Making a résumé in Microsoft Word felt really generic and boring to me. I tried LaTeX with mixed results, and then I realized that I already know a markup language: HTML. An example of an HTML/CSS résumé that we will cover in this post can be seen here, as a shameless plug for my own résumé. Continue reading
I had to study for a midterm a few weeks ago, and thought to myself — I should really make myself some flashcards to memorize all of these acronyms. So, I got on the computer, opened up a word processor, immediately got bored and decided to make myself a program that does it for me. Why PHP? So I can share it! It also searches wikipedia if you don’t specify a definition. Check it out here: http://www.mvartan.com/doc/
The other week a professor gave me ”Omega multidimensional effect” Christmas lights and challenged me to figure them out to control them. Under the impression that each LED was individually controllable, I took up the challenge looking to convert them into an LED matrix/display. Unfortunately, the lights aren’t as complex as I’d hoped. But in reverse engineering the lights, I came up with a very useful serial pin controller that I have used a few times since, and want to share with you all. It allowed me to type a string of bits such as “00011110″, turning pins 2,3,4,8 on and 5,6,7 off.
A little known fact about LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) is that when hooked up backwards, they act as photodiodes. I have manipulated this property to make a few fun and cheap Arduino projects, including a musical instrument I call a photo-theremin. Continue reading
I was given this HDSP-4403 LED matrix with no data sheet, so I reverse engineered it to find out how the pins work, and wrote an Arduino script to control it.
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I just remembered a small project I had in 2011 that I wanted to share with you guys. I had just bought a webcam, and also gotten a cat, and decided to combine the two with programming to make this, a webcam viewer. This way, I could see what my cat was doing while I wasn’t home, by checking the website on my phone. Continue reading
Things you will need:
SSH. If you are using Windows, I recommend using PuTTy. You can also SSH using apps on your smartphone or tablet.
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