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Changing Hosting Services

6/7/2008: We're in the process of changing hosting services, please bear with us.
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New Apt-Get Repository!!!

An apt-get repositiory has been added to make installing software easy for Ubuntu/Debian users.
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Software Projects

The projects section has been redone. It now has detailed information about what stage each project is in, their features, and the tasks involved in completing those features.
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We've moved!!!

If you're looking at this you have probably noticed that we've moved! I finally got around to registering the domain so here we are.
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New Section Added

Added the schematics section. Everything seems to work but the viewer at the bottom of the page for the schematics
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New Section Added - Documentation

The documentation section has been started. All javadocs should be viewable now. Still some parsing errors for links.
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New Section Added - Libraries

The libraries section should be mostly working. May have a few bugs to work out.
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New Design

Design of the new website has begun.
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References

projects:software:car:carpc

This is the core project for the CarPC/Carputer. The goal of this documentation is to record ideas of what to put into the system. References to documentation and possible hardware will also be included for easy access. Most of the designs here are ...
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projects:software:car:carpc:hardware

General Hardware Cases Voom Carpc Case Displays Xenarc Touch Screen Prius Touch Screen? CPUs Via Intel Atom TI OMAP3 (check out the BegalBoards: http://beagleboard.org) Input CF/SD card reader ...
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tutorials:linux:building_ubuntu_source_packages - created

apt-get build-deps [package] apt-get source [package] Make changes to source and compile. “apt-cache show [package] | grep Version You’ll get something like this: Version: someversion.ubuntu1 You can then use a newer version number...
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linux

These tutorials cover a few things I’ve figured out how to do in Linux over time. Some of them cover my hardware configuration and others software, but all of them Linux. TutorialDescription Xorg ConfigurationHow to configure xorg to sup...
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projects:software:car:carpc:sensors

Sensors Core temperature sensor OBD-II sensor GPS Bluetooth Wifi Possible Webcam Fish eye cameras for accident logging radar detection (depends on state laws and what kind of interfaces are available) RF sensor FM tuner for wireless au...
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Slashdot

Little Ice Age: It Was Not the Sun

vikingpower writes "The Little Ice Age, lasting from the end of the Middle Age into the 17th century, may very likely have been caused by the combined effects of four major volcanic eruptions and increased sunlight reflection by increasing sea ice, the so-called Albedo effect. ... The University of Boulder has a press release with maps and photographs. Bette Otto-Bliesner, one of the scientists behind the 'volcano + sea ice' thesis, fields an earnest warning against drawing conclusions too quickly from this research: 'I think people might look at the Little Ice Age and think that all we need to save us from rising temperatures are some volcanic eruptions or the geo-engineering equivalent [...] But when you see what happened when global temperatures dropped by just one degree and you look at current predictions of six or seven degree increases for the future, you realize how precarious things are for life as we know it.'"

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Hacking the NES With Lisp

Andy Hefner has a detailed blog post covering his quest to program an NES with the assistance of Common Lisp. He developed a new 6502 assembler, a mini-language for composing musical sequences, and a neat demo (rom image).

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Facebook Orders Banks To Stop Leaking IPO Details

redletterdave writes "In the weeks leading up to Facebook's massive $100 billion initial public offering, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and the other banks involved in the IPO to stop leaking information to the media. Zuckerberg was reportedly unhappy that the banks leaked details about his company's Wall Street debut, including the Feb. 1 date it chose to file its S-1 paperwork with the SEC. Facebook execs are also miffed about the subtle rivalry between Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, which were jockeying to become the lead underwriter for the IPO, the largest since Google's $1.7 billion offering in 2004. The banks are heeding Zuckerberg's warning, urging their employees to keep quiet about Facebook's filing, because disobeying Zuckerberg's wishes could mean getting dropped from one of the most lucrative IPOs in recent memory. The banks stand to make $40 million from their deals with Facebook."

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Lenovo Ordered To Refund 'Microsoft Tax'

angry tapir writes with an excerpt from an article over at TechWorld: "A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn't want. The judgment could open the way for PC buyers elsewhere in Europe to obtain refunds for bundled software they don't want, according to French campaign group No More Racketware."

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Google 'Solve For X' Website Goes Live

alphadogg writes "Google on Monday released a website and video regarding its Solve for X project, which the company says is 'a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems.' It's got a TED-like think tank feel to it, but possibly with oodles of Google resources behind it. It appears related to Google's up-to-now largely secretive Google X research lab that the New York Times recently shed some light on."

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