Solar CDX

AKA Interface Considerations

A couple months ago, Ben, NN9S, suggested developing a morse code keyer that would run on android devices (see his write up and video). Since then, we’ve been designing hardware and software to get the job done. The software lives in a repository on the Google Code site, and is moderately functional, but far short [...]

Digital Restoration Day

I hereby declare Thursday, April 21st was Digital Restoration Day. The moment I walked in the door after work, Lara pounced on me and told me that she had shut down her computer because a window had popped up indicating that she had fifty or so horrible viruses on it. As she guessed, it was [...]

Android App du jour: PDAnet

PDAnet

It would be nice if Wifi access were everywhere, but that’s not quite the case. It’s not a big deal for me, because I can get to my email or browse the web via my phone over a 3G connection, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to connect with your computer. I [...]