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Make Your Own Open Source Retro Arcade-Style Clock
ptorrone writes "Hardware hacker 'Ladyada' has released an open source, retro, arcade-style, table-tennis-for-two clock called the MONOCHRON. According to the MONCHRON project page the desire was 'to make a clock that was ultra-hackable, from adding a separate battery-backed RTC to designing the enclosure so you could program the clock once its assembled.' It includes an ATmega328 processor (with Arduino stk500 bootloader for easy hacking. It's completely open source hardware: all firmware, layout, and CAD files are yours to mess with."
When will it get an app store?
I think that the right side is a better player.
But I must argue that the handicap given to the left side (reset score to 0, after 23) is a tad unfair.
I've had a Dashboard widget that does exactly this.
Life imitates Apple.
Lemmings are silly; dinosaurs are extinct.
I love the things she dreams up and the level of detail she puts into the explanations. I've built a few of her kits, the "Minty Boost" being the one I use most. Warning, TV-B-gone can get you kicked out of sports bars and beaten senseless.
Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.
http://boingboing.net/2005/11/25/pong-clock-plays-one.html
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
And who says just because you're a geek you don't know how to binge drink, score good drugs and hit on chicks?
One end of the bell curve, of course, but we exist.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
poor left side, he gets schooled mercilessly!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Assholes like you are the reason there are so few girl geeks! Personally, although the piercing is a turn-off, I still think she is hot... brains are sexy!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Neat project, but I wouldn't call this project "open source hardware".
Why? "Open source hardware" means all the specs are available to be seen. How does that not describe this project?
So, how can you create open source hardware by using non-open source software?
The same way you can create open source software in an non-open source IDE like Visual Studio?
It is hard to "mess" with CAD/PCB/schematic files that cannot be edited with open source software.
Boohoo.
The phrase "open source hardware" is being slowly hijacked to mean something completely else. :-(
Since when did it mean anything other than access to the hardware schematics? You seem to be redefining the term.
>>>Parties? Please surrender your Geek card....
While I was visiting my classmate's dorm room, to borrow her Quantum Chemistry book and notes, her roommate walked in wearing nothing but a towel and water dripping from her long hair. I said, "Excuse me I'll leave," and she said "No need" and then dropped her towel. It was the first woman I'd ever seen nude, and I admit I enjoyed it.
Your honor: Since I was still holding a Chemistry book, I argue I should still be allowed to keep my geek card.
;-)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
You've bought into her "marketing disclaimer" - not the actual function. The clear air angle is nothing more than a good healthy dose of CYA. It's illegal to block cell phone transmissions. If she pitches this thing as an air ionizer - then she's golden.
She says this: "It is intended for city-dwellers who feel that their personal space is being overrun with undesired radio transmissions." That's the disclaimer. Which is patently absurd since the thing is a transmitter. I'm pretty sure she's bright enough to get this point.
She also says this: "Much like the personal air ionizers available in catalogues, this device is for cleaning up the air around the user. By pinning this device to a bag or jacket, the user can enjoy a radius of silence. The device is also small enough to tape underneath classroom and office desks, or tables in libraries and restaurants." The only thing she didn't add was "wink wink nudge nudge".
She's hoping that the reader is intelligent enough to see through her CYA disclaimer and use the device as it is intended - to keep people around you at restaurants and movies from screeching into their cellphones while you're trying to have an enjoyable evening out.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.