://www.klip.me has versions for Android, and Google Reader.

Bread Boards and Kitchen Appliances

I went shopping, and brought home a bread board for our new place. Laura wasn't too pleased, So I added a few things here and there, and 'suuped' it up for her. Its now a real time saver

Kindle Cover

The Kindle has served me well so far. I think ebooks are wonderful things, and to christen my kindle, I read the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy first up.

Here I show with pics how easy it is to look after it.

I also thought Id add to my collection of hobby kits a knife set, and more wood glue. So bought that too. I drew a mark around the kindle with pencil, and cut. At the end, when I felt I had enough and the kindle fit snugly, I used the wood glue to re enforce the page frames.

Its not a cover I use to read the kindle with. Its just there to protect it. I really like the size and weight of the kindle in my hand. I didn't want any other excess, but I did want to protect the screen where ever I take it, and I did not want it stolen, being African, its normally the 1st thing on my mind.

Spending 20 to 30 dollars on a cover seemed ludicrous to me, So I went down to the local book store, bought the cheapest note pad, and took an hour out my life to cut pages.

PICkit 2

http://sync-signal.com/2010/01/getting-started-with-pickit2-on-ubuntu-9-10/

ubuntu 11.04

Having trouble with my b43 wireless after installing ubuntu 11.04. I found this page and got my wireless up and running in no time

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1604868&page=19

from another forum, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1604868,
I did this,

Code:

 sudo apt-get --purge remove bcmwl-kernel-source  sudo apt-get install patch    sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

that didnt work then i tried this

Code:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get --reinstall install bcmwl-kernel-source

that still didnt work but when I entered the code below

Code:

sudo modprobe b43

The button worked, the wireless worked, and everything was awesome, until I switched my laptop off and restarted. The button and wireless didn't work.
But low and behold, after typing

Code:

sudo modprobe b43

The button and wireless were back up and running.

Now to make sure it all works from start up

echo 'b43' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

And this has now solved all my problems.

ffmpeg linux dvd tools

http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/19-ffmpeg-commands-for-all-needs