Links for 2008-03-20 to 2008-04-23

nick posted in links on 6-05-08

MAKE: Blog: Open GPS tracker – A low cost, simple, GPS tracker
pachube :: connecting environments, patching the planet - – "a service that enables people to tag and share real time environmental data from objects, devices and spaces around the world. The key aim is to facilitate interaction between remote environments, both physical and virtual."
xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe – "I've taught it obstacle avoidance and blogging."
Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Waxy.org – Fascinating background on the game that wasn't to be. The comments are worth reading, as my of the parties involved have commented – not all happy about the article.
Home Easy – SAVE your money, by reducing ‘Standby’ power and wasted electricity. – The range of home automation products that B&Q sells.
Ethernet shield for Arduino – Ethernet enabling an arduino – including running a webserver on the board. Interesting possibilities for tweetjects. Update: odd that I bookmarked this one, and not the one I actually bought.
BBC NEWS | Magazine | World’s best-known protest symbol turns 50 – Interesting history to the CND logo. Never knew it was based on the semaphore for N and D.
We Tell Stories – ‘The 21 Steps’, by Charles Cumming –

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