Trying to get some work done here and using the ‘Bird’s Eye View’ of stuff is really handy for getting a second look at building rooftops.  But its hard to navigate a web page in JAPANESE!

Don’t believe it?  Take a look for yourself.  The image here is full res so click and take a gander.

Anyone know how to fix this for Windows LIVE?  Can’t find any hits for this problem on Google.

First reaction is to price out a replacement but then I realized that its just a broken screen.  I found some sources online that say that Canon US will sell me a replacement screen for as little as $35.  All I have to do is get the camera apart and replace the screen.  So, assuming that the smoke that has been coming out of the flash lately isn’t a big deal I will just buy a new LCD and add one more project to my list.

Fun with electronics!

Here’s the thing, I know some about programming now and have some experience in a variety of languages from my time at SDSU but I don’t know any of these new syntaxes and I just don’t have the experience I need to start fabricating code.  I have ordered a book with hopes of teaching myself the basics.  And as with anything new, getting started causes the most anguish because you find out how incompetent you really are. But I am hopeful that I can figure it out.  After all, its english right?  My brain works in nice orderly tables and functions!  I like it when my life works like that so I can learn to write like this.

Any good sources or advice for me?

Don’t take my word for it, check it out and see what you think.  But if you get the opportunity to pounce on this treat, consider that it might be poisonous!

Considering what the commercial products cost and don’t really deliver I started thinking about making my own sequencer for the bike. Plus, I like the idea of a brake light too! With LED power consumption what it is, you can have it all on a pedal powered machine. I could power it with any number of power cell or battery options. I just need a circuit. I am no circuit designer, save the simpler stuff, but I can work with something someone else has made. Google tracked down a good sequencer for me and I wanted to share it with any of you that have read this far.

Credit where credit is due: I found this write up HERE

Expandable 16 Stage LED Sequencer

The circuit below uses a hex Schmitt Trigger inverter (74HC14) and two 8 bit Serial-In/Parallel-Out shift registers (74HCT164 or 74HC164) to sequence 16 LEDs. The circuit can be expanded to greater lengths by cascading additional shift registers and connecting the 8th output (pin 13) to the data input (pin 1) of the succeeding stage. A Schmitt trigger oscillator (74HC14 pin 1 and 2) produces the clock signal for the shift registers, the rate being approximately 1/RC. Two additional Schmitt Trigger stages are used to reset and load the registers when power is turned on. Timing is not critical, however the output at pin 8 of the Schmitt Trigger must remain high during the first LOW to HIGH clock transition at pin 8 of the registers, and must return low before the second rising edge to load a single bit. If the clock rate is increased, the length of the signal at pin 9 of the Schmitt Trigger should be reduced proportionally to avoid loading more than one bit. The HCT devices will normally provide about 4 mA (source or sink) from each output but can supply greater currents (possibly 25 mA) if only one output is loaded. The common 150 ohm resistor restricts the current below 25 mA using a 6 volt power source. If the circuit is operated with two or more LEDs on at the same time, resistors may be needed in series with each LED to avoid exceeding the maximum total output current for each IC of 25 mA. For greater brightness, individual buffer transistors can be used as shown in the 10 stage LED sequencer on this same page.

1. Church Management Software
2. Church Calendars
3. Team Communication
4. Event Management
5. Assimilation Management
6. Ministries

Ok, so perhaps not ‘back’ but its going to be in the form of a television movie. I have little confidence in TV movies modeled after old shows that most college freshman have never heard of, but surely it will be as good as its predecessor was in the 80′s. Whats really fun is when one of the HD channels resurrects this childhood favorite from time to time. All those things the directors let slide because you would never notice back then jump out in big screen high def!

MSNBC is reporting

Confirming its long-rumored foray into the mobile market, Google said Monday it is developing a free cell phone software package so the Internet search leader can more easily peddle ads and services to people who are not in front of a PC.