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Colin Rowat, [mailto:c.rowat@espero.org.uk c.rowat@espero.org.uk] | Colin Rowat, [mailto:c.rowat@espero.org.uk c.rowat@espero.org.uk] | ||
| − | I am currently working on: | + | I am '''currently working on''': |
* a third visit to Hackspace | * a third visit to Hackspace | ||
| − | I have: | + | I '''have''': |
* a [http://www.myzeo.com/sleep Zeo Personal Sleep Coach] | * a [http://www.myzeo.com/sleep Zeo Personal Sleep Coach] | ||
| + | * a Suunto t3 heart rate monitor, with chest strap and watch | ||
* a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set and First LEGO League Challenge 2011 kit | * a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set and First LEGO League Challenge 2011 kit | ||
* a ZX81 (somewhere?) with 16k of RAM, and an HP-15C | * a ZX81 (somewhere?) with 16k of RAM, and an HP-15C | ||
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* a Catwatch ultrasonic cat deterrent | * a Catwatch ultrasonic cat deterrent | ||
* a Sony CRX1600L (wired for North America) | * a Sony CRX1600L (wired for North America) | ||
| − | * an AlcoSense Elite digital breathalyser | + | * an AlcoSense Elite digital breathalyser |
| + | * a children's [http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/427858873/Weather_Station.html weather station] | ||
* an article in [http://www.adbusters.org Adbusters] | * an article in [http://www.adbusters.org Adbusters] | ||
* three children with recent incept dates (do not hack) | * three children with recent incept dates (do not hack) | ||
* one red paperclip (more precisely, I know someone who's willing to trade his) | * one red paperclip (more precisely, I know someone who's willing to trade his) | ||
| − | I know how to: | + | I '''know how to''': |
* pick a two-pin lock | * pick a two-pin lock | ||
* write in {{Template:LaTeX}}, including Beamer and PGF/TikZ | * write in {{Template:LaTeX}}, including Beamer and PGF/TikZ | ||
| − | I would like to: | + | I '''would like to''': |
* help my children engrave their names on their Haipad M7/Herotab C8/Dropad A8 tablets, and perhaps even repair the screen on one of them | * help my children engrave their names on their Haipad M7/Herotab C8/Dropad A8 tablets, and perhaps even repair the screen on one of them | ||
* hack my Zeo so that it can indicate how well rested I am, not just how well I'm sleeping | * hack my Zeo so that it can indicate how well rested I am, not just how well I'm sleeping | ||
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* build a roving aquatic cam-bot for our aquarium (heros: Cambridge's [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html coffee cam] and Liquid Robotics' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17367984 PacX Wave Gliders]) | * build a roving aquatic cam-bot for our aquarium (heros: Cambridge's [http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/coffee.html coffee cam] and Liquid Robotics' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17367984 PacX Wave Gliders]) | ||
* unlock my Desire HD so that I can use a foreign SIM card in it when travelling | * unlock my Desire HD so that I can use a foreign SIM card in it when travelling | ||
| + | * find a good use for my [http://www.wrongdoing.org www.wrongdoing.org] domain | ||
Revision as of 21:26, 16 March 2012
Colin Rowat, c.rowat@espero.org.uk
I am currently working on:
- a third visit to Hackspace
I have:
- a Zeo Personal Sleep Coach
- a Suunto t3 heart rate monitor, with chest strap and watch
- a Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 set and First LEGO League Challenge 2011 kit
- a ZX81 (somewhere?) with 16k of RAM, and an HP-15C
- an Arduino Uno R3 starter kit from Earthshine Electronics
- a Kindle
- a Raspberry Pi (forthcoming)
- a bunch of old mobile phones (including a SE K608i, a k800i, and a Nokia E90)
- a pair of intact but dysfunctional Realistic TRC-201 GRS transceivers (walkie-talkies)
- a 110 litre tropical fishtank
- a Go board
- a vintage Air Zound rechargeable signal horn
- a Catwatch ultrasonic cat deterrent
- a Sony CRX1600L (wired for North America)
- an AlcoSense Elite digital breathalyser
- a children's weather station
- an article in Adbusters
- three children with recent incept dates (do not hack)
- one red paperclip (more precisely, I know someone who's willing to trade his)
I know how to:
- pick a two-pin lock
- write in LaTeX, including Beamer and PGF/TikZ
I would like to:
- help my children engrave their names on their Haipad M7/Herotab C8/Dropad A8 tablets, and perhaps even repair the screen on one of them
- hack my Zeo so that it can indicate how well rested I am, not just how well I'm sleeping
- hack my Kindle so that it can do what a Linux box should be able to do
- code up the Black-Scholes option pricing formula in an esoteric programming language to add to Espen Haug's list
- build a roving aquatic cam-bot for our aquarium (heros: Cambridge's coffee cam and Liquid Robotics' PacX Wave Gliders)
- unlock my Desire HD so that I can use a foreign SIM card in it when travelling
- find a good use for my www.wrongdoing.org domain