Posts Tagged ‘gadgets’

Intro to the Arduino

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Joe Grand and Bre Pettis bring you another Awesome Electronics Workshop. This week learn about the Arduino, an open-source microcontroller board.

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Open Source Wii Software

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

http://live.pirillo.com - Minutes after I sliced my finger on the Wii box, I decided to download a program for Mac OS X called “DarwiinRemote”. Essentially, you connect your WiiMote via Bluetooth to any Mac running OS X.

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What Software do you Use for Digital Photos?

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

http://live.pirillo.com - Believe it or not, I have been accused of never talking about Windows. That’s an illusion. Apparently, there’s just not a lot of interesting Windows software out there anymore. If there is… you’re not telling me about it. How can I let everyone know about cool programs like this one if you don’t point me towards them?

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How Are You Helping the Software Community?

Friday, December 19th, 2008

live.pirillo.com - geeks.pirillo.com - Josh writes: “I’ve been a subscriber to your YouTube channel for awhile, and I thought I would put together a top 10 list for you about easy ways people can contribute to the software community”. Even before the World Wide Web, I downloaded everything I could find to run on my computer. I was a software Geek from day one.

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http://live.pirillo.com - Just today, the PDF became an official ISO standard. You’ll see PDFs show up in a lot more places. It will be the document format to beat, basically. I happen to have stumbled across an invitation-only Beta earlier for a new Firefox plugin… to make PDFs.

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http://live.pirillo.com - It’s been said that if you fail to plan, then you should plan to fail. That’s very true. I have failed in the past when it comes to planning and implementing design ideas in our home. I didn’t have good software to help me in my endeavor, and ended up having to drastically change my plans.

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What Other Free Software do I Need?

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

http://live.pirillo.com - I find great software pretty much every day. I tend to let all of you know as soon as I can. I want to start doing a video each week that has a roundup of cool software that I find. So let’s get to it with our first roundup!

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http://live.pirillo.com - http://geeks.pirillo.com - If you’re looking to write on Geeks.pirillo or any other site, you need to make sure you create good content. There are many factors involved in this process. I’ve written out my top five points to keep in mind, to help you get started.

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Free Windows Screen Shot Software

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

http://live.pirillo.com - What do you use to capture video or stills on your computer? Two of my sponsors, TechSmith and ShinyWhiteBox both have excellent programs available. But TechSmith has now decided to offer slightly older versions of their screen capture software completely for FREE!

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http://live.pirillo.com - It’s been said that if you fail to plan, then you should plan to fail. That’s very true. I have failed in the past when it comes to planning and implementing design ideas in our home. I didn’t have good software to help me in my endeavor, and ended up having to drastically change my plans.

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