Calling all dorks, geeks, nerds, weenies, video/audio artists, AV clubbers, roboticists, tinkerers, hackers, modders and benders.

Dorkbot Melbourne are having a get together with talks, demos and an "open mike" in Fitzroy, 4pm Sunday 29th.

Well, I noticed the image disappeared from my previous entry about the Meraki Mini, a $50 WiFi access point the size of a playing card that can run a pretty complete unix. So I went to their site to look for a new image to link.

It seems they've morphed from a mere hardware seller into a project "to bring affordable Internet access to the next ( Read more... )

Yes, "Can it run Linux?" is a Slashdot meme that will not die. But when you're talking $100 to $200 toys with wireless networking built in, a useful operating system and some apps would be a Good Thing, no?

Run Sharp Zaurus apps on the $200 GP2X with Qtopia - Host USB too, so add your own modem, printer, keyboard, mouse, sound/MIDI interface etc ( Read more... )

Anyone who is curious about such things can check out the progress of my bodgy tech hacking at my Applefritter blog