We love our AVR Dragon programmer. It is a small board with a lot of functionality: in-circuit serial programming, JTAG, debug wire, and high voltage serial programming. Unfortunately, out of the box it is not quite ready for action. The Dragon ships with an unpopulated prototyping area and missing a pin header for the HVSP. For most people this means soldering on pin headers and a ZIF socket then jumpering between the various programming headers and the header for the socket. Tired of working with jumper wires, [Jussi] designed a small PCB to make the connections (original link in…
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AVR Dragon wiring alternative
Computer
Lunascape, triple engine browser
Do you install more than one browsers on your computer? Some people run more than one browsers. They use such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari.
Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome all use different rendering engines. The software that figures out how to process the code of a web site and display it for you. Like me, sometimes I use Firefox as my favorite browser, but sometimes websites do not work then I must switch over to another browser. Now, you don’t need multiple browsers because Lunascape has released an alpha version of its Lunascape browser. Lunascape is…
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Know More About How To Choose an Ebook Reader
The advent of the digital age has definitely made this world a more convenient place to live in. For instance, even the most avid reader would balk at the thought of bringing his favorite books with him wherever he goes. But with an electronic book reader, you don’t only bring your top five books, you get to take the whole library with you. It doesn’t matter if you’re traveling or just having a cup of coffee at the nearby caf, your books go with you everywhere. However, owning an ebook reader could cost you a few hundred dollars, and if…
Business
Google Plans New Mirror For Cheaper Solar Power
Google Inc is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more.”We’ve been looking at very unusual materials for the mirrors both for the reflective surface as well as the substrate that the mirror is mounted on,” the company’s green energy czar Bill Weihl told Reuters GlobalClimate and Alternative Energy Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday.Google, known for its Internet search engine, in late 2007 said it would invest…
Business
Booming bond markets could benefit Kraft, other M&A
LONDON (Reuters) – Healthy investor appetite for corporate bonds should help Kraft Foods Inc and other companies fund mergers and acquisitions, given bank loans are still scarce after the credit crisis. U.S. food group Kraft is seen as a likely candidate to take the “bridge loan to bond” route to provide money should its proposed takeover of British confectioner Cadbury go through. “Banks will be very happy to offer bridge financing on a 12-month basis but, ultimately, for a deal of this size it would have to be brought into the public bond markets,” said Patrick McCullagh, head of…
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Ebay is Boring Compared to New Electronics Auction
Burbank, California – Muulu (muulu.com) is growing in popularity as a cheaper alternative to eBay. Why? Because the average winning bid for new electronics items, like iPhones, game systems, and iPods, is substantially lower on Muulu than on Ebay. People pay for bids. These payments buy down the possible winning price of the item being auctioned until it is won for well below wholesale price. Other electronic items include HDTVs, laptops, desktop computers, and GPS systems.
The biggest thing that draws people to Muulu is the insane deals. People can win a new Apple iPod Touch for $90, a new…
Health and Wellness
Colon Cleanse Definition
Something we must know about colon cleanse definition.
A colon cleanse program or a colon therapy encompasses some alternative medical therapies to remove accumulated fecal wastes and toxins from the large intestine or the colon. A colon cleanse can be in a form of water therapy such as colonics or taking oral supplements.
In colon hydrotherapy, the patient will be given an enema to inject water mixed with herbs using special equipment. In oral supplements, fibers, herbs, dietary supplements, oxygen powders or laxatives are taken by the patient to clean the colon thoroughly.
Colon therapists believe that the accumulation of…
Automotive
Workings of a motorcycle muffler suspension
Motorcycles are becoming more popular because of its convenienceand relatively inexpensive cost compared to automobiles. Theyare capable of the same speeds as cars and can also be licensedfor use on public highways.Owners and drivers of motorcycles opt for these motorized,two-wheeled vehicles as transportation because aside from itbeing an inexpensive alternative to cars, they can be easilymaneuvered and they deliver higher fuel economy. In addition,they take less space for parking. No wonder a lot of Asiancountries have more motorcycles than cars.And for drivers who love speed, motorcycles are great vehiclesbecause they can accelerate more quickly than an automobile.Nevertheless, motorcycles are not…
Software
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 5.1.0
K Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs DirectShow filters and tools Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding playing audio and video formats The K Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user friendly solution for playing all your movie files With the K Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even some rare formats K Lite Codec Pack always very up to date with the newest and or best versions of the components The installation is fully customizable meaning that you are able install…
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Opera Unite 10.10 Build 1729 Beta
Discover the new standard in Web browsing Opera lets you surf the Internet in a safer faster and easier way One of the most full featured internet power tools on the market it includes pop up blocking tabbed browsing integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera 39 s groundbreaking E mail program RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat You can customize the look and content of your browser with a few clicks of the mouse Opera started out as a research project in Norway 39 s largest telecom company Telenor in 1994 and branched out into an independent development company named…
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Hacking the Western Digital TV media player
Western Digital recently released a media player that attaches to your TV and allows you to play HD media straight from an external USB drive to the television. With a price point of about $100, it’s strange that the device hasn’t made more of a stir in the consumer electronics market. Of course, if it exists, someone will hack it, though. Clever hardware and software hackers have already managed to get an alternative firmware running on the device, allowing for packages like a web server, RSS reader, Apple trailer viewer, and other linux-based packages. It’s good to see a…
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Lightweight Webkit based browsers
With netbooks being slim and mostly utilitarian, it seems a bit contradictory to use a standard and somewhat bulky web browser with them. After all, we’re trimming down the operating system to perform faster on these little devices, so why not thin out the focal point of the netbook: the browser. Firefox, Chrome, or Safari may be well and great for a full powered desktop or laptop, so how about something a bit more trimmed? Enter the lightweight Webkit based browsers: Arora and Midori.
Arora and Midori are relative newcomers to the browser wars, but each offers a great…
