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A while ago I saw a project on www.makezine.com where a guy had converted a Netgear WGT634U wireless router to a music player, and had some brief instructions here: http://devices.natetrue.com/musicap/

I talked about this with Susanne, and to my surprise, her reaction was “cool”, rather than the usual “that’s nice”.  Curious, I asked her why she thought it was cool, and she told me that then we could beam some tunes into the bathroom, as we had both discussed before, but I had forgotten about.  So, the project was officially on.

The instructions on Nathan’s web site assume a fairly advanced level of knowledge, so I was going to need to do a bit more research than that, and thought that I might as well document it. (more…)

There are a lot of PCB CAD programs out on the web, often linked to PCB manufacturing companies, but if you are just making a small one off board, these seem like using a sledge hammer as a stapler.  Quite possibly a lot of fun, but probably not for all of the right reasons. (more…)

Probably pretty obvious after the fact, but I think I am clever at the moment.

If you want wireless at an airport and do not want to pay through the nose for it like with the Tmobile etc providers, loiter near an airport lounge.

I am currently sitting in Seattle airport with plenty of time to kill, but am in a bar with a power point, just around the corner from the Northwest lounge.  Now I can get some stuff done.  And have a beer.

Excellent.  Now all they need to do is move the bar closer to the access point so the reception improves.