So I have started getting support emails - “Hey, how do I get your hardware to work in Vista?” Seeming invariably to be the 64-bit version. That’s weird, as far as I know there is a 64-bit build of the drivers included…

Of course, you may have correctly guessed that as an IT semi-professional, I
1) don’t let that poisonous crap anywhere near my home ( Read more... )

I’ve been using Paypal as the payment-handling service for my trance vibe project, and overall it’s not too bad. I can even print my own postage for domestic shipments, sticky on a label and not have to drive to the post office to send out an order anymore. But there are a few things about it that are really broken.
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So, Jane and I built the electronics for 30 of them, then I took them home and plugged one in for a test drive. It connected to the USB port, beautifully, then I go to turn up the juice. As soon as there is power going to the motor and it's getting ready to turn, the USB connection is lost and resets/re-enumerates (Windows makes an unhappy dink- ( Read more... )

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I found this today while searching on another USB-developer-related problem: "Why does Windows not recognize my USB device as the same device if I plug it into a different port?"For those who can't be bothered to click the link, this occurs if the device doesn't specify a serial number in its USB descriptors. They decided in this case to treat each ( Read more... )

To get my small business (sole proprietorship) off the ground and...er, buzzing. Or just provide good answers to a few home-business tax questions. Anyone? ...Bueller ( Read more... )

First off, there is a [Big Photo Album] with pics and videos of many of the pieces. (Audio-centric ones didn't document well since my camera seems to assume the microphone(s) are just there for the photographer to talk to it, and any sound that occurs in front of the camera is just noise.) Also, the chat log of random strangers from the demo app is ( Read more... )

Quick 'n dirty, but my demo for the intro.inter.tech show is almost finished. Powered by maraschino cherries and vodka ;-)

The show will be this weekend, Sat. 11/03/2007, 2-7pm.

ULA Cafe / The Brewery Complex
284 Amory St.
Jamaica Plain, MA
02130

It's aaaart! Bring your friends!


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I haven't really talked about the Trancevibe project in a while. With the whole moving and vacation thing it kind of got shuffled onto the back burner a couple months ago (have I really lived here that long?) and never revived. There's also this huge uncanny valley between making and selling a couple of something on the down-low to a small-knit ( Read more... )

...mostly in photo album form. Click on the thumbnails for a larger image with description...

Trance Vibe Assembly picsNot pictured: us Fluxing-off our actual panels, or screwing the depaneled boards into the finished product, or QA testing (with a pluggable test jig and motor...get yer minds out of the gutter). It turns out these vibe motors vary ( Read more... )