Automation Adventures


03
Mar

Let your plants twitter with you

If you’re like me, you’ve tried keeping plants around, but they seem to die after a week or two. It took me a while to figure out that these green things need water. I always forget to water them, though, switching my attention to much more interesting things (i.e. geekier! :-))
What if your plants could [...]


14
Nov

Gaming PC upgrade for $500

Firing Squad has a break-down of a $500 gaming PC upgrade. Roughly the components are as follows:

Component
Suggestion
Price
Supplier
Notes

GPU
NVidia GeForce 8800 GT
$249.99
Zipzoomfly
Alternatives: Radeon X1950 Pro

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 4000+
$75.90
Zipzoomfly
Newegg has same price for X2 4000+ and X2 4800+, $99.99. Alternative: Intel Core 2 Duo E4300

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
$79.99
Newegg
AMD-690 chipset, micro-ATX. Alternative: MSI K9AG Neo2-Digital (ATX).

Memory
OCZ PC2-6400 Paltinum Revision 2 Dual [...]

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