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Hubway’s Data Visualization Challenge

This is my entry to Hubway Data Visualization Contest. I thought it’d be interesting to see the fastest bikers inbetween every station, and at what times of day the rides occurred. I’ve also created a...

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War ‘Shipping’

War driving – the act of searching for Wi-Fi wireless networks by a person in a moving vehicle, using a portable computer, smartphone or personal digital assistant (PDA). My initial idea for War...

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How to Turn Your Raspberry Pi into a Fully Functional Web Server

First we will start with the shopping list. You will need one of each of the required items. This list is assuming you already have a USB keyboard and USB mouse. QTY Required Items Price(USD)* 1...

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How to turn your Raspberry Pi into an FM Transmitter

For those who don’t know, the Raspberry Pi can transmit an FM signal directly. It’s a surprisingly powerful signal, too, and it’s very easy to do. Following the guide on the Imperial College Robotics...

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Using PHP/cURL to Create News and Event Items in Sitefinity using WCF

Earlier in the year, my company had decided that we will be moving websites to a new provider,  Sitefinity.  I couldn’t be happier with the decision, as it is a very modern and robust Web CMS. My only...

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How to Tether Your Raspberry Pi with your iPhone 5

If you have been reading my blog lately you know that I have done a lot of projects involving Raspberry Pi‘s, the $35 dollar credit card sized Linux computer. Because of its small size, I recently...

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Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into a WiFi Hotspot with Edimax Nano USB EW-7811Un...

I’m writing this blog to help anyone with an Edimax Nano USB WiFi adapter (EW-7811Un) configure a Wireless Accesss Point. The main reason I wrote this post is because the Edimax was the first wireless...

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Verified: Raspberry Pi and 3G Sierra Wireless 250u Aircard from Sprint

I am writing this quick post as I recently had a very difficult time getting the Sierra Wireless 250u 3G USB modem from Sprint working on my Raspberry Pi. I also had seen anyone else on the web or...

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Ditch Your Cable Modem/ISP With a Tethered iPhone and Raspberry Pi

Last month, I wrote a blog post about tethering your iPhone to your Raspberry Pi. I got a lot of emails regarding this post, and one in particular caught my eye. It was from a fellow...

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Using your Raspberry Pi as a Wireless Router and Web Server

I got an email earlier in the week from some students at SoonChunHyang University, about 100km from Seoul, Korea. They are working on a project where they are using Raspberry Pi’s as a web server, but...

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Google Chromecast: Unboxing and Review (Pictures and Video)

My Google Chromecast arrived last night, so I decided to write a quick post showing the unboxing, setup, and some of the features. Chromecast Unboxing First, the packaging: Its not exactly the same...

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Beginners Guide To Turn Your Raspberry Pi into an Affordable Bitcoin Mining Rig

First off, I know this post is a little late in the game as it is becoming less profitable for amateurs to mine Bitcoins, and that there are more efficient ways to go about this. But I am writing this...

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Turn your Raspberry Pi into a Translator with Speech Recognition and Playback...

I get many requests from people who are still looking f […]

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My Universal Translator (PiTranslate) Featured on Make Magazine

This is a prototype I completed last year, but have been working closely with Make Magazine and Radioshack to create this great step by step guide for their Weekend Project Campaign. Check out the...

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Unboxing Kano: A Computer You Make Yourself

November 20th 2013, Alex Klein reached out to me about a kick starter project he was about to launch for a product he created, Kano. His idea was simple: “We’ve created a simple, fun computer and...

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What Is My IP?

UPDATE 5/27/15: WhatsMyIP.Me now gets 5,000 hits an hour! Incredible! I recently have been experiencing issues at work where one of my two ISP’s would go down. I have a Cisco firewall that handles the...

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Current Projects

First off, I would like to apologize to my readers for not updating this blog more frequently.  The reason for my absence has been that I accepted a new role helping to launch a research and...

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My Universal Translator (PiTranslate) Featured on Make Magazine

This is a prototype I completed last year, but have been working closely with Make Magazine and Radioshack to create this great step by step guide for their Weekend Project Campaign. Check out the...

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Unboxing Kano: A Computer You Make Yourself

November 20th 2013, Alex Klein reached out to me about a kick starter project he was about to launch for a product he created, Kano. His idea was simple: “We’ve created a simple, fun computer and...

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What Is My IP?

UPDATE 5/27/15: WhatsMyIP.Me now gets 5,000 hits an hour! Incredible! I recently have been experiencing issues at work where one of my two ISP’s would go down. I have a Cisco firewall that handles the...

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