Open Source Hardware Association

The Open Source Hardware Association is Coming Soon! 
http://www.oshwa.org/

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/23/makes-exclusive-interview-with-alicia-gibb-president-of-the-open-source-hardware-association/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+%28MAKE%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Interesting Fact on Calendar (History)

Here’s an interesting historical fact, that you might probably never knew. Check below pictures. Just go through it.

Take a look at September 1752

 Have you ever seen the calendar for September 1752 ???
If you are working on Unix, please try this out. At $ prompt, type: cal 9 1752 – Surprised ????

Not only in Unix, you can also search it on Google

 Explanation for what you see:
Isn't the output queer? A month with whole of eleven days missing. This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, and the King of England ordered those 11 days to be wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752. (What couldn't a King do in those days?!) And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the entire 30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born. Hail the King !!!

Before that, April was the first Month of the year. Even then, people didn’t agree to use the Roman Julian Calendar and celebrated 1^st April as a New Year.
Then the King announced that those who celebrated April as the New Year are fools… (April Fools…)

History is really interesting, isn’t it !!!

Share Internet from Dongle(Windows)

Once You are connected to internet through your USB dongle, go to
1) Command Prompt and type >nslookup
           nslookup is a command to query ur DNS.Copy & Save the DNS Address
2) Setup a Ad-Hoc Wifi Network

1. Open the Start Menu.
2. Click Control Panel.
3. Click Network and Internet.
4. Click Network and Sharing Center.
5. Under Change your networking settings, click Set up a new connection or network.
6. Select Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network.
7. Click on Next twice.
8. Enter the Network name such as "LogicNetwork".
9. Select the Security WAP (or WEP).
10. Enter the Security key or password.
11. Check Save this network check box.
12. Click Turn on Internet connection sharing.

3)Setup a Wifi Network with Static IP
     now,
a)To change the computer’s IP address in Windows 7, type network and sharing into the Search box in the Start Menu and select Network and Sharing Center when it comes up.

 b)Then when the Network and Sharing Center opens, click on Change adapter settings.

 

 c)Right-click on your wireless adapter and select Properties. (Not the Local Area Connection as in Picture)

In the Wireless connection Properties window highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then click the Properties button.

 
 d)Once You get into properties...
           set ur IP address as "192.168.2.1"
           subnet mask as "255.255.255.0"
           default gateway as "192.168.2.1"


 e) and Finally in ur DNS and alternate DNS you need to setup the Address you copied in step 1 (Result of nslookup)

 4) Now you need to Bridge the Connections(Wireless Connection & LAN)
 

A network bridge is software or hardware that connects two or more networks so that they can communicate. You can create only one network bridge on a computer, but one bridge can handle any number of network connections.

1. Open Network Connections by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking Network and Internet, clicking Network and Sharing Center, and then clicking Manage network connections.
2. Hold down CTRL and select each(Wireless Network Connection and LAN) network connection that you want to add to the bridge.
3. Right-click one of the selected network connections, and then click Bridge Connections.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

 5) Client Setup(phone or other computer)
a) Switch on wifi in ur clinet and get into settings and setup static IP
          IP Address: "192.168.2.X" where x>1 <= 255 Ex: 192.168.2.2
          Subnet as : 255.255.255.0
          gateway :  192.168.2.1 [IP address of computer in which dongle is connected]
           preferred DNS :  whatever DNS address u got in step 1

Save all!! Connections !!
        Now The client devices shd have internet! enabled!!!
          Happy Surfing :)
          
   

          

Clock Signal

http://www.designcabana.com/knowledge/electrical/electronics/digital/clock/
http://www.pcguide.com/intro/fun/clockClocks-c.html
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5535