[drj113] posts his cool word clock. After seeing a similar clock on an industrial design website, he set out to make his own version. He made custom pcbs with the toner-etch method. The front is a solid piece of copper clad board and the light shines through the etched areas. It’s powered by a PIC microcontroller and uses approximately 120 ultra bright LEDs. [drj113] has all of the circuit board diagrams, silkscreens, etch negatives, and code on the intructable so you can build your own.
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Word clock: tell the time with words
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Link Building & Rank Checking Software
<a href"http:www.doityourselfoptimization.com " target"blank" title"Link building software">Link Building Software<a> & Search Engine Optimization SEO is one of the biggest ‘grey areas’ in online marketing. It is full of jargon, confusion and misinterpretation – a common excuse for SEO consultants to charge a big amount of money to small businesses.I like making things easy, SEO included. So what I am going to do in this article is to go through some of the bare basics of SEO that you, as a small business owner, can implement into your website. This article is not intended for experienced SEO gurus and experts who always seem…
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Use feng shui techniques to design a harmonic website for your
By following feng shui guidelines and techniques, you can buildand design a business website that is not only visuallyattractive but also attractive to wealth and prosperity. Theelements that are part of a business website are somehowequivalent to the objects distributed through a working spacesince the website is the electronic version of the actualbusiness’ offices. Therefore, the website design and theelements that will be in it should follow feng shui guidelinesin order to be properly balanced. The colors used to design your website are very important andyou should choose it carefully. If you want a website whichfeels lively and active, it…
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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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Low Cost Web Hosting Services – Don’t Forget About Uptime
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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SocialHour Relaunches As Dizzy Networks (Updated)
It appears that Social Hour, one of the few ad networks to be completely banned from the Facebook platform, has now relaunched under a new name: Dizzy Networks. According to one source, Social Hour had been looking for a new face for the company and according to the company’s website, they hired Jeremy Olsson, who was previously the Director of Performance Marketing for RockYou. While the company is still focused on trying to convert IQ quizzes, it doesn’t appear as though Dizzy Networks is running as aggressive of advertisements this time around.
It was only a matter of time before…
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Attracting Extra Web Hosting Customers By Targeting Cities, i.e.
Web hosting companies are constantly on the lookout to find newways to attract visitors to their websites. One avenue that manyweb hosts miss is targeting visitors who are searching for webhosting by city, such as New York Web Hosting, by state, such asCalifornia Web Hosting, or by country, such as Canada WebHosting. These pages show examples of pages that review andprovide information on web hosting companies in those cities.These searchers are looking for a hosting company in aparticular city, state, or country, but given the proper messagethey can often be convinced to try your hosting company.Afterall, given the nature of…
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Choosing The Blog Software That’s Right For You
If you’ve been hearing all the buzz about blogging and want toknow what it is and how to get started, this article is for you.Here we will discuss what blogging is, what blog software you’llneed, and what you can do with it.What’s a blog?A weblog ‘ blog for short ‘ is a type of website. Blogs areunique from other static website in that they are usuallyupdated often. The main page of the site usually contains themost recent post or posts of the author or authors of thewebsite. Also, blogs often also allow readers to post theircomments directly to the site.All…
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Gus Hansen Opens Online Poker website Pokerchamps.Com
Top poker player Gus Hansen "The Great Dane" has launched anonline poker room he has called "PokerChamps".A unique feature of www.pokerchamps.com is that you can play atfour hands simultaneously on a single screen. You can selectOneScreen, EnlargedScreen, DuoScreen or FourScreen windows.PokerChamps is the only Internet poker room in the world thatoffers players this facility.In addition, the double World Poker Tour winner gives tips andhints on the website – and frequently plays there himself.Another interesting new feature is the site’s affiliate system.Users can invite their friends to join and receive a bonus.Games include Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Studand…
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Nokia PUSH competition
With the upcoming release of a Cortex-A8 based handset, Nokia is looking at gaining some popularity with the hacker crowd through their new project/competition. If you can think of a good hack for the Maemo-running Nokia N900, you could win a vague prize pack consisting of the device itself, plus support (including financial) to make your idea a reality. The website states that winning hacks will be toured around the world. The due date for submissions is October 11th. A getting started guide is available (though it mostly consist of instructions on connecting the N900 to an Arduino through bluetooth).
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Pool-playing robot + ARpool
Enjoy losing at pool? Well the folks at Queen’s University just made it a whole lot easier. The Deep Green robot was created with the purpose of playing a flawless game, allowing it to beat even the most skilled human players. More than a couple of research papers have been written on the project. A ceiling-mounted Canon 350D tracks the position of all of the balls, in addition to another cue-mounted cam (for higher shot accuracy). Using a bunch of calculations, and a computer (probably more advanced than an Arduino), the Deep Green is able to strategize and play. Very…
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RepRap milling machine
[Chris] liked Cartesian RepRap idea so much that he decided to design his master’s diploma project around it. Though it uses most of the same parts as the RepRap (even the PCBs), [Chris] has adapted it so it does milling rather than 3D printing. Most of the parts (such as the stepper motors) were harvested from old inkjet printers and typewriters. The thee-axis CNC machine can already etch and carve styrofoam at an impressively high resolution. To deal with all of the debris that comes with milling, a vacuum attachment (shown attached) was created. [Chris] is considering adapting it so it can work with wood and aluminum…
