Building a Graphical Alarm Clock with Arduino
I’m a fan of clock building. I’ve built several kits and designed a few from scratch, and I even teach others how to build their own. When I saw the […]
Ringing in the New Year with Artemis
The New Years Eve party I went to this year was also a gaming night. I spotted “Ticket to Ride”, “Puerto Rico”, and a rousing game of Cards Against Humanity […]
The Return of Intro to Electronics
Last night was the start of another round of my cycle of electronics and embedded programming classes at the Columbus Idea Foundry. It begins with basic electronics, covering the fundamentals […]
The Second Columbus Mini Maker Faire – Sunday, 13 October 2013, noon to 18:00 at COSI
The second Columbus Mini Maker Faire gets underway this coming Sunday, from noon to 18:00, at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI). Outdoor makers will be set up by […]
Adventures in Retrocomputing: Repairing an original Macintosh
Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of Macintosh. The famous commercial, the famous demo, and a milestone in the ups and downs of Apple, the largest publically […]
Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire 2013
There are now close to 100 Mini Maker Faires across the country, several of which are in easy reach of me in Columbus. I’ve been a part of the Pittsburgh […]
Adventures in Retrocomputing: the DEC PDP-8 PR8L “High Speed Paper Tape Interface”
My first mini-computer was a PDP-8/L I came across in the final hours of my first Dayton Hamvention. I was fascinated by the switches and lights and the scores of […]
