“Official Arduino Ethernet preview board”
Adding Internet connectivity to your Arduino projects might be getting a lot easier:
(Via: Matt Biddulph)
[Update: 2008-05-15]
Those shopping for Arduino’s might also check out this new Arduino Nano:
(Via Arduino Nano: all-in-one design for breadboard use.)
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Austin Python Users Group meeting tomorrow (May 14th) with guest speaker Greg Wilson
This month’s APUG meeting will feature guest speaker Greg Wilson, author of Beautiful Code, Data Crunching, Parallel Programming Using C++, Practical Parallel Programming, etc.
For more details, see: http://wiki.python.org/moin/AustinPythonUserGroup and http://python.meetup.com/188/.
Hope to see you there!
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Links from May 9th through May 12th
Links from May 9th through May 12th:
- Yahoo! Internet Location Platform - YDN - "The Yahoo! Internet Location Platform provides a resource for managing all geo-permanent named places on Earth."
- Texas AgriLife Extension - Argiculture and Natural Resources - Lots of good links for growing plants in Texas.
- Python with a modular IDE (Vim) - Nice tips on using VIM for Python development.
- John Resig - Processing.js - A JavaScript implementation of Processing using the Canvas. WOW.
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Links from April 30th through May 8th
Links from April 30th through May 8th:
- Piwik - Web analytics - Open source - Claims to be an open source clone of Google Analytics.
- Designers Toolbox: Design Resources - Sizes, measurements, templates, etc., for common design needs. (Ex., envelopes, banner ads, etc.)
- Boodler: a programmable soundscape tool - Programmable soundscapes in Python
- Webstemmer - Webspider for news sites; Identifies and extracts articles.
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Links from April 14th through April 30th
Links from April 14th through April 30th:
- twish - Google Code - A Twitter shell written in Python
- Greenling Organic Delivery - Local food and Organic produce and groceries home delivered - Austin and San Antonio
- Johnson’s Backyard Garden - A small, family-run and community-supported farm, serving the Austin, Texas area.
- interactions magazine -
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How to become a genius
“You must clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired. This should lead to radically improved intelligence and creativity. The only cost: turning your back on every convention of social life.”
Citation from: Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm.
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Time to backup gmail if this is true…
If this post is true, there’s now a really good reason to backup gmail locally: “Is google shutting down email accounts if they suspect hijacking?“
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A few books I'm reading now:
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Practical Django Projects (Pratical Projects)
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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition
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The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields
-- Sort of a cliff-notes version of "How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits", but I thought I'd buy them both.
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How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits: (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops)
A few books I'd recommend:
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Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan -- A fantastic overview of the field of Economics. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson -- a true tale of scientific thinking throughout history. You'll be amazed by how much we still don't know.
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner -- a fun read offering a somewhat different way of looking at society. Answers questions like "Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?", and what qualities in a parent matter for the success of a child later in life?
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen. I'm a bit of a GTD freak since reading this, but productivity == $$ (whether you can simply get more work done in a given time, or work less by focusing on the right tasks.)