I was one of the luckier ones to score an Oculus Rift Development Kit. Luckier because like a lot of KickStarter projects, this one had delays and there are many, many people who are still patiently waiting for their development Continue reading
At this point in time, I have a working HTPC that can boot to either Windows 8 or Mountain Lion. Where do we go from here? There are a couple of options to explore. Obviously a video card would Continue reading
The OS installation proved to be tricky. I went into it thinking that I’d install Mountain Lion, then leverage the BootCamp feature to install Win8 and dual boot that way. Instead, here are the steps I followed: Boot to Continue reading
Recently, I finished building a hackintosh with windows 8 dual boot. This was an attempt at building a flexible HTPC that can boot both Mountain Lion and Windows 8 (not at the same time, of course). The process was not Continue reading
While I have not achieved any success at lucid dreaming, I have realized a flaw in my design : I can’t shut this thing off. At the time, I didn’t have the necessary parts, so I simply wired everything such Continue reading
Lucid Dreaming can be summarized as being aware that you are in a dream – being aware of being in a reality of your own making means that you can control it. Sort of. Recently I needed some electronic Continue reading
Here are some pictures for the cable hack necessary to get the Raspberry Pi and the LapDock to work together. The cable mod consists of a male USB microB plug, female USB microB plug, and a male USB A plug. Continue reading
Here’s a quickie, got the Hexy up and running, thanks to the folks at Arcbotics!
While I was waiting for the good people at Arcbotics to make the official instructions online, I’ve been poking around the code they have available at github, specifically PoMoCo I’m not an expert at Python, but I know enough Continue reading
Recently, Motorola quietly killed the LapDock. This drove down the prices and and made it financially accessible to acquire one(went from ~$150 to about ~$50!) I acquired one for the Raspberry Pi laptop project(this has been done many, many Continue reading
