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		<title>PCB order placed for Binary Burst Clock</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2012/01/09/pcb-order-place-binary-burst-clock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Binary Burst Clock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kicad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of work went into designing this board. Thanks to help from Chris Meyer and Devlin Thyne I ended up with what I think is a design that will be friendly for the PCB manufacturer. The parts order from &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2012/01/09/pcb-order-place-binary-burst-clock/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Binary Burst clock concept</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2012/01/01/binary-burst-clock-concept/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Binary Burst Clock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on a new clock concept and am far enough along to start sharing some details about it. I call it the Binary Burst. The latter is because I was inspired by some vintage starburst clocks and have &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2012/01/01/binary-burst-clock-concept/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Light programming showing some results</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/20/light-programming-showing-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AVR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Light Programmer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cds]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jumptuck.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m actually seeing some results from my Light Programmer. I&#8217;m reading a photoresistor using the analog comparator on an ATmega168. Check out my previous post about the hardware, then join me after the break to see what I changed to &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/20/light-programming-showing-results/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Splitting VCF files using Python</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/19/splitting-vcf-files-python/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Python]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10. I forgot to export my contacts from Evolution and was horrified to learn these are not stored in a flat file and the database is not compatible between versions (great work &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/19/splitting-vcf-files-python/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester encoding between monitor and light sensor</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/16/manchester-encoding-monitor-light-sensor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Light Programmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analog comparator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atmega168]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jumptuck.com/?p=837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on a way to push data into a microcontroller using a computer monitor (or smart phone) which flashes black and white. I&#8217;ve done some preliminary tests using one photoresistor read by an ATmega168 analog comparator circuit. The &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/16/manchester-encoding-monitor-light-sensor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Binary Burst LED balancing</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/15/binary-burst-led-balancing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Binary Burst Clock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicolor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jumptuck.com/?p=812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on a new clock design. I&#8217;m not ready to talk much about it yet, but I did order a couple of different LEDs for it. I need blue LEDs and red/blue bicolor LEDs where the blues match each &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/15/binary-burst-led-balancing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AVR Analog Comparator</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/12/avr-analog-comparator/</link>
		<comments>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/12/avr-analog-comparator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AVR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Light Programmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analog comparator]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jumptuck.com/?p=805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t put much time into the light-based programmer I was working on. But I did get some advice from Devlin Thyne who pushed me in a different direction on it. He suggested I use Manchester Encoding which only needs &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/12/avr-analog-comparator/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What are you reading? Cordelia&#8217;s Honor</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/02/reading-cordelias-honor/</link>
		<comments>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/02/reading-cordelias-honor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luis mcmaster bujold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sci-fi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vorkosigan saga]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jumptuck.com/?p=779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I finished reading Mona Lisa Overdrive and my only disappointment is that there are no more installments in that series. Once again, in my search for reading material I started to scour Reddit and was pleasantly surprised to learn of a Sci-Fi &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/02/reading-cordelias-honor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Robot body made almost entirely from parts sourced locally</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/01/robot-body-parts-source-locally/</link>
		<comments>http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/01/robot-body-parts-source-locally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acrylic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[angle bracket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gearhead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[h-bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motor driver]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jumptuck.com/?p=777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a love/hate relationship with putting in parts orders. I love to get the parts, but I hate to pay the shipping. So I tend to accumulate large wish-lists before putting in orders. For this project, I built my &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/12/01/robot-body-parts-source-locally/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Fix: Unity sidebar and panel are missing!</title>
		<link>http://jumptuck.com/2011/11/30/quick-fix-unity-sidebar-panel-missing/</link>
		<comments>http://jumptuck.com/2011/11/30/quick-fix-unity-sidebar-panel-missing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Szczys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jumptuck.com/?p=773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The jury is still out on the Unity desktop for me. I certainly didn&#8217;t need to switch away from Gnome, but I&#8217;m a long time supporter of Ubuntu so I&#8217;m giving it a go. But when I was messing around &#8230; <a href="http://jumptuck.com/2011/11/30/quick-fix-unity-sidebar-panel-missing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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