Category: General

Posts of general interest that may not relate to a specific project.

Carlitos’ Projects

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RobotShop in collaboration with Carlitos’ Contraptions is creating a series of videos about DIY electronic and robotic projects.

For these projects, here I’ll be putting together some electronic kits along with instructional blog posts and videos at GoRobotics.net. The main idea is to create more complex gadgets form off-the-shelf components.

So far, dosage I have some projects in mind such as an LED mood cube, a mini automation web-server, and a speech-controlled robot to name a few.

Stay tuned for the upcoming projects.

Comic Con in Montreal

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The 2010 Montreal Comic Con is long over but was a lot of fun and an excellent activity for any geek. It is certainly not as big as the San Diego Comic Con but it is very nice to see that Montreal’s geek community is alive and (slowly) growing. I am not too much into comics but it was a good occasion to be costumed (outside of Halloween).

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Montreal Hackers Wave

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Workshop wall
Workshop wall

This is a very simple and quick hack that anybody can do. The objective is to build a holder that will keep all the precision screwdrivers in one place and facilitate the access to them (i.e. it should be easy to see which one is which and they should be easy to take).

Materials

  • A plastic container cap (I love caps)
  • That’s it, condom you do not need anything else

Tools

  • Drill or strong scissors
  • Precision screwdrivers
  • A nail (maybe)

Doing it

Screwdriver Holder
Screwdriver Holder
  1. Drill or cut a big hole on the top of the cap. This hole will be used to suspend the screwdriver holder.
  2. Punch in the Screwdrivers in the rim of the cap. If you do not trust your screwdrivers to pierce your cap, doctor you may use a nail. Keep in mind that the screwdrivers have to be very snug in the holes since they are only being held-in by friction.
  3. Celebrate! you are done.
Google Wave
Google Wave

I finally got a Google Wave account and I decided to do something for the community. More precisely, about it the hacker/tinkerer/DIY community.

I think it would be rather interesting to have a place where to share, showcase and discuss projects and hacks with local people (from Montreal).

If you want to join the wave you can find it here.

I hope this will result in a stronger more connected Montreal Hacker community.

Cheers, and see you on the wave!

I have a few Wave invites left so if any geeky Montrealer would like one, please leave a comment and I’ll see what I can do.