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Saw this today and thought it was brilliant!! Modifying hardware to play tunes!
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The Wii Fit, was launched recently. It is the latest offering in the Wii range from Nintendo. The fit adds a new control device to the Wii platform in the form of a balance board, which looks like a large bathroom scale. You stand on it and control movement by moving your body. Really fun and quite a workout. Ever Wondered what would happen if you could combine this with a pc and control applications using it, well wonder no more. Fly around the earth using the Wii fit board and Google Earth!!
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I bought myself a new LCD to replace the LG 20″ I had for about a month. I only used it for 10days… There was a problem with the backlight driver on the LG, upon doing some further research I discovered it was a common problem with that specific model. The LG I had was a 204WT-BF 20.1″ Wide. I had it credited and opted for something different, in fact I got a totally different brand. I decided to go for the 22″ Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX Wide Screen LCD.
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My mother and I, had a very interesting discussion the other day, I tried to explain the benefits of being on a wireless network…
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Nvidia wants to buy Ageia, now for those of you who don’t know, Ageia is the company behind PhysX, a physics processing chip. I think the whole PPU (physics processing unit) thing is just hype I have seen no “real” enhancement of any game’s look or feel. So why would NVidia believe that this would be of benefit to any one? Well only time will tell.

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Yes, I am still waiting to receive the psp remote serial adapters I order from Hong Kong. The moment Ireceive these I will be able to complete my ps/2 keyboard to PSP interface. I hope to receive them before the end of the month…

I will be getting the first shipment of components today. So Hopefully I will be able to start on some of my projects by this weekend. First will be the home automation system, them the psp keyboard. But before all that i will be building a development and programming board for the micro-controllers I ordered, because the micros will be the core of most of my future projects.

I haven’t even started the development of my PS/2 -> IR -> PSP Interface, and I have a revision to the idea, well maybe an addition, or even a supplicant. USB keyboard – > Psp via serial or Ir. Ok just a quick post…

Damn, how I desire this device! eeePC

This has to be the gadget of the year. Fully featured small notebook. The ultimate mobile device, well for its price anyway!

I am going to Hong Kong in September, I will be buying one, but I don’t think I will be able to last that long.

So I am going to see if I can order one on the web! First thing I will do is get more Ram, by the look of things it uses 200Pin so-dimm modules, so I will get at least 1gig of memory.

So I haven’t been posting anything about the PSP in awhile, the favorite of all my gadgets! So the best way to make it right is to start a project. I am in the process of designing an Ir interface for the psp, I am still in the planning phase but this is what I had in mind:

• A small pic based device
• With an Ir interface, obviously
• A PS/2 Keyboard interface

I think you get the idea?

If you are a bit slow, hehe, I had some trouble trying to get a decent compatible IR keyboard, so I started to think of an universal interface.
Picture this you have a psp you want to use nice homebrew apps like irc ssh vnc, and the like, but you don’t like trying to type with an OSK (on screen keyboard), you’ve heard of the fantastic libraries that can enable you to use a pda’s IR keyboard you think GREAT!! But wait Jim you don’t have one. But you have a normal PS/2 keyboard?

Ok enough with the sarcasm, watch this space for more…