brainwagon

In a previous weblog posting, I mentioned that I had bought a Linksys NSLU2 NAS (networked attached storage) device that I was hacking away on. I recently dusted it off and started playing with it again, after installing the unslung firmware that lets you run linux on it. What was curious was that I had […]

The Nintendo DS is kind of a cute little gadget, and what’s cool is that someone is already doing all the heavy lifting of getting TCP/IP to work on its wireless. This uses Adam Dunkel’s lwip implementation. Not quite done yet, but interesting!

How about a plastic bunny that waggles his ears when you get mail? Or you can use it to send instant message. Or songs. Via Wifi. It’s… just… so impossibly useless. I need one.

I mused about a retro-style game console in today’s podcast, and over lunch I found xgamestation.com, who manufactures a simple video game system which is obviously inspired by the same ideas: Imagine understanding how video game systems are designed and developed at an engineer’s level. Imagine writing your own games for a piece of hardware […]

Fun toy of the day: a gadget to make phony magazine covers from Flickr Photos. Yeah, I know, every blog in the universe has linked to this already. Sue me, it’s kind of cute.

Make up for it in volume! According to this article on Slashdot, Gamespot claims that the Playstation 3 will cost $494 to make, but sell for $399. I’m curious. Does it really make sense to spand a billion dollars to try to win this race? Holy crap. That’s not chump change. Ultimately, Sony (and presumably […]

In the previous post, a couple of people noted problems with the API. Just in case nobody realized this: the key that you use is tied to the website that the request comes from. You can’t simply copy my key and make it work, you need to apply to get your own. Addendum: Hmmm. It […]

Now, you can embed google maps into your own websites. Like, well, this: Okay, it’s not working right yet. I’m still trying to figure it out. Okay, got it working. Problem was that trying to insert script elements into a wordpress post was problematic because it insists on mangling quote characters. I’ll post again when […]

Well, that didn’t take very long. The first cool hack for Google Earth has already appeared. As is reported on lifehacker, there is a hack to download geotagged photos from Flickr that are close to the location you are looking at. That’s pretty cool. Now all I need is one of those GPS enabled camera […]

I know, everyone and their mother already knows about this, but…. My brother called me at 11:15 last night to tell me about Google Earth. I actually had downloaded it, but not installed it. I’ve installed it. I’ve run it. It’s very cool. But it doesn’t quite know where my house is. Check it out.

I have a couple of friends who are still Lego fanatics. Just in case they missed this, check out BrickJournal – the magazine for Adult Fans of LEGO. It looks pretty cool. You can download the premiere issue as a 35 page PDF file from their website.

Reuters is reporting that TiVO To Go supports transfers to Windows Mobile devices. I’ll dig into this later tonight to see if I can make it work. I often thought it would be cool to have The Daily Show available on my PDA.

Just some cool links to information about the Dell Axim X50v, the PDA that I use to record all my recent podcasts. Some good stuff in here I haven’t seen before. Aximsite – x50v Quicklinks…Software and Tweaks You “Need”…

Well, today I wore my Polar heart rate watch to the gym, and downloaded this nice log of my 45 minute workout. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, alternating a quarter mile at a four mile per hour pace, and a quarter mile of running at a five mile per hour pace. I then […]

Crazy. The gents at SnapStream built PVR using their software and six capture cards. Then, they redid it with the new Hauppauge dual tuner cards. Now, they are offering a package deal so that you can build your own. For < $500, you get the capture cards and software. Pretty neat deal, but things that […]