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So, “zedstarr” eh? What’s that about you may ask… Wikisplain Z*. Zed star. Zedstarr. Of course it is. Told you it was real. Well, imaginary. Well…. oh never mind.

So today I got to visit my “alma mater” – not a phrase I feel comfortable using, turns out it’s a (Latin) American English term, less so useful/used in British English – so what I really mean is I visited my old university. I have an alumni library membership, so thought I’d pop in, forContinue reading ““Alma Mater” ???”

Just this…

Some CAN data got via mbed, geo-logged to SD. That is all.

Just getting into mbeg.org – rapid prototyping using NXP's microcontrollers Specifcally like the RFID to twitter build that was featured on Wired. see http://bit.ly/hE8PnA

Hmmm. Similar technique to how I created "Bra Hair" by Japanese Spam Hammer back in the day… Try this: 1 – Go to Wikipedia and hit random article. The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 – Go to The Quotations Page – Your Source for Famous Quotes andContinue reading “Build – least amount of effort”

Can't believe it, back in 1997 Winamp was THE media player, mp3 files were just becoming popular… I remember running winamp on the first laptop I ever bought, a hulking big AJP 6200, running win95. Winamp on a portable device is what I longed for in 1997 – imagine winamp on a Psion Series5! IContinue reading “Winamp on Android – it’s like being back in 1997!”

POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo  /  Tue, September 21, 2010 The Russian policeman waved at the orange van zigzagging around the empty plaza, ordering it to stop. The van didn’t, so the officer stepped closer to address the driver. But there was no driver. The van is an autonomous vehicle developed at the University of Parma’sContinue reading “IEEE Spectrum: Autonomous Vehicle Driving from Italy to China”