I recently needed to print out a big schematic diagram of the RX/TX board of a Kenwood TS50 Transceiver. This did not fit on a single piece of paper. Instead of downloading all kinds of crappy tools or uploading the image to some "free" site which is going to use it for whatever they think justifies their …

If you've just installed iOS7 and like it as much as I do, you are probably interested in all the new features of it, and where to find them. On behalf of Apple, I'll be happy to point out where all those neat new features are, and share my happiness about this wonderful new magical market-leading mobile OS. …

In my morse training adventure on lcwo.net, I hit a slight bump in the road. At Koch lesson 33 (of 40 lessons total), I can't seem to copy with 90% accuracy, which is the criterea for moving to the next lesson. See my downward trend here. It is partly because of gradually speeding up the Farnsworth timing from 10wpm to …

Have you ever started a shell script which takes a while and you keep monitoring that window because you really need those results? If you are working on a Mac, you can use the Mac's power of speech to tell you a command is finished. Here's how: [sourcecode language="bash" gutter="false"] …

Lorenzo had a great idea. In stead if being one of those "having fun at the bar" ideas that never actually see the light of day, Lorenzo followed through. Did you ever have that urge to just take a gun and shoot that fly that is constantly buzzing around your head or food? Well now you can. Check out his …

The past year, you may have seen me tweeting some "#secretproject" tweets. Last week, the project was finally revealed, and here is the video, in case you've missed it: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nkebVQL5zc] This is what is known on the internet as a "Useless Machine" or …

Here's a one minute how-to on growing catnip without having to water your plants every day. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jyqNzNeQeE]

Some people can not seperate cause and effect when solving problems, and every now and then you run into a great example. If this is your problem... this is not your solution [ ](img_8018.jpg) [!["It is not allowed to throw paper towels into the …

Stephen needs a new car. Being dilligent and a car lover, he takes the time to write down all criteria for a great car. When he finishes the list, he notices that the only car matching all his criteria is a Ferrari. Well, he always loved a Ferrari so that makes sense. To make things more realistic he adds another …

Now that the twitter hype is cooling down, and companies tart to realize that it is, in fact, just CB radio in a new asynchronous form, only the "true tweeps" still hang around. And now, it's time to t(w)inker with it. [caption id="attachment_942" align="alignright" width="150" …