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Passive cooling server project is a success

Passive cooling server project is a success

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Last summer I posted about the possibility of using outside air to cool a datacenter. Soon after posting I set about building a proof of concept. I also started noticing a trend leaning toward things like increasing the baseline temp target in datacenters: Cloudrack turns up the heat Raise the temperature, fight the fans I […]

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A rainy weekend spent aligning radio dishes

A rainy weekend spent aligning radio dishes

Monday, November 16th, 2009

I spent this last weekend on top of a 30′ high building in the wind and rain aligning radio dishes. It’s not that fun, but the radios are pretty sweet. They are 60GHz P2P links that can push a full gigabit (1000Mb) across the link. I have yet to find another solution that can sustain […]

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DIY automated sentry gun

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Like the author of this website, I too have dreamed of the day I had enough time and skillz to build an automated sentry gun. Ever since I saw that scene in Aliens with these automated weapons, I thought it would be pretty sweet to mount a high powered BB gun on a tracking platform […]

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Listening to Light

Listening to Light

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Build a light listening device and eavesdrop on flashlights, laser pointers, and even the sun!

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