It may seem a bit redundant, given the number of wallet like…
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Squeezing A PPM Line from an FS-TH9x
Unless you’re an RC nerd, this post will be extremely boring. You…
Precision Fail – The Tri-Corder
“It’ll just fit perfectly if I carefully drill a little hole right….about…..aaaand…
You Can’t Hide Now! I Have Heat Vision
It goes without saying that when I finally got this thing up…
…But My Robot Says I’m Hot!
Check out the test footage from my FLiR. That’s right, heat vision…
Low Grade Cattle Prod for the Office
I’m not saying this is a good idea and I’m certainly not…
Predator Roomba
So, while I’m waiting for some new controllers to come in before…
From Roomba to Murderbot/Bodyguard in Less Than 24 Hours
So when I showed some friends my Roomba’s new modifications, it got…
I Don’t Vacuum. I Go to War With Dust.
People like to do very different things to relax. Not everyone’s the…
Home Made Holographic Display
Want a hologram style display in your own home? How about in…
Potato Platter
My housemate and I stopped into a burger place before going to…
Active Directory Extend Password Expiry
So what happens if you you’re administering active directory in an enterprise…
I Yam What I Yam
Wait, what’s a potato battery got to do with Popeye? Wrong vegetable…
Time to Lay Down Some Robo-Ground Rules
We have our robotic combatants, we have our arena, we have our…
For those who own a moto 360
For those of you who own a moto 360, repeat after me….…
Cat Burglar – Is anyone logged in or can I help myself
What? A teensy .vbs script that tells you if someone is logged…
Bad Neighbour – Wake On LAN When Your Network Sucks
What? A little Wake On LAN executable I made that pushes the…
Roomba Power Saving and Noise Reduction
So, while talking about the Roombas to a colleague of mine, we…
Roomba Gladiators
Let me start by answering the first thing that comes to peoples…
Roomba’s First Kill
I had a friend over for post parmigiana coma today and of…
Building a Robo-Combat Arena
In the buildup to my Roomba fighting event I have pondered how…
Robotic Anthropology – Roombas
I know full well I can just read the manual or Google…
INTERMISSION – Public Service Announcement
50% Discount on housetraining and socialising your Roomba when you quote the…
The Ballad of Roomba, Part2.
And so it came to pass. Each day Roomba would train… And…
The Ballad of Roomba, Part 1.
While the potato battery is prepped for it’s final stage, I thought…
It’s a Good Idea, Just not Here
Time for a morale booster… This is just a short post and…
Evanescent Potato Coupling
The Potato that transcends wires… Nah, just kidding. I’m developing some…
Friday Fun with Leap Motion on OSX
Motion tracking: We all know it’s complete crap. Rather than the smooth…
Last Potato Reading I swear
Ok, so the last potato reading from yesterday looks like this… …
Robots and Potatoes
Let’s start with today’s potato reading. Looks to be settling now and…
What’s the Half Life of a Potato?
No idea. But here’s the latest snapshot after about 9 hours while…
Some Potato Numbers and Unsafe Practices
Time to get the Mar-Cell out of the fridge so we can…
Further Thoughts On The Potato Pile
When I first calculated out how many I would need for my…
Yay! Another 15 Minutes of Fame
Quite chuffed that I’ve been featured on Hackaday.com again. 15 mins of…
The Practical Potato
My 3d Printer is back online and printing reliably, so I had…
Innovation Means Trying Something New, Not Copying.
In a previous post I mentioned that my boss took a few…
Have You Performed Potato Maintenance?
This just in: You can replenish your potato battery by soaking it…
Why You Need a Negative Nancy…
If you’ve ever pitched a Service Improvement Plan or innovation idea, you’re…
Yeah yeah, back to the biohacking stuff, robocop
Chances are you’re reading this because you know me personally, or more…
I Would Have Called, But My Potato Was Flat
That little part of me that everyone likes to call weird pays…
Can You Hear Me Now?
No that’s not the sound of the 90’s mobile phone boom, it’s…
Unsafe Safes
A little Friday Fun from my past. I had a healthy interest…
Pyro Time-O
As you guessed from the title, it’s time for some fire. This…
The 6th Day of Drunks…actually screw it.
I was gonna keep this going for all 12 as the song…
Peppers Kamehameha!
This has to be one of the coolest figures to adorn your…
The 5th Day of Drunksmas!
On the 5th day of Drunksmas, drunk me gave to me… …
The 4th Day of Drunksmas!
On the 4th day of Drunksmas, drunk me gave to me… A…
The 3rd Day of Drunksmas!
On the 3rd day of Drunskmas, drunk me gave to…
The 2nd Day of Drunksmas!
On the 2nd day of Drunksmas, drunk me gave to…
The 1st Day of Drunksmas!
It’s the 12 days of Christmas, drunk eBay style! It’s an…