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Browsers, etc


I can personally attest to the greatness of firefox for Windows as a browser. Fast, lightweight, more OnMySide than InMyWay. Last time I tried Mozilla (way long ago) it sucked hard.</p><p>Kudos to the mozilla team for a job well done.</p><p><...


Updates, music, ...


The LCD project is now officially on hold until I get the PCB laid out. Unfortunately, there's something keeping me away from getting that done.</p><p>Well, that's not entirely true. I would like to avoid making a big mess out of developing the...


One glitch


Posting that entry last night wasn't perfect on the BlackBerry. MovableType didn't complete the rebuilding of the site. I think I just missed a step that I'll have to do manually next time, rather than having the browser do it automatically.<...


Yawn


Sitting in the optometrist's office with my BlackBerry, and wondering if I can post ok on the road. </p><p>Looks like I can…</p><p>So is it just me, or is it super stupid that people are freaking out about Janet Jackson's boob being shown on TV...


Now in colour!


Last night, after buying some potentiometers and going back to my original design containing transistor amps on the colour inputs, I have claimed yet another small victory in the VGA->LCD project.</p><p></p><p>So now I have two options:
1. Continue...


VGA->LCD Converter Baby-Step


I made a very interesting discovery last night when I was about to whip that LCD panel out the window for not working after all the effort I put into the project…</p><p></p><p>You probably already know where the panel came from, so I won't repeat...


OSX + X11 = Bliss


This past weekend I set out to begin laying out a PCB for my VGA->LCD converter board. Unfortunately, I could not find a decent PCB layout package that I could use natively in Mac OS X. I found one that seemed half-decent called Osmond PCB, but...


If there wasn't already too little time...


…Apple goes and makes GarageBand so darned addictive to play with!</p><p>I am now starting to regret the sale of my XP-50, but then again, I think that's a bit more keyboard than I'd need for just hacking around anyway. One of these guys will probably...