Monthly Archives: January, 2010
links for 2010-01-29
UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
The Google Maps Image Cutter takes a large image and cuts it into lots of 256×256 pixel images. At the top level there is only one 256 pixel square which is a smaller copy of the original image. At the next level, there are four 256 pixel squares, then sixteen, [...]
links for 2010-01-26
Tortilla-Board: A New Breadboard Technique
It turns out that tortillas are non-conducting, which was my first obvious test. I didn't want to short out everything. I was actually surprised by this, as I would have thought that the moisture in the tortilla might cause a short circuit. Have no fear, the Tortilla-Board™ is electrically safe enough [...]
One Big Chicken
One Big Chicken is a drinking game.
What you need to play
2 or more people
beer
at least one person that knows all ten phrases
How to play the game
The person who knows all the phrases begins one phrase a time.
The game follows the same routine as the Twelve Days of Christmas. So, the sixth person in the circle [...]
The Best of Every Day Fiction Two (Anthology)
Flash fiction is perfect for your coffee break, your commute, or whenever you have a few minutes for yourself. Crafted with gemlike precision, every flash fiction piece tells a complete story, never using more than a thousand words.
The Best of Every Day Fiction Two brings together one hundred flash fiction pieces selected from Every Day Fiction’s [...]
links for 2010-01-23
The Reverse Geocache Puzzle ™ | Arduiniana
The Reverse Geocache Puzzle
(tags: GPS puzzle funny humor electronics todo projects hack puzzles geocaching geocache geolocation diy)
RPXnow and Windows live ID, problems signing out
The problem
I am using RPXnow to help simplify the OpenID login system on one of my sites EveryDayFiction.com. It works great for all OpenID providers but Windows Live ID. The users can login with Windows Live ID but when they try to logout of Hotmail or MSN or anything else that uses Windows Live [...]
links for 2010-01-21
Pololu – 1. Introduction
Six-legged locomotion is a simple, robust system of walking that is very popular both in the animal kingdom and among robotics hobbyists. Robot hexapods range from simple one-motor toys to advanced platforms with 18 or more servos. This tutorial shows you how to build a very simple autonomous hexapod robot using just [...]
links for 2010-01-19
A cheap, easy laser light show
(tags: electronics diy)
Mexico
Mexico is an elimination-style dice game.
After each round, one player is eliminated. When all players but one have been eliminated, the remaining player wins the game. When playing for stakes the final remaining player wins the money that was wagered by each person who was eliminated in earlier rounds.
The game gets its name from a [...]
Landmines
Landmines is a drinking game.
What you need to play
2 Shot glasses
2 or more players
Some quarter
How to play the game
The first player takes a quarter and spins it on the table, then with one hand takes a shot of beer, sets the shot glass down, and with the same hand takes the next shot of beer, [...]
links for 2010-01-11
Tom Baran – Autotalent
A program to auto tune peoples voices
(tags: auto_tune music tools autotune audacity autotalent opensource audio freeware)
Klondike
Klondike is a dice poker game.
Klondike is loosely based on poker originating in cheap casinos on the American frontier. Its really easy to play if you know anything about poker; even if you don’t its still pretty easy.
What you need to play
5 dices
A sheet of paper to keep score
1 or more people
How to play [...]
links for 2010-01-03
Population of the Dead
How many people have ever lived? While doing research about populations for my last piece, I began to wonder just how many people had ever walked the face of the earth. The articles I found [here and here] were intriguing so I decided to visualize them as well. Link to the high-res.
(tags: [...]
