Monthly Archives: April 2011

Ideas to re-sharpen your skills

Posted on April 15, 2011 by kdub

As any coder can attest, its necessary to make investments of time to keep your skill sharp. Just because you have a shiny degree isn’t an excuse to  slack off! A few months of investigating concurrency or performance problems in … Continue reading →

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Your $400 Hardware Lab

Posted on April 10, 2011 by kdub

No surprise, but I love engineering. I love being able to create and build whatever I can imagine. A critical part of this though, is putting together a decent lab! Like everyone else, I’m on a budget. Here’s how you … Continue reading →

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Gnome Shell hits the streets!

Posted on April 7, 2011 by kdub

Gnome shell has been released! Its a total revamp of the classic Gnome 2.x desktop. I think they’ve done a pretty good job with it, and its good to see Gnome continue to move forward! You can try it out … Continue reading →

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Diving into AVRs!

Posted on April 3, 2011 by kdub

I’ve been using PIC’s for quite a while now. I like the PIC platform, but decided to switch it up and try out the AVR microcontroller platform from Atmel. Its pretty popular, and you can’t go a day on hackaday.com … Continue reading →

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