ShiftBrite with an Arduino and a touchscreen

When life gives you moderately non-linear 4-wire resistive touchscreens you make lemonade. Then you spike that lemonade with something tasty and toxic, and go make cool projects. Recently a fairly sizable number of resistive touchscreens fell off the back of the e-waste truck and into my lap so it’s time to hit the shop and [...]

DIYLILCNC – Now in 3d!

Sooo it’s been a while since this blog has seen any action and I’ve latched on to the idea that betaorbust will be heading back to its original design and pick up as a blog for the various side projects I’m continuously working on. With that said: Recently I’ve started looking at CNC machines with [...]

Things I Ripped Out of My Car…

So the old Caddie is going to be sold. It’s official. While it’s 22mpg is pretty damn good considering it’s HUGE V8 engine the Eugene part of me has been screaming for almost… what, 2 years now? Also I stopped selling plunderin’ rights on mah flock-o-womenz so the caddie just doesn’t fit my lifestyle the [...]

The End ???????????

So here it is. The final installment. What HAVE we been making? These heat sink pictures are some of my favorites. SO nice and orderly. Just LOOK at that brushed aluminum! Badier is laying tile??? In a box? With a cardboard floor???? WHAT IS GOING ON??? Well folks… your wait is over… here is what [...]

BONUS PICTURE!

BONUS PICTURE!!!! From large to small, Swiss Arm Knife tweezers get it all! That’s two picture posts in one day! I’m going to get a cupcake to celebrate!