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Repairing a Sigma 24-70 EX Lens

I acquired a free Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 lens that had a few issues–namely, autofocus was broken and the zoom was incredibly hard to turn. After using the lens in full manual for a while, I determined that I would attempt

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Macro video and photos with the S3 IS

With a couple bucks worth of cheap macro filters, you can get great macro video and photos with the Canon S3 IS (works with the S1 or S5 IS as well). All you need is a lens adapter that fits

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Google Voice and Asterisk

There are numerous guides about setting up Google Voice and an incoming sip number for free outgoing calling. Sadly, all of the guides I found were written for FreePBX or some other Asterisk bundle, and also used a shell script

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(Really) Cheap RFID door opener

Well, the school year is over, so I thought I’d post up some information about my (extremely cheap and junky-looking but functional) door opener.

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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, multitouch is becoming an interesting addition to today’s user interfaces. Overseas companies, such as Asus, are also taking advantage of

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