I stumbled across these excellent books which are great for anyone who wants to learn about electronics. The website contains a complete series of college textbook style books in HTML and PDF format. They provide links to download the entire collection with one click. Check it out! http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/
The opensource http://www.dimdim.com software is Free for up to 20 people and only $99/yr for 100 people. User Brimstone from hackerspaces was nice enough to join a conference with me where we tested the software by sharing a PowerPoint presentation and a Whiteboard. I was able to call into the Free conference phone number as well […] Read more
Brian Dolge, organizer of the Baltimore area RepRap group has invited us to join them at HacDC on: Saturday – March 21, 2009 between 12pm and 4pm This would be a great opportunity for anyone interested in seeing how a hackerspace is operated to visit. Everyone who attends will have a chance to help finish building […] Read more
We are all familiar with open source software and how much good it has brought to the world. Apache, PHP, MySQL to name a few. So why not open source Hardware? www.harkopen.com is a website setup to educate everyone about the Open Hardware initiative. harKopen is your one stop shop for Tutorials, News, and a comprehensive […] Read more
I took the family to see the FIRST High School robotics competition at the Washington, DC Convention Center. My brother in-law held 2nd place throughout the competition with his 007 “Thunderbot” but was later eliminated in the alliance competition rounds. Check it out! [flashvideo file=video/robot320x240.flv /]