I had always wanted to make a simple persistence of vision toy. A persistence of vision toy, usually known as a POV, basically consists of a bunch of LEDs connected to a microcontroller. This microcontroller turns the LEDs on and off at a high rate. The rate at which they blink is so high that [...]
Short on cash and yearning a laptop, I hesitantly purchased a used Thinkpad on Ebay last week. For an instant, though, the thought of crossing over the border to Juarez and stealing one seemed tempting. Apparently, anything goes in Juarez right now and the odds of getting away with it are extraordinary. Luckily, a copy [...]