Archive for the 'Fun' Category

RGB LED Lamp


It was another great weekend with DIY idea:)
Its a kind of mini lamp for the desk with nice colors.
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Your own weatherstation


Create a own weather station or temperature monitoring using a tiny digital temperature sensor.

I use this setup to monitor a server room, and outdoor temperature and as a weather station.

This project consists of interface between RS-232F and the Dallas one Wire system.

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Ambilight for your monitor

Ambilight-TV is great, why not for your home monitor?
Build your own ambilight for home PC!

What you need:
- 2 Cold light cathodes (Length: 316mm)
- 1 Inverter
- 2 Cables about 1 meter
- Solder, Soldering Iron and equipment
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Excuse the downtime

Some funny downtime excuses:

  • We’re a free service. Goddamn.
  • Does anyone know how to fix a database cluster?
  • Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
  • Squirrels.
  • Did we mention we re-hired Jakob Lodwick this weekend?
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    Make your linux speaking

    Speaker

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    echo 'you are a loser' | festival --tts
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    for count in $(seq 1 10) ; do espeak "Go Away" ; done

    Make speaker louder:

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    amixer -c 0 sset Master,0 100%;
    amixer set Master 100%
    # or
    amixer set PCM 100%

    Another funny things:

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    export DISPLAY=:0
    xmessage 'YOU ARE BEING WATCHED. MUHAHAHAHahaha'