Blockheads! I took a bad tumble off my bike this past weekend. It was late at night and I decided to travel side streets to avoid any traffic. There was a chock left in the road and I hit it coming out of a turn. I was flying off the bike by the time I realized what was going on. I saw a flash in my eyes when my helmet hit the ground. I stood up slowly and took stock. Thankfully no…
The Sensor Bike Helmet I finally got tired of my old bike helmet and decided to put together a new one. It’s been on my to do list for the past few months. I stopped by the Fremont Recycle Cycles and asked if they had a Giro Indicator in stock. The clerk told me they only sell those at the U-District store, but offered to show what they stocked. I took a look and found a Uvex i-vo. I had…
GPS Visualizer This site has been known to me for a while. I originally had found it in my search for ways to convert Google Map routes to a GPX file that would load in TopoFusion. The site is so feature rich that I skipped past it. I returned a few more times since then, but hadn’t found any compelling reason to look into it further. This changed with Hazim Bitar‘s Android App “SensoDuino“. The tutorial he presented helped put the…
This is an email that I had written to Parallax when I was trying to redirect readings from a WattsUp Meter to a data logger. I had just started out with basic stamp programing a year before this. It’s suppose to be humor, but it sure would be helpful if this actually could work, especially come Lotto day! From: Patrick circa 2014 Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 5:27 PM To: Patrick circa 2010 Subject: RE: BS2pe Data Logger Application Hi…