TechTalk

Last night i order my eee pc. 701 white. I can’t wait to get my hands on it it is going to be great, I predict it is going to be the gadget of 2008. I expect there to be a couple of revisions and new innovative models before the end of the year. There are already talks about a bigger screen version as seen at CES, and a touch screen.

The touch screen mod is the one hardware mod I am seriously considering. You can buy diy touch panel kits of ebay at reasonable prices.

I will be posting updates about my eee pc adventure as soon as I have the thing

I also got myself 2gigs of ram, and a 8 gig SDHC card.

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…

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…

Got myself a very nice piece of kit recently. It’s a Magnetox V120 Recorder. It’s a small ( Mac-mini-look-alike) device capable of recording video from a direct video source or a coax output. It is a very nice alternative to the DSTV PVR recorder.

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Two acronyms with totally different meanings but alongside each other, the start to make sense…

What do I mean, well DRM or Digital Rights Management, is a form of technology used by owners of digital content to control access to their media. DOA, means Dead On Arrival, used in the medical proffesion to refer to a patient who was found dead on the arrival at the hospital.

So what I imply is that DRM is DOA…

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Well I have seen some real interesting and innovative stuff from all over the web but this, this is so different and yet so simple and elegant.

What am I going on about, well it basically is a attempt to hear your network activity! Listening in on network traffic has gotten a whole new meaning.

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