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It's not often that I post to these forums anymore but perhaps this post will make up for that a little bit. Sparkfun just posted their weekly new products video and I noticed that they have a 30amp Current Sensor for only $9.95 which I think you guys would get a bunch of use from. It opens up...

I am using a Gigabyte GN-WI06N-RH and it has 3 spots for an antenna connection. I am only using one antenna at the moment. Can anyone here tell me how the 3 antenna connections differ from each other? I've read about other cards and they say one is a main antenna and another is an aux. I have...

I want to purchase one of those wire length counters for work. I'm looking for the one with a reel that you turn by hand and it has a little counter that tells you how many feet you have rolled up. For some reason I can not find one on google. Does it have another name other than Wire Length...

Please visit: http://data.baltimoresun.com/mobbies/ Sign-up and vote for my blog. There are two places to vote. The first is at the very top for the "Best Overall" and the second place is down the page under the "ART + DIY" section. You can just do ctrl-f to find Harford Hackerspace. I know...

My kids are playing sports 5 days a week now and I am going to be missing NFL games all the time. I figured with broadcast being digital now that portable TVs can't be all that bad. However, I keep seeing ads for Portable HDTVs but when you read the specs none of them are actually HD. Does a...

http://www.cocoontech.com/portal/articles/...-to-rj-45-balun How do you put multiple signals on the same cable? Do only insert one pair into each rj45 connector? Dan, is there any way you could add the ability to ask questions and add comments at the bottom of these reviews?

Dan, What steps are you taking to make sure you don't have a repeat of the CocoonTech Disaster Crash a few years back? I'm running a website now and feel that I should be backing it up more frequently. Is there a tool or service you are using to back things up nightly?

I recently got back into the stock market. I figured that the chances are good that the market will rebound one day since all the experts say it will. So I am buying stocks now and hoping they will go up with the market. Do any of you play the market? Are there any stocks you think I should take...

I got a friend who wants me to redo the network in his office. This guy is an accountant who is currently running 3 PCs. He has been using multiple external Hard Drives to manually back up his data. He wants to automate this so that all 3 computers share a drive and that drive is backed up all...

While searching through projects on www.harKopen.com I came across this cool little open hardware project. http://enerjar.net/ It's an open source project for monitoring power consumption. The authors do warn you that the device isn't the most safe. So be careful and play at your own risk!

Does anyone know of software to automatically archive IRC Chat logs to a webserver each night? It would be really cool if I could log it to a MediaWiki site but just uploading a plain text log automatically would be good enough for now.

Check out this link for detail; http://hacdc.org/2009/01/23/reprap-build-a...ts-on-saturday/ If you don't know what a RepRap is you can visit www.reprap.org. Basically, it's an open source project to build a machine that can replicate it's self. The project has come a long way and at this point...

I'm working on a website for restaurant reviews. I need come up with a list of menu categories to help make searching for particular types of menu items much easier. I googled for a list but did not come up with anything so I am turning to you guys to help me generate one. I'll start with the...

http://www.ingenuitywelcome.com/game/ I've been playing this game for two days and it's highly addictive. You get some raw materials and you have to build a cart that can carry 15 coconuts over rough terrain and dump them without loosing your cart. Let's see what you smart guys can come up with.

I was running an Asus P4P800-E Delux motherboard and it took a dump. It won't boot up 99% of the time and is not even doing a POST. I have been swaping parts between it and another PC all week long and I have it narrowed down to the Motherboard or Processor. The only requirement that I have is...

I have a CQC interface running on an old CRT monitor and I have designed the interface to be controlled using an IR remote (not touch screen). What I want to do is pass the video from the PC through my Denon A/V receiver and Zektor A//V matrix and into my Infocust IN26+. The computer has a 1024...

I was thinking about trying to reface my kitchen cabinets my self to cut down on cost. Have any of you done this before? I've watched several videos and read a few articles and it does not look to be an impossible DIY task but it looks like it might be a pretty big project for one person. I...

I know you guys like to look at pictures which is why I am posting this. For about 4 years now I have been trying to think of a way to make my kitchen more practical. It's a decent size kitchen for a town home. I was thinking about adding an island in the middle but that would make the kitchen...

I just picked up a solar attic fan from Home Depot for $218. I pulled it out of the box it it immediately kicked on. It's partly cloudy here today. When the sun is out the fan really blows. While the sun is hidden it still blows but just not as hard. What happens when it's sunny in the winter...

http://www.zwaveworld.com/buyersguides/thermostats.php I did a little research and put together this rather simple buyers guide for Z-Wave thermostats. I got the idea after reading a press release about 3 new thermostats. Did you know that there are 12 thermostats currently available. I have to...