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Hacking sub $10 gadgets

October 18, 2012 | less than 1 minute read

Even the most frugal of us now have the opportunity to hack, with the increase in sub $10 gadgets. I wrote a few weeks ago about the TI MSP430 for $4.30. Her...

Hackathon at an AT&T Long Line Bunker

October 10, 2012 | 2 minute read

Are you interested in an in-person visit to a +11,000 sq ft cold-war era AT&T Long Line bunker with +200 foot high communications tower? W...

Broken Kenwood D7-AG

September 30, 2012 | less than 1 minute read

I'm looking for suggestions on how to debug my Kenwood D7-AG amateur radio. There are currently 3 issues:  1) The radio works fine running off ...

TI MSP430

September 12, 2012 | less than 1 minute read

Hey Ardunio hacking friends, have you heard of the Texas Instruments 16-Bit Ultra-Low Power MSP430™ Microcontrollers? They're only $4.30! Capacitiv...

Making a crokinole board

September 11, 2012 | less than 1 minute read

I've decided to try and build my own crokinole board. Here's a review of a few commercial boards. I've found a few links for my reference: Hilins...