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Update: Youtube killed my video in a duel and it never said why. I put a link from my server up instead. I went hiking on Piestewa Peak with my friends Joe and Amanda… Also, as proof that I am … Continue reading

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Fridge temperature regulator for fermentation

I finally got around to brewing some Hefeweizen, however I quickly realized that it was necessary to use refrigeration to keep the beer fermenting at the proper temperature! Never fear, a mercury switch, relay and a few resisters later and … Continue reading

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PAReX

Title: PAReX Club Meeting Date: Thursday June 7, 2007 Time: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Repeats: This event repeats every month on the first Thursday. Next reminder: The next reminder for this event will be sent in 6 days, 4 … Continue reading

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Making some wireless magic work

I’m working on building a terrorist threat level alert light for my apartment, so that I can make the proper decisions about what to wear, whether I should be talking to my neighbors or not, etc. The device mounts on … Continue reading

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Maker Faire

Anyone want to go to Maker Faire? May 19th and 20th in San Francisco. It looks like it will be awesome…

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Life in Matlab

I’ve always wanted to make a life simulator, so here is a quick and dirty one using Matlab. I think the rectangle drawing takes up a significant portion of the CPU time… Source Code after break. UPDATE: I posted an … Continue reading

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Happy Engineers Week!

Guess its kindve late, but whatever. We (IEEE) had a booth at the Science Center today that I helped out with, and we had some interested students and adults come by and talk to us about engineering. Next time though, … Continue reading

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