http://www.blogsnapper.com Technical Collections Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:09:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When NYC Resistor's Chris Fenton wanted a Cray, he wasn't talking about a casemodded PC. No, he really wanted his own Cray. His exhaustively-researched machine simulates the functionality of one of the old-school supercomputers, to the point where he's researching old Cray resources looking for programs to run -- apparently ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/home-brewed-tenth-scale-cray-1a/ Recently, I have been experimenting with microcontrollers. A project that really caught my eye was the Chronulator at http://www.sharebrained.com . At the same time, Texas Instruments released an experimenter's kit called the Launchpad for the outstanding price of $4.30 plus shipping. This kit ...By: Doug ParadisContinue Reading » More: ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/msp430-based-chronulator-using-launchpad-chip/ If you have free time before class or during class,you can do a lot.You can read a book ,finish an assignment,draw,or just think. read if you have free time,you could read. You don't have to read a book it can be an assignment.If you need to finish a ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/free-time/ Last month, I spent some time with my best friend in Denver. As I do with any city, I try and find the crafty must-see spots right away. Some Internet sleuthing lead to me a few great finds, the first being Fancy Tiger. Read the Full Story » | More ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/crafty-denver-fancy-tiger/ Spotted at Marcello Pizzaria & Ristorante in Vancouver by Adam Lindsley of This is Pizza. [via Neatorama] More:How-To: Build a temporary wood-fired pizza ovenPizza cutters of the godsHOW TO - Pizza earth ovenMake a pizza box solar ovenHomemade pizza cuttersDIY Brick Pizza Oven Read the Full Story » | More on ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/pizza-ovenhellmouth/ Florin wanted a MakerBot watch but they were never in stock. So he made his own! He calls it the DWex, which stands for the 'Duino watch for experimenters. This watch is built around a 3V-powered ATmega328P running at 8MHz. Time is shown using 2 circles of 12 LEDs, in a ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/dwex-an-arduino-watch/ Instructables user Milt_Reynolds claims to have the best method for de-seeding watermelon, do you agree? Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/how-to-remove-seeds-from-watermelon/ Jeremy May's jewelry made from books - Paper is many things: a carrier of text, illustration, history and emotion.Jeremy May has captured the beauty of paper via a unique laminating process. Littlefly jewellery is made by laminating hundreds sheets of paper together, then carefully finishing to a high gloss. The paper ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/jeremy-mays-jewelry-made-from-books/ Dimitri Tsykalov's amazing fruit carvings... via NOTCOT. Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/how-do-you-like-them-apples-dimitri-tsykalovs-amazing-fruit-carvings/ Having some acrylic and a laser cutter available, I set out to make an acrylic dock for the iphone4.  Being a nexus one owner myself I took pity on a couple of friends and decided to make some for them. After measuring up a co-workers phone, I made a dock that would work with ... http://www.blogsnapper.com/2010/09/02/acrylic-iphone4-charging-dock-bumpercase-compatible/