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Two weeks in Egypt

Egypt has far too many sites to see, with more being discovered all the time.  I’ve never been so amazed and exhausted with a trip.  You can follow us on our voyage with my extension to the Google Maps...

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Finally, mattjackets.com exists.

After years of thinking about it, I finally registered a domain for myself and got a real website up.  Good bye free hosting, good bye home server, hello internet.

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Free custom laser or waterjet cut part day at Big Blue Saw

Big Blue Saw is having a free part day on August 6. You can create one part to be made from laser cut acrylic or waterjet cut aluminum, just pay shipping. It’s a shame that I don’t have any projects...

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OpenInterval project posted at last

OpenInterval is an older project of mine to create a universal IR interval timer that can support any camera capable of accepting remote control input. I left it at the point where it supports my Nikon...

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A few days in Korea

Recently, I had the chance to spend a few days in Seoul and Daejeon Korea to work directly with one of our customers.  It had been about a year since I was overseas last, so my travel bug was starting...

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MegaTwit – iamsoftware

I wrote an interface in ruby between the Twitter API and the chatterbox software MegaHAL. Why?  I don’t know.  Initially, I had it using the same brain developed over a few weeks of MegaHAL sitting in...

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Decoding APRS packets with parts from your junk box

A few days ago I had a chance to talk to some amateur radio operators about something called Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS). APRS is a low bandwidth data communications mechanism that...

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The Jacob’s Lantern — 10,000 volts of Halloween fun!

This year I took part in a pumpkin carving contest.  I knew I didn’t have a chance unless I had a gimmick…so I grabbed my trusty oil burner ignition transformer and some wire coat hanger.  I mean, why...

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