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Phat Loot Phriday: Digested Hand of Power {WOW Insider}
Jul 11th 2008 10:47PM You are correct, Gluth isn't "the" abomination boss. However, he resides in the abomination wing, along with Patchwerk, Grobbulus, and Thaddius.
FCC releases 700MHz auction details, Verizon, AT&T big winners {Engadget}
Mar 20th 2008 3:11PM WHY GOOGLE WHY
Hackit: Laser cutters - with a prize! {Hack a Day}
Mar 12th 2008 4:56PM The 45W Epilog lasers are incapable of doing anything but etching
metal (pretty much impossible to cut any metal). I have an Epilog
Legend EXT, which I've done a lot of neat stuff with.
Obviously engraving is neat. I've done iPods, laptops, pens, mugs,
and even glass. If you're going to engrave metal, you need to use
Laser Dark for the etching to be visible at all. Engraving plexiglass
and glass is definitely the neatest though. The higher the DPI, the
better it's going to look.
I've used it for paper and origami projects before. You can take
manila envelopes, draw something up and then have it lasered out.
It's best to use vector cuts along the edges, and raster cuts for
folds. Beware though, keep your raster lines horizontal or you'll be
there for a while. You could also use color-mapping to vector cut the
folds at a much lower intensity. I've used this for little paper
folding giveaways (great for promotions) and I've cut the parts for
paper bridges on it (engineering class).
The neatest thing to do is definitely making models. You can cut
balsa wood or EPP foam on the laser, which is perfect for making
homebuilt RC planes. You can also cut certain types of plastic, which
you can use for robots and other projects. The hardest part is
planning out how to turn a 2d cutout into 3d, but it's easy to get
used to. Right now I'm in the process of drafting a UAVP frame on the
laser with balsa wood. If the balsa wood model comes out how I like
it, I'll be sending it to an aluminum CNC mill.
They're definitely really cool machines and have a lot of potential.
Remember though, always do a practice run before you run it. The
first time I tried to engrave an iPod, the auto-focus was off and the
air blower on the laser head came down on the iPod, before dragging
itself back up toward the top of the machine. It left a long dent in
the back of the iPod, and severely scratched the front of it (iPod
nano + honycomb aluminum + dragging = not fun)
Motorized Madness is, in fact, just that {Engadget}
Feb 17th 2008 10:16PM Impressive.
Enter to win a $5k Dell WoW Edition notebook {WOW Insider}
Dec 15th 2007 12:50PM Horde. Again.
Enter to win a $5k Dell WoW Edition notebook {WOW Insider}
Dec 14th 2007 3:34PM Horde
Crapgadget: nano knockoff (with a camera), Millennium Falcon joystick, Fly Bar pogo {Engadget}
Dec 7th 2007 9:50PM I really don't think Flybar deserves to be on that list.
AppleInsider says the Mac Mini is dead {Engadget}
May 25th 2007 12:32AM http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DNCWEA1&s=dhs
I think that's better.
A-Power's AP-Halo gaming PC dons Halo 2 outfit, beastly innards {Engadget}
May 20th 2007 2:07PM Too bad Halo 2 PC doesn't use DirectX 10
Sprint fills in a few more WiMAX deets {Engadget}
Mar 26th 2007 9:19PM Remember this article?
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/12/swedes-hit-hard-by-wimax-waves/
Did anything ever come of that? Personally I think Wimax networks would be great, but that article is a little scary.
