Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

13 Jun
2010

Google Voice and Asterisk

There are numerous guides about setting up Google Voice and an incoming sip number for free outgoing calling. Sadly, all

11 Jun
2010

End of the road for free data on iDen?

It looks like getting free data access on iDen handsets is going to end, likely on or before 6/20/10 according

13 May
2010

Randomly Interesting: The Super-Kamiokande

The Super-Kamiokande is a submerged neutrino (cosmic ray) detector located in Mount Kamiokakō in Japan, 1000 meters underground in an

9 Oct
2009

Multitouch: Fundamental Feature or Fad?

Popularized with the ever-present  iPhone and expanding into the tablet and desktop sector by companies such as Dell and HP,

The OSRAM SLG2016 and AVR

The OSRAM SLG2016 and AVR

I happened to scavenge a couple of SLG2016′s from some old workstation debug displays. After finally locating a datasheet, I

Victor Speed Controllers and EMC2

Victor Speed Controllers and EMC2

I’m currently working on building a EMC2-controlled CNC machine with mostly parts I have on hand. I decided to use