A lot of us skip breakfast in the morning, be it because we don’t have time to make something, don’t have the patience, or for some other reason. Yuri Suzuki and Masa Kimura are aiming to make your breakfast a little easier, a little quicker, and a lot more interesting. Their latest project is a Rube Goldberg-like machine that does everything from fry your eggs to brew your coffee. The coolest part about this project is it was built with the help of the public. The two designers put out an open invitation for people to come help in constructing…

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In life and embedded systems timing is everything. Give [Frank's] web-based timer calculator a try. Set your system clock resolution (in hertz making sure you account for any system clock divider), select your timer resolution and prescaler, then calculate based on desired ticks, overflows, or real time. He’s built this with the AVR chips in mind but it should be handy for any family of microcontrollers.
Of course none of this is rocket science, but if you’re trying to use one timer for two differently synchronized events this can save you a lot of trial and error time.

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Once you have your company’s web site up and running, it isvital that you do everything possible to keep it that way.Nothing sets off alarms in a customer’s head faster than a nonaccessible web site or one that has features which do not work.A web site is literally your company’s window to the world andevery aspect of the site; including the design, content,accessibility, ease of navigation, and uptime, says a lot aboutyour company. A fully functioning, attractively designed, feature-loaded website spells professionalism and expertise, while a poorlydesigned and inaccessible site reflects very poorly on yourbusiness. Still, the best designed site…

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Google has unveiled their latest web app. It’s called Google Sidewiki and makes it easy to “Contribute helpful information to any webpage”. We’re not quite so sure. If you have the Google Toolbar installed on your browser, Sidewiki allows you to open a side-panel, add your comments about the page, and read the comments of others.
In a Utopian Internet (Utopernet?) the world’s most predominant experts on all subjects would be browsing websites dropping off clairvoyant nuggets of wisdom like Greek oracles. In reality, letting anyone add to any web page does not equate to instant insight. We’re all…

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Want to scale a system which can handle over 300 million monthly users, approximately half of which are logging in daily? It’s not an easy task however Facebook has managed to pull off an impressive feat but as many users are noticing: not everything is working as it should. The primary problems exist for the minority, yet rapidly growing population, of hyper-connected individuals who have thousands of contacts. So what’s going wrong?

Facebook Scales Horizontally
Facebook has been the most effective platform so far for attracting a large volume of users on a global scale. In an interview with Fast…

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A new survey has found that almost a quarter of student cyclists at UK universities have been a victim of bike theft.The survey, carried out by M&S home insurance, found that 22% of student cyclists had had a bike stolen, while 14% had been burgled while at university. Despite this, only 16% of students responding to the survey had taken out insurance to cover their possessions while living in student accommodation. M&S added that many students would not need to do this, however, as they may be covered by their parents` own insurance policies.An insurance expert for Think Money said:…

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There are times when we get bored with the usual things. Thus,we think of changing, reinventing and planning something new.This is also true with the bike’s form and appearance. Change isconstant and it is inevitable. Everything changes even ourchoices. The things that we think may last be able to betruthful at once but now – not anymore. Our world, our time ispeppered with people’s changing choices and fascinations. Thesefascinations have resulted to consequences ranging from dire tototal awe. I have made up my mind to give my bike Harley-Davidson Fat BoyFLSTF a new look. I have decided to use aftermarket…

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Tweak 7 all the Vitamins your Windows 7 needs Comparing Tweak 7 with other tweaking tools is simply impossible since no competitive product covers such a huge functionality from simple registry tweaking to complex and fast registry cleaning and registry defragmentation to comprehensive system cleanup Tweak 7 is the premier companion to Windows 7 it gives you access to whatever you might need to keep your Windows 7 running smoothly error free and under your full control System restrictions system cleanup system tweaking are just a few keywords describing the feature richness of Tweak 7 Optimizing Windows 7 was never…