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Previous Director of product developmentFallon Worldwide FounderHack-a-day How-to editor & authorEngadget Director of product development Braincraft learning technologies Howtoons onlineHowtoons blog 2600HackerQuarterly Tumblr (3.0; @braincraft)http://braincraft.com/<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/03/15/nice-monochron-photos/">Nice MONOCHRON (photos)</a>http://braincraft.com/post/450814115http://braincraft.com/post/450814115Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:44:08 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzcfofZBf91qz8365o1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/02/international-amateur-scanning.html" target="_blank">International Amateur Scanning League</a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/450724642http://braincraft.com/post/450724642Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:57:51 -0400<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/03/15/design-an-ipad-etching-win-a-free-etched-ipad-ipad-contest-gizmodo/">Design an iPad Etching, Win a Free Etched iPad – Ipad contest @ Gizmodo</a>http://braincraft.com/post/450629874http://braincraft.com/post/450629874Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:07:44 -0400<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/03/15/arduino-tutorial-connecting-a-parallel-lcd/">Arduino Tutorial – connecting a parallel LCD</a>http://braincraft.com/post/450453539http://braincraft.com/post/450453539Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:30:21 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzc84pJOIi1qz8365o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://store.a51tactical.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_67_79_190&products_id=949" target="_blank">Mako UTA Glock to Picatinny Rail Attachment - i herd’ you like guns so..</a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/450426038http://braincraft.com/post/450426038Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:14:49 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzc3zubqj11qz8365o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/03/15/we-read-and-write-your-business-language-and-translate-it-into-savings/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ModernMechanix+%28Modern+Mechanix%29" target="_blank">read and write your business language</a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/450290679http://braincraft.com/post/450290679Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:45:30 -0400<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/03/15/gizmodo-ipad-contest-sponsored-by-epilog-adafruit/">Gizmodo iPad contest – sponsored by Epilog & Adafruit</a>http://braincraft.com/post/450031899http://braincraft.com/post/450031899Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:43:58 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IljyTf1orrE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IljyTf1orrE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IljyTf1orrE&feature=youtube_gdata" target="_blank">Handmade Music Brooklyn 3/8/10</a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/450031222http://braincraft.com/post/450031222Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:42:18 -0400“In 1971 the United States dealt with a similar but much less severe problem of foreign undervaluation by imposing a temporary 10 percent surcharge on imports, which was removed a few months later after Germany, Japan and other nations raised the dollar value of their currencies. At this point, its hard to see China changing its policies unless faced with the threat of similar action except that this time the surcharge would have to be much larger, say 25 percent.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/opinion/15krugman.html" target="_blank">Op-Ed Columnist - Taking On China and Its Currency - NYTimes.com</a></em>http://braincraft.com/post/449984265http://braincraft.com/post/449984265Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:09:04 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzb3cgTLSD1qz8365o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>irobot chapstick</b></p>http://braincraft.com/post/449258415http://braincraft.com/post/449258415Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:33:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzb3cddst21qz8365o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Fuerza Bruta</b></p>http://braincraft.com/post/449258269http://braincraft.com/post/449258269Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:33:31 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzb3cjbZEK1qz8365o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>stocking clear breadboards soon</b></p>http://braincraft.com/post/449258546http://braincraft.com/post/449258546Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:33:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzab638SP41qzicj3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>nice evolution chart</p>http://braincraft.com/post/449127666http://braincraft.com/post/449127666Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:27:34 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10156623&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10156623&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10156623&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10156623" target="_blank">“Ask an Engineer” chat @ Adafruit.com - 03/14/10</a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/448961885http://braincraft.com/post/448961885Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:04:56 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sRyPOfBE6BU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sRyPOfBE6BU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRyPOfBE6BU&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">tronic’ biz card<br/></a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/448891028http://braincraft.com/post/448891028Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:31:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzauphTXvL1qz8365o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>flounder x-ray</p>http://braincraft.com/post/448883438http://braincraft.com/post/448883438Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:27:17 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzaujqe6iA1qz8365o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ma ke u p</p>http://braincraft.com/post/448876437http://braincraft.com/post/448876437Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:23:50 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xisrtRIkMFU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xisrtRIkMFU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisrtRIkMFU&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">7 year old recites 500 digits of Pi</a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/448867660http://braincraft.com/post/448867660Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:19:33 -0400<a href="http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2010/03/14/translation-image-needed-help-im-trapped-in-an-apple-factory/">Translation / image needed “HELP I’M TRAPPED IN AN APPLE FACTORY”</a>http://braincraft.com/post/448097354http://braincraft.com/post/448097354Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:34:50 -0400<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8yvEYKRF5IA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8yvEYKRF5IA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yvEYKRF5IA&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">spirits go down while profits expand</a></p>http://braincraft.com/post/448058791http://braincraft.com/post/448058791Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:13:39 -0400