Earth Sky Stars » Geek Stuff http://earthskystars.net/blog blog for earthskystars Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Build Your Own Lunar Lander Computer … http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/07/14/build-your-own-lunar-lander-computer/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/07/14/build-your-own-lunar-lander-computer/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:01:12 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=181 Talk about “old school”! Here’s a link to building your own working replica of the Apollo 11 LEM guidance computer. It took John Pultorak, who is a 54 year old Lockheed Martin software engineer, 4 years to build and program it in his basement. He even documented the construction and posted the plans here. The computer contained a whopping 4k of RAM!

]]> http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/07/14/build-your-own-lunar-lander-computer/feed/ 0 Playing with the T-Mobile G1 (aka the Google phone) http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/03/08/playing-with-the-t-mobile-g1-aka-the-google-phone/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/03/08/playing-with-the-t-mobile-g1-aka-the-google-phone/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:28:09 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=151 I just purchased a new cell phone plan with T-Mobile. My new phone, purchased as part of the plan, is a T-Mobile G1, otherwise known as the “Google Phone”.

What do I think of the phone? I like it a lot :) It has enormous potential, and a lot of that potential is locked up in the open source Android operating system. It’ll be interesting to see what apps the Linux guys produce for the phone. More after I finish playing with my new toy …

]]> http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/03/08/playing-with-the-t-mobile-g1-aka-the-google-phone/feed/ 0 New toy, just setup TwitMe on my blog… http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/01/09/new-toy-just-setup-twitme-on-my-blog/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/01/09/new-toy-just-setup-twitme-on-my-blog/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:03:31 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=91 Just testing Twitme to see if it “wires” the blog into Twitter.

]]> http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/01/09/new-toy-just-setup-twitme-on-my-blog/feed/ 0 Want to save laser printer toner? Try this typeface … http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/01/01/want-to-save-laser-printer-toner-try-this-typeface/ http://earthskystars.net/blog/2009/01/01/want-to-save-laser-printer-toner-try-this-typeface/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:50:21 +0000 Bill Clugston http://earthskystars.net/blog/?p=73 The Ecofont is a typeface with tiny holes in the characters. The holes don’t reduce legibility, but they do reduce the amount of toner/ink used. The fonts are True Type, so they should work on almost all recent operating systems.

One other thing — they’re free!

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The new model has double the memory, can recognize voices, and mimic facial expressions. Unfortunately the memory isn’t expandable. Imagine a Furby with an SD memory slot!

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