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A simpler XBox 360 Tilt Controller

Adam Thole has constructed a very nice tilt enabled xbox 360 controller using a Freescale MMA6260Q 2-axis accelerometer. Adam is reading the output from the accelerometer using a ADC into a microcontroller, processing it, then outputting the result back to the 360 controller using an DAC. This to me seemed …

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A simple game of logic I wrote cause Saturday night TV really sucked :-P

Cheers,
Steve

String theorists

... make theoretical physicists look like scientists.

Stolen from slashdot.

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Steve

LEGO fun

Comments:

• 1-1 differential drive

• 2 touch sensors used to count every half revolution for accurate movement and collision detection

• motors driven via PWM to avoid damage during collisions since we are not using the clutch gear

• tray and RCX2 is on a hinge, somewhat like a hatch back, for easy …

Look what I got davy...

This promises to be fun!

Cheers,
Steve

evidence of nonexistance

Believer: Worship the invisible pink unicorn.
Atheist: Sorry, I don't believe he exists.
Believer: Prove it.
Atheist: Huh?? Why should *I* come up with proof? Ok, I can try: I don't see him.
Believer: That is because he is invisible. Also he is pink. That is one of his divine …

... and the man was parallelised

[0019] <   freespace> | help, i got concurrency issues
[0020] <   freespace> | help, dead lock
[0020] <       Ycros> | i concurrency issue help got

Cheers,
Steve

Thrice Blessed Day

1. Centrelink people were nice and helpful.

2. ADSL2+ migration happened today.

3. TPG helpdesk was nice and helpful, helped me fix my internet connection settings. For the record, LLC multiplex mode, VCI 8 and VPI 35.

Cheers,
Steve

A somewhat useful bash script

I am one of those weird people who like to run a full screen X11 in OS X - its just me. This means of course I run into certain problems when I need to copy-n-paste between Aqua and X11.

Copying from Aqua into X11 works fine, but not the other …

They finally kicked me out

So now I am home again.

Improving Unwired Connections

Since I am in hospital again, I have to used unwired to get online.

Now at the best of times, unwired is pretty dodgy in terms of reception where RPA is located, so I am constantly doing the unwired-dance of trying to locate the mystical "sweet spot" in and around …

Back in hospital again

*sigh* Ah well, guess it can't be smooth sailing all the way.

At least this time I have unwired, though the reception could be better :-)

On the plus side, Scott owes me beers :-)

Cheers,
Steve

The (LEGO) Claw

Fear the claw!

Part of an ongoing project to make a robotic beer serving wench... well maybe not the wench part :-)

Cheers,
Steve

A rare victory

Chess to me is about not making the Fatal First Mistake and capitalising on the mistakes of others.

For once I managed not to screw up :-)

Cheers,
Steve

Setting up proxy.pac with apache2

Introduction

This guide will briefly take you through the process of setting up a automatic proxy configuration file hosted on debian server running apache2 so your client machines can configure themselves to use whatever proxies you might have.

Writing a proxy.pac

proxy.pac is the de-facto name for the …

Pfft, no ADSL2+for 2 more month

Still on contract for my old plan, and TPG wants me to first cancel my existing contract, then sign up for their ADSL2+ plan. However they won't waiver the early cancellation fee for the 2 month remaining on my contract which means if I want ADSL2+ now I have to …

Back at home

They finally got sick of me in hospital and let me go :-)

Time to play with my new toys and see if I can get ADSL2 @ home.

Cheers,
Steve

Fever

Time to go back. >:(

www.shuningbian.net

Thats us now! A proper domain name for this blog :-)

Got another domain too, check out www.dailydiscovery.org too!

Cheers,
Steve