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	<title>Austin Antics &#187; Electronics</title>
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	<description>The Adventures Of Ron &#38; Evelyn</description>
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		<title>Making Time Lapse Videos &#8211; Initial Fumbling</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/making-time-lapse-videos-initial-fumbling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can create your own Time Lapse videos using all open source stuff. Well, almost all. On Windows I&#8217;m using ffmpeg (command line program) and InfranView(for bulk image processing). Photos were shot with a Canon DSLR (Rebel XTi) in &#8220;medium&#8221; resolution. Used my 555/556 based timer to trigger the shutter. Ttake the photos. The more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Macro Sled &#8211; The Beginnings</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/macro-sled-the-beginnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evelyn recently hacked apart an old CD-ROM drive (to get motors). The remaining tray / laser assembly was left without a purpose. But not for long. While poking around on the DIY photography sites I found things called macro sleds. These devices move small objects very small distances. You take a photo of the object [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time Lapse &#8211; The Basic Model (555/556)</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/time-lapse-the-basic-model-555556/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve figured out how to manually trigger your camera&#8217;s shutter, maybe using an old mouse. Now you want to start doing something more interesting, like time lapse. To do this you need either (a) a camera that has the feature built in &#8212; a lot of point and shoots do or (b) and external interferometer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low Lux Illuminator</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/low-lux-illuminator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After messing a bit with light painting I thought it would be useful to build a RGB-like illuminator. Something I could use to highlight a person or object &#8212; like a fill light &#8212; while the painting is being done. At first I was going to do this with just potentiometers &#8212; something like a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light Painting</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/light-painting/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/light-painting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a camera which will hold the shutter open as long as you press it, and some LEDs, you can light paint. Painting with light is simple: Go in a dark room, put camera on tripod. Open shutter. &#8220;Draw&#8221; in space with your LED. Close shutter. (Most SLRs have a &#8220;bulb&#8221; mode &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photography and Electronics</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/photography-and-electronics/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2011/08/21/photography-and-electronics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sybarite.us/puertorico/?p=2879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite things about electronics is how nicely the hobby can cross pollinate into other hobbies. Play the guitar? Make your own effects pedals. Cooking? A custom timer. A remote thermometer. Photography? Time lapse circuits, lighting, motion control. We&#8217;ve been getting into more serious photography recently, thanks to the motivation of a friend. It&#8217;s prompted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween 2010 : Area 51 : Tough Alien</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/21/halloween-2010-area-51-tough-alien/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not all aliens are docile. This guy put up a heck of a fight. Some of you will be able to tell where he&#8217;s from: He was starting to get out of hand, so we had to put him behind bars. Unfortunately, the bars weren&#8217;t quite strong enough to hold him. Pretty soon he&#8217;ll be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween 2010 : Area 51 : Props In Place</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-props-in-place/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-props-in-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have aliens in our bushes, signs in our windows, and a road closed. The big Devils Tower mural will be mounted in front of the garage door, behind the &#8220;Road Closed&#8221; signs. At night, the four green aliens are spotlighted by some flickering 10mm white LEDs.]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween 2010 : Area 51 : Our Sick Alien</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-our-sick-alien/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-our-sick-alien/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We based this off the rumors of alien autopsies occurring at Area 51. For the younger kids, this is a sick alien that the doctor is helping.]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween 2010 : Area 51 : Props</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-props/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-props/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some props &#8220;in progress&#8221; &#8212; they are actually done now, we need to take some more photos.]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween 2010 : Area 51 : UFO MCUs</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-ufo-mcus/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-ufo-mcus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of microcontrollers &#8212; and a lot of wire &#8212; to make a UFO. Four Atmel ATMEGA328 controllers mounted on Evil Mad Science dev boards handle the LED programs. One for landing lights, one for dome / ring, one for tractor beam, and a master controller. Sound is handled by an Arduino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween 2010 : Area 51 : The AM51g</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-the-am51g/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-the-am51g/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our window props. Sits about 12 inches high and flashes weird patterns on the front white display. The &#8220;rads&#8221; meter is back-lit with a blue LED.]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween 2010 : Area 51 : The UFO</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-the-ufo/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/10/17/halloween-2010-area-51-the-ufo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Austin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sybarite.us/puertorico/?p=2803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our theme this year is Area 51, so aliens are on the agenda. Here are some photos of the 4 foot wide UFO:]]></description>
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		<title>Silhouette Lights &#8212; Long Video</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/08/15/silhouette-lights-long-video/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/08/15/silhouette-lights-long-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<title>Silhouette Lights &#8211; Short Video</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/08/15/silhouette-lights-short-video/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/08/15/silhouette-lights-short-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<title>Silhouette Lights</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/08/13/silhouette-lights/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/08/13/silhouette-lights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some photos of our newest product, the LED Silhouette light: The art piece starts with a hand painted reverse silhouette, resulting in translucent white patterns on a glossy black background. The silhouette is then installed in a Ribba shadowbox frame and protected by a glass front. Inside sits a custom LED lighting assembly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Survey Is Wrong</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/07/12/the-survey-is-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/07/12/the-survey-is-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron's Rambling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While scanning through the blogs today I saw the results of a survey. The survey asked what people would like robots to do for them. People wanted robots which: Clean the floors Clean the windows Clean blah blah blah In other words, people wanted a maid. What didn&#8217;t they want from a robot? Driving Helping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now This Guy Is A Real Ham</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/03/16/now-this-guy-is-a-real-ham/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/03/16/now-this-guy-is-a-real-ham/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among all those remotes and telephones are a surprising number of receivers. This guy is my new hero. Thanks for the find, DG. Update: At first I thought this guy was a Ham, but from a closer observation I see a lot of receivers, but no transceivers. Of course, it&#8217;s a little hard to tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ReadyBoost For Netbooks / Steampunk Fobs</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/03/16/readyboost-for-netbooks-steampunk-fobs/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/03/16/readyboost-for-netbooks-steampunk-fobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently picked up a 5 pack of cheap 2 GB HP USB memory sticks (what I call &#8220;fobs&#8221;). My intention was to take the fob and embed it into a steampunk body. It is going to be a gift for my sister and would end up looking something like one of these: (The above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Panavise Is Best For Beginners?</title>
		<link>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/03/09/which-panavise-is-best-for-beginners/</link>
		<comments>http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2010/03/09/which-panavise-is-best-for-beginners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sybarite.us/puertorico/?p=2665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve seen a number of sites discuss the Panavise. Specifically, which is best for the beginner? Here is my executive summary: If you are starting out with electronics you only need one, and it&#8217;s this one: The Panavise Jr. PanaVise Model 201 It&#8217;s cheap (&#60; $20), it opens pretty wide (2.8 inches), it rotates [...]]]></description>
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