Monthly Archives: August, 2009
Crokinole
Crokinole (pronounced croak-i-knoll, /ˈkɹokɪinol/) is one of the most memorable childhood games that I use to play with my family. Its basically miniature table top curling board but fun, (unlike real curling).
There are Crokinole clubs and tournaments in many major cities that meet regularly, and tons of books, even movies, on the subject; but its [...]
links for 2009-08-28
BarCamp / BarCampVancouver2009
BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. All attendees are encouraged to give a demo, a session, a presentation, or help with one. All attendees are expected to be [...]
links for 2009-08-26
Glomation – Embedded Systems and Single Board Computer Manufacturer
Our high performance low cost single board computers (SBC) provide easy wired and wireless solutions to a wide variety of applications such as industrial control, automation, equipment monitoring, data logging, embedded web server, kiosk, gaming, biometric security system, Point-of-Sale (POS) systems etc. Powered by high performance [...]
links for 2009-08-25
LessWatts.org – Saving Power on Intel systems with Linux
Computer programs can make your computer use more power. PowerTOP is a Linux tool that helps you find those programs that are misbehaving while your computer is idle. The application that misbehaved the most was the Linux kernel. However, as of version 2.6.21, the Linux kernel went [...]
Crazy Eights
Crazy Eights is a card game for two or more players.
What you need to play
a standard 52-card pack
two or more players
The object of the game
Is to get rid of all your cards to a discard pile.
How to play the game
Each player is dealt seven or eight cards, with the rest of the deck being placed [...]
links for 2009-08-21
IDEO Labs » Glass Block LED Wall Display
A glass block grid of LEDS
(tags: arduino blinkm leds electronics)
links for 2009-08-20
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
(tags: design art reference graphics presentation visualisation charts graphs information visual data)
All About Circuits : Free Electric Circuits Textbooks
This site provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics. The information provided is great for both students and hobbyists who are looking to expand their knowledge in this field. [...]
Chase The Ace
Chase The Ace is a dice, drinking game
What you will need to play
2 dice
3 or more players, works best with 4+ players
How to play the game
Everyone sites in a circle and two people sitting across from each other take a dice each.
Count two three and start rolling. Players drink, give drinks, or pass dice depending [...]
links for 2009-08-16
INSiDE | Directed by Trevor Sands
(tags: short Movie mad house crasy interesting)
links for 2009-08-13
Pololu – Pololu Micro Serial Servo Controller (assembled)
(tags: servo Arduino robotics robot projects)
Get position feedback from a standard hobby servo – Community Tutorials
(tags: Arduino robots servo)
Centurians
Centurians is a Drinking game
This game is also known as Century Club, Centurions, Power Hour, or The ‘100′
Basically you take a shot of beer once a min for 100 mins or until the other person passes out. As easy as it sounds rarely anyone completes all 100 shots before passing out or violently puking.
The rules
You [...]
Centennial
Centennial is a Dice game, also known as Martinetti and Ohio.
What you need to play
3 dice
A sheet of paper with twelve squares to keep track of what number you are on.
A token for each player
The object of the game
Be the first player to make the round trip from position 1 to 12 and back to [...]
