Interesting video on how to make things with the Arduino microcontroller by Marc de Vinck @ MakerShed.

This is the 3rd installment of my Aduino How-To Tuesdays. This week I am going to cover using another basic part, the potentiometer. I will also cover connecting a servo to the Arduino. Servos can be hard to control, but not with the Arduino! That’s just another reason why I love this little micro-controller.

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Two stories about the scamming scheme in US, incl. one told by a former employee. First link, second link, and check also these scams.

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Tired of those lists with alternative software programs, where five of them (usually a list of 10) are Open Office/ Firefox/ AbiWord/ GIMP/ Pidgin? While no doubt they are really good (good enough to be the most popular ones), there are also other little software gems which are really useful and deserve more attention.

With this post, we will start a series with lists of lesser known useful software. While titled Windows Software, more of them are multi-platform. Most of them are either direct replacement for some commercial programs or absolutely unique of their kind. And all of them are useful. (Even some of them are shareware titles, they are still quite useful/ usable in that state. Or they have a free version.)

Let’s start the show. Click on the screenshots to the appropriate software’s homepage. -Quang-

01. EssentialPIM

Current Version: 3.1
Type: Personal Organizer/ Office Utility
License: Free/ Shareware
Replaces: Outlook (organizer part)

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