Another good evening at Dorkbot! I took along some hand-held computers/organisers, including three Apple Newtons, some Psions, some Palm Pilots and the AgendA with the chord keyboard. We also heard from Sam Downie about "Lifecasting" and the Macworld show. jarkman was there with his mini-mill converted into a CNC machine. Some very impressive stuff ( Read more... )

Good news: I have started, nay, finished the first and most important of the essays for the Uni. I have obtained fine scientific papers in readiness for the next essay. My Sennheiser HD400 headphones are back in full operation with functioning foam earpads (and I'm in 70s heaven). I have received a copy of "Assembler Routines for the 6502". I ( Read more... )

I have started on the first of the essays. I think I must have picked the wrong one, previously. Things are much better now that I'm working on the robotics papers instead of the mechatronics.

Meanwhile, the first UK version of The Great Internet Migratory Box Of Electronics Junk (http://www.tgimboej.org/) is on its way to me. But surely I ( Read more... )