Google Earth, Picassa, Geotagging, and old Chihuly Photos

OK, I love GOOGLE products THIIIIIIS much. I was playing with the latest version of Picasa and Google Earth tonight. The “really cool feature from google”TM that I was trying to figure out is image geotagging. Basically Geotaggin is labeling a photo so you can place it on a map. See Wikipedia, Geotagging. The whole …

Lightscribe CD/DVD Burner

I got a Lightscribe CD/DVD burner in the new computer I got myself for my birthday. I finally saved enough for a few Lightscribe discs. I must say, I am rather disapointed. This is “High Quality” and took 20 minutes to burn. The contrast just isn’t there. Oh well, it is still better looking then …

The Rabbitcore Embedded Microcontroller Automatic Fish Feeder works! I even have a video to prove it.

Here is the front view of the feeder hooked up to my Rabbitcore Embedded Microcontroller. The Rabbitcore will eventually completely operate the fish feeder. It will also run the lights, and take the ambient temperature as well. I am going to have the fish feeder to feed 3 times a day on a tight schedule, …

Web-enabled Crock Pot?

I was wondering around target today and stopped to look at the crock-pots. I saw there are “smart” crock-pots out now. These have built in timers and what-not. I got to thinking… what if I made this thing web-enabled. If you where going to be home late, the “smart” crock pots wouldn’t know that, but …

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