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Modding a Vintage Roberts R757 radio to carry a 3.5mm line-in port for an MP3 player 4 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
I decided to mod my lovely old radio (actually only 1993 or 96 but it still looks vintage) to use as a portable MP3 player speaker. I wanted to keep the radio functionality and not damage the radio, s...
Failures in electronics/Arduino and some reflection 26 Jul 2013 | 04:32 am
This is a video response to the fantastic and reassuring video Jeri posted 3 years ago! I have only just come across her channel and I am working my way thought them. This one really caught my imagina...
Unboxing: UDI/RED5 Quadcopter (UFO) 5 Jul 2013 | 04:08 pm
**UPDATE** ——————————- This thing is much much easier to fly without the protective guard rail, the round plastic thing I thought was a base turns out to be a different cover for outside flying. Prett...
A Poem for the Arduino community 22 Jun 2013 | 04:07 pm
Sort of a thank you to all the people who helped me learn about electronics and specifically Arduino. I really enjoy making projects and sharing them, I and many other people would not be able to do i...
Magnetic Wire Connections 3 Jun 2013 | 03:21 am
How to make magnetic wire connectors to simplify some connections with your projects. Great for battery boxes, external sensors and LEDs. You will need: Some copper tape with adhesive backing Some wir...
Web Project: Twigglabs.com Stupid twitters stats 3 Jun 2013 | 03:19 am
I decided to make something to measure Twitter, now these are not useful measurements and the are likely to be innaccurate but they are just a bit of fun. www.twigglabs.com
How to make: ‘Intelligently’ Illuminated Photo Frames : Part 2 9 May 2013 | 03:12 am
‘Intelligently’ Illuminated Photo Frames Part 2
How to make: ‘Intelligently’ Illuminated Photo Frames : Part 1 7 May 2013 | 01:24 am
‘Intelligently’ Illuminated Photo Frames Ribba Frame £3.50 – http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00078051/ LED Strip – 12V 5M 3528 SMD 300led Warm White How to make illuminated photo frames usi...
Unboxing: Maplin Raspberry Pi Starter Kit 19 Apr 2013 | 03:58 am
I won a Raspberry Pi!!!! Maplin ran a competition, or rather asked people to +1 or tweet about the comapny, and was chosen as the winner and recipent of a freakin’ Raspberry Pi! I have been thining ab...
Arduino Project: Tweet64 9 Apr 2013 | 04:01 am
The Commodore 64, has to be one of my favourite computers from childhood. It represents hours and hours of wasted (or perhaps not) time and a world of possibilities. Decades later I picked up the Ardu...
