Ken Shirriff's blog

My latest project is controlling a pedestrian sign with an Arduino, so it will automatically step through the states of walk, flashing don&#...

My IRremote library decodes output from many infrared remotes: Sony, NEC, RC5, and RC6. However, many remotes use other protocols. While ...

I recently set up a web interface to my stereo, implementing it in both Python and Arc. I found that, much to my surprise, writing the Arc ...

I've ported the TV-B-Gone code to run on the Arduino board. If you haven't seen a TV-B-Gone, it's a cute gadget that you point...

Here's how you can control your stereo over the web. Not only that, but any other electronics with a IR remote control can now be contr...

I recently saw a Master cable lock for sale with the interesting text "Lore Ipsum!" and "Lorem Ipsue!" underneath the w...

Dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux is mostly straightforward, but I ran into a few problems. The following notes describe my setup, mostly fo...