freelance Archive

  • The aRSSduino in action

    aRSSduino

    The aRSSduino is a simple project for the Arduino microcontroller, designed to display RSS feed entries on a 16x2 LCD.  It's still in the early stages, with the following outstanding: To Do: Support for larger LCDs To Improve: Better UTF-8 character handling To Do: Multiple RSS feed ...

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  • Amazon Kindle 3G

    Free e-books for your Kindle

    I've written an - in my not-so-humble opinion - interesting post on the cost of e-books for the recently-released Amazon Kindle and other eReader devices, which I've published over on my Freelance Site. This week culminates in the launch of Amazon’s latest Kindle eReader,which means ...

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  • Toshiba launches dual-screen notebook

    Toshiba launches dual-screen notebook

    Toshiba has confirmed its plans to offer a dual-screen notebook similar to Microsoft's Courier concept, to be added to its Libretto ultra-mobile range. The Toshiba Libretto W100 was launched as part of the company's 25th anniversary celebrations - its first laptop, the Toshiba T1100 was ...

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  • The Freelancer’s Kitbag

    The Freelancer’s Kitbag

    Okay, so the title is a misnomer - it's more of a kitbox.  Still, it's my new toy and I'll love it and hug it and never let it go. The kitbag - designed as a one-grab container for everything I'm likely to need if ...

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