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Giving back to Wikipedia!!

srinivasvivek — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:52:40 +0000

Wikipedia helped me many times with it’s massive info heap and i wanted to do contribute back today. Whatever i thought on earth was there in it. Oh my God!!

So atlast just donated a few dollars to Wikimedia foundation.

Felt I am not fast in catching up with co-creation!! Felt bad..

Best of the web 2

srinivasvivek — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:30:49 +0000

Some sites for the geeks :

www.hackaday.com > got tons of hack ranging from PC to wii. An interesting read.

www.epanorama.net > If you are an electronics prototyping freak, this is the ultimate destination

www.astalavista.com > The one stop site for computer security related info

www.techtarget.com > tons of channels focused on enterprise IT

More to come..

How to restart a frozen ipod??

srinivasvivek — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:15:55 +0000

Oh my God !!, My ipod stopped responding when was trying to act faster than it.

I had hit the answer in my first try with google.

Here it is : If your ipod is hung ( mine is ipod video. it should work for all new gen ipods), just press the center button and menu simultaneously for six secs approx. Thats all.

Take a deep breathe !!

Gumstix – World’s smallest Linux computer

srinivasvivek — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:16:41 +0000

Anybody of you need a ful fledged Linux computer that’s the size of a chewing gum stick. Then here you go…. Gumstix waysmall-200, a Linux 2.6 kernel version computer that can be powered using a battery. It has got an ARM processor running at 200 MHz, 64 MB ROM loaded with Linux, a MMC slot, an USB host port, one serial console and one serial RS-232 port. All this for 129$. visit gumstix.com for more info. These guys ship really fast.

Best of the net!!

srinivasvivek — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:20:22 +0000

Here you go >>

www.tompeters.com >> If you need inspiration to change the world

www.changethis.com >> Have you wondered why things are like that and want to change it? go ahead.

www.businessweek.com >> The best business news site on the net and their slideshow is simply superb

www.buy.com >> The best site to buy tech gear. Ships only inside US

More to come….

IDEO Method Card deck and Innovation

srinivasvivek — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:14:41 +0000

If you are running a world leading company in products and service innovation, and will you sell a card deck for 40$ that shows all the methodologies that you are using for design??

IDEO has done just that and they got guts to do more. This one was released long back but I couldn’t get one in India. Got from William Strout Architectural books in US for 40$, this card deck helps in you in innovating and virtually improving everything may it be a product or service or just user interaction

Get yourself one and know the secrets of IDEO!!

LEGO Mindstorms NXT

srinivasvivek — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:06:36 +0000

This is the most innovative Robotics invention system on earth brought to you by LEGO.

The LEGO Mindstorms just got better and better. I was playing around with by RIS 2.0 that i had bought in India from Mahindra Intertrade for Rs.17,000, two years back. But this one is more bang for the buck. I had my nxt for 232$ from discovery store in US. Frys.com sells the cheapest nxts for 199$

LEGO NXT has got a huge gang of fans including hackers, hardware developers and even software engineers of big tech companies

NXT features bluetooth, servo motors with rotation sensors, ultrasonic sensors, matrix display and much more

Innovation

srinivasvivek — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:12:19 +0000

this series of blogs talks about innovation and innovating.

The thrill of bringing something new and changing this world is all that inspires innovation.

The USBCELL

srinivasvivek — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:05:32 +0000

I got this amazing little power house on my recent trip to US. It’s a 1300 mAh NiMH, AA rechargeable cell that charges over the USB port and a normal charger too.

But beware , you need to convince the security officers that it’s not a USB drive!!

I had bought a couple of AA’s @ firebox.com for 19.99$ and a couple at amazon for 13.99$

Me and My Gadgets!!

srinivasvivek — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:50:44 +0000

I am always amazed by technology and innovation.

this series of blogs will talk about the best of tech stuff i own