Archive for February, 2010

An 800 Watt Inverter Can Power An Oil Burning Furnace

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Google searches on this subject were not very enlightening, but I can now say from experience that an 800-watt inverter attached to a car battery is able to power 2 oil burners (furnace and hot water heater), with enough juice left over for a sump pump, cable modem, router, hub, and laptop.
It helps […]

A Flannel Guitar Pedalboard

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I built a pedalboard for the guitarist in my band, based on a “best of” from designs I found online.

The parts cost roughly $120, including a 4′×8′ sheet of 3/4″ plywood, paint, flannel, and everything shown here. There are better ways to make boxes out of wood, but I lack the tools, skills, and […]

Working Demo of FontClustr Output (for Ubuntu Fonts)

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

I’ve expanded FontClustr to be an interactive Javascript application.
Bear in mind, this HTML was generated by running the clustering algorithm on my specific computer — your installed fonts will be different if you check this out on a non-Ubuntu machine. In fact, if you don’t have ALL of Ubuntu’s font packages installed, […]

Getting Tweeted Never Felt So Cool

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

My thanks to John Maeda for getting the word out on twitter! Follow me here.