Archive for October 17th, 2006
Mid-term feeder proto
We have a basic mechanism for the automatic wet-food cat feeder, from here on out known as AWCF(aus-iff (it works)), working. We needed a time mechanism, be it code or an actual clock to set the feeding time regardless of location or power interruptions, so we hacked a cheap alarm clock, which has worked [...]
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I also had some problems bringing the serial-out up on Terminal, getting errors that I could not make sense of. Keep’n it on the positive: it was still a wow moment being able to control a meer ellipse on a screen. Hope to play this more when time becomes available. Having too [...]
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Design of Everyday Things, ch. 1
This is one of those topics that have been beaten into my head thousands of times – especially if you’ve come from an art and design undergrad. Norman had, however, a really refreshing take on design and thus the role of the designer with some effective examples. One constantly hears what design “should” [...]
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