Awesome little machine with rather impressive specifications.

Provisional specification

700MHz ARM11
256MB of SDRAM
OpenGL ES 2.0
1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode
Composite and HDMI video output
USB 2.0
SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot
General-purpose I/O
Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python)

I wish I could get a device like this in South Africa for R 250.00 ($25.00 estimated price in the article.)

I wonder if the hardware is good enough to run XBMC…

• StableHost – Shared Hosting Plans
  Been looking for a new web host and found these guys… haven't made a decision yet.
• Linux Web Hosting by Arvixe
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• Download details: eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0
  I didn't realise that eMbedded Visual C++ is now free… discovered this when I accidentally paste the wrong string in Google and hit enter.
• Braai, the beloved country | South Africa Rocks
  Awesome blog entry about braai-ing in South Africa…
• Howfuckedismydatabase.com
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• Relay Computer Two
  Some one in the office mentioned building a cpu with relays and so I did a bit of searching.. some nice info on this site.
• 500 Internal Server Error
  500 Internal Server Error
• C# Panel Round Corners
  Details on how to do rounded corners on a panel
• Compact Framework " Critical Development
  Details on building custom controls on Compact Framework
• Extended Graphics – An implementation of Rounded Rectangle in C# …
  Details on drawing rounded corners on rectangles in .NET
• Using GDI+ on Windows Mobile – Compact Framework
  GDI+ Drawing details for creating custom controls on Compact Framework

• YouTube – The latest version of the LittleDog Robot
  Cool dog like robot that walks on all fours, very cool.
• Sieg Products
  Guys who sell the Sieg line of Mill's and Lathe's in SA
• Why Minority Report was spot on | Technology | The Guardian
  How some of the technology from Minority Report is coming true… Although I read somewhere that Spielberg actually spoke to various people and got ideas from things that at the time were being researched or there were basic prototypes of.
• Edit International – Xerox Helped Win The Cold War
  How Xerox helped win the Cold War, I love stories like this.
• Is the BP Gusher Unstoppable? | Mother Jones
  Not entirely sure how true this all is as its all written based on a few forum postings by a anonymous writer, but its still interesting and scary to read about.
• Chuck's Robotics Notebook
  Has some cool info on how certain types of circuits work like H Bridges
• PRISONERS' INVENTIONS OVERVIEW
  Would love to get a copy of this book, its about some of the stranger items that inmates at prisons make to solve everyday life problems
• Amplifiers | Electrical What ?!
  Various electrical/electronic symbols for diagrams and what they mean, might come in handy.
• Letout Outlet – Wall electric socket. x5. | relogik.com
  I love some of the designs this guy has, in particular the bedside light.
• The Canelo Chronicles: A Tribute to our Boys and to Family
  Very cool small house, awesome woodwork and love the layout
• Victorian Tiny Texas House
  Awesome "tiny house"… I have a crazy idea of running a B&B / Guest Farm/House type place using these as the cottages you would stay in?

• GameFAQs: Wii Sports (WII) FAQ/Strategy Guide by BSulpher
  A guide to playing all of the Wii Sports games
• DIY AUDIO PROJECTS – Do-It-Yourself Hi-Fi for Audiophiles
  Could come in handy in the new place when I want to start setting up the TV with decent sound
• optiboot – Project Hosting on Google Code
  Replacement for the standard arduino boot loader, smaller and faster.
• Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About
  I've probably put this up before, but this is an awesome website… very funny for those of you involved in a relationship.
• Wyvern Quadrotor Helicopter
  Would love to build one of these, although I think it could get expensive quickly
• Emulating a Z80 computer with an AVR chip – Hack a Day
  The Hack A Day article on emulating the Z80 cpu on an AVR chip
• Sprites mods – CP/M on an AVR – Intro
  Awesome project to emulate a Z80 CPU on a AVR microcontroller, this could be very interesting as the Z80 was used in quiet a number of early computing devices.
• DPAC
  Awesome alarm clock – The clock has a wifi connection and connects and looks up events on your Google Calendar. It also has an FM radio and built in amplifier and switch system that allows you to play music from iPods etc.
• Bonfire – interactivity using pico projectors and cameras – Hack a Day
  Awesome interactive interface for laptops or computers.
• Simple, reliable 2.5D photography
• Volkswagen Scirocco 2009 as a game controller – nippe.teknopapu.net
  Turning a VW into a game controller by hacking into the CAN bus.
• Durian » Blog Archive » Special delivery
  Blender Cluster in a filing cabinet
• haroon baig | projects | twitwee clock
  Twittering cuckoo clock – Clock with a screen in it to display tweets.
• The BWD Scooter
  Details on building an electric scooter, complete with a custom built hub motor
• Aerial video with a Canon 5D , 7D helivideo.com on Vimeo
  Video clip of the RC Helicopter with HD camera attached.
• Photographer Rigs A Canon 7D To an RC Helicopter (Kickass Video + Short Interview) | DIYPhotography.net
  RC helicopter with a HD Camera (Canon 7D) attached to it.
• Elektronika.ba – IR light dimmer v1
  IR Remote Light Dimmer – Might be useful in the new place? Thinking of using it to control down lighters.
• Elektronika.ba – Dual channel IR remote control v1
  IR remote controlled lights (light switch). I really would like to build something like this when we've moved into the new place.

• How to Set Up a Mail Merge in Gmail for Personalized Mass Emails – Mail merge – Lifehacker
  This might come in handy in the future if I need to send out mailing lists again, I wish I knew about this when I was organising our wedding.
• Stalled Printer Repair Cancels Print Jobs Without Waiting Years, No Batch File Required – Printers – Lifehacker
  A little app that gets rid of those "stalled" print jobs in your print queue.
• Take Better Interior Photos by Kneeling – Photography – Lifehacker
  Neat info on how to take better photo's of the inside of your house/apartment/flat this could come in handy sometime.
• PIC based USB input devices – Hack a Day
  I don't know if I'll need this anytime soon, but its interesting none the less and could come in handy one day.
• MIDIbox SEQ V4
  This is an awesome opensource MIDI sequencer, not that I'm into music or MIDI but its still pretty cool. Looks awesome too.
• Square Large Numbers in Your Head Quickly – Shortcuts – Lifehacker
  Cool tip… although I don't know how often I'll need to do this and without practice I'll probably forget the trick to do this.
• Unlock a Sliding Chain Lock with a Rubber Band – lock picking – Lifehacker
  One of those silly skills that might come in handy one day… think I'll go try this out sometime.
• Fancy Towels w/Pockets! « Dinner & Discourse
  I love this, not sure I'll ever do it… but if I had a guest bathroom I might.
• Increase Your Card Shuffling Chops – Shuffling – Lifehacker
  Learning how to shuffle cards properly… very cool should try learn this for when I restart poker nights.
• Axis Of Awesome diss pop \ Music \ Entertainment \ FHM
  Very funny, awesome clip of some guys singing all the hit songs..
• SocketsLight – Silverlight Sockets Framework
• Deep Dive Into WCF Part 2: Serialization on the speed of light with Google Protocol Buffers
• Silverlight 3 as a Desktop Application (Out-of-Browser Applications)
• Chipbase
  Place thats been recommended to me where I can buy various cupboard hardware.
• Firefox add-ons you should consider | Jonathan Giles
• SnapStream's monster DVR records 50 channels at once, even when nothin's on — Engadget
• Photorealism Tutorial by *markcrilley on deviantART

• Video clip of stair lights
  Awesome lights for stairs that light up and switch off as you climb up and down the stairs.
• Make: Online : Pantry-Turned-Workshop
• cubee.ca
• APC – Automatic Potato Cannon Project
• Make: Online : Workshop organization tips
• Make: Online : Toolbox: Ten tools you won't want to live without
• Make: Online : Toolbox: Parts storage (excerpt from Make: Electronics)
• Caladan – Hardware – Workshop
• Gizmo Projects » The U401 / U421 USB Interface
• Make: Online : Show us your shop!
• Make: Online : Toolbox: Shop tips and show-offs
• Make: Online : Toolbox: SMT soldering tools
• How to Hack Toy EEGs | Frontier Nerds
• The Pinocchio Paradox
• Witty City – Cheaper Than Therapy
  Weird town and place names
• Australians Are Good At Disputing Parking Tickets | NextRound.net
• hugin (software) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Very cool software that is designed to merge photo's together for panorama shots.
• YouTube – (50X) Autonomously folding a pile of 5 previously-unseen towels
  This is seriously cool… It's a towel folding robot, although admittedly it does suck at folding towels…

• Signet Services Pty Ltd – How to Install Pervasive 9 onto Ubuntu Linux – Pastel Botswana
  Details on installing Pastel's database server on Ubuntu Server
• SolarTherm – JimWIKI
  More of those cool smart LED thingies
• Smart LED Prototypes « todbot blog
  Really like these, not sure what I would use it for but would love to build one. Just wish I could find a cheap source of these parts in South Africa
• US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#154421
  Energizer USB battery charger virus
• Energizer battery charger contains backdoor | Zero Day | ZDNet.com
  Details about the energizer battery charger
• Make: Online : Energizer battery charger contains backdoor? REALLY?
  I actually have one of these USB chargers, they're very cool… but it appears this is true.
• firebrand
  Enzo's website
• CHDK Wiki
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• Bob Kramer
  Very cool knife shop, has an awesome video clip.
• Chris Harrison – Skinput
  Very cool, using your arm as a UI device.
• CPUStick™ and StickOS™ — Supported MCUs
  Cool idea, maybe when I get my life sorted out and I'm playing around again with electronics I'll try build something similar.
• SamyGO, Samsung Firmware on the GO
  Hacking Samsung TV's firmware

• ARM-based CNC mill needs no computer – Hack a Day
  I've got a similar crazy idea of building a CNC where the controller board accepts GCODE and executes it rather than stepping instructions.
• Update: Samsung TV firmware hacking – Hack a Day
  Info on Samsung TV firmware hacking, this could be really cool on the new Samsungs
• sharism.cc
  Guys who build and sell the NanoNote
• Motion sensing camera hack – Hack a Day
  Awesome to see whats possible with CHDK and a Canon camera, wish I could get my hands on a camera that could run the CHDK firmware.
• Easy build self balancing skateboard/robot/segway platform
• Retrode
  Cool device to read original game cartridges via USB
• SmartSieve – Sieve Script Manager
  Web interface to access the ManageSieve protocol
• Out of Office – Trustedbird
  Out of Office addon for Thunderbird using the ManageSieve Protocol
• The synpad – a DIY, position sensing midi drum pad
  Very cool design to create a drumpad that can sense where its being hit.
• The Secret Origin of Windows
  A short intro to the history Windows 1.0 & 2.0 by the then program manager.
• IEEE Spectrum: Superfast Scanner Lets You Digitize a Book By Rapidly Flipping Pages
  Cool high speed book scanner…
• Make: Online : Ultimate film set first aid kit
  Awesome first aid kit, although I'm curious what the tampons are for?
• La Bolleur
  More photo's about the indoor mini golf course
• Fantastic Indoor Mini-Golf Course! | Hack N Mod
  I love this indoor mini-golf course

• David Mandelin's blog » Starting JägerMonkey
  Post about the new JIT javascript compiler for firefox.
• 500 LED Extreme Flashlight
  I love this awesome Flashlight, its got 500 LED's. I love the way its built, looks like a mag-light or similar LED torch.
• Make: Online : How-To: Make a pyramid bow from hardware-store lumber
  I'm glad I didn't know about this as a kid, awesome bow though.
• Make: Online : In the Maker Shed: Arduino Nano 3.0
  I love this tiny arduino, wish they were cheap and available in SA
• DIY Wooden Wax Seal
  This is so awesome, just not sure what I would use it for. I think I'll have to organise a dinner party with fancy invites.
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review
  Nice camera, just need the money to buy one.
• Let me google that for you
  I love this site… must remember it when I have to answer stupid questions
• James Bond multimedia | James Bond posters
  A collection of posters from the James Bond movies.
• Adam Savage: my Blade Runner gun – Boing Boing
  Awesome Blade Runner gun built by Adam Savage
• Make: Online : Play rock paper scissors by yourself with this handy glove
  Play rock, paper, scissors all by your self. This is so cool.
• Make: Online : Giant 3D printer can print buildings (theoretically)
  Giant 3D Printer, this could print a building

• Make: Online : Build a ball-bearing roller coaster
  I love this, have to try building one of these sometime.
• Literally, A Web Log
• Easy IM-ME flashing – Hack a Day – Details on hacking IM-ME and re-flashing it.
• Open Camera Control – Awesome tool that allows you to control your camera with a Nintendo DS.
• Flash support and Unreal Tournament on Nvidia Tegra 2 – ARMdevices.net – Awesome demo of a Android Tablet running the Unreal engine and a youtube 720p Flash movie.
• MID-560（Android MID）__Mobile internet device__shenzhen state micro technology co.,ltd – This is the actual manufacturer of the zenPad nice unit, hoping someone else is going to start selling it. Hasn't appeared on "fleabay" yet unfortunately…
• DealExtreme: $274.00 SmartQ V7 7.0" Touchscreen Windows CE 6.0/Linux/Android MID Internet Tablet (600MHz CPU/WiFi/2GB) – Nice Adroid/Linux/WinCE Tablet – unfortunately no GPS or 3G
• :: EPE Chat Zone ­:: ­Radio Bygones Message Board ::: Car 'Speed' Signal – Where – Discussion on how to get the car speed via the CAN-Bus
• PCAN-USB CAN-to-USB Interface – USB CAN-Bus Interface
• 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error