Brian Jepson

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“@Jadon Thanks! I looked at the BeagleBoardShoppingList Wiki page and went with Serialio for the USB. I ordered the AT/Everex from PCCables.”

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posted a message on Twitter

“Just got home from grocery shopping. I really like MOM's (a chain of organic markets in the DC area). http://is.gd/8BCq”

16 hours ago - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Dang. I had to order two more things (USB Mini to B cable, RS232 to IDC10 header) to use the #BeagleBoard.”

19 hours ago - Link

posted three messages on Twitter

“Wow. Check out this video of the TI #BeagleBoard booting #Android. Off to try this out myself http://is.gd/8z1F”

23 hours ago - Link

“Statestats shows popularity of search terms by US state (via @timoreilly in email). Yay RI! #1 in searches for "quahog"! http://is.gd/8z0t”

23 hours ago - Link

“Thinking this might be the weekend where I find the time to get the BeagleBoard talking to the Arduino.”

23 hours ago - Link

posted three messages on Twitter

“And that means I'll be selling a white MacBook (MB062LL/A) soon.”

Friday at 9:41 pm - Link

“Bought 2.0GHz Al MacBook on eBay using the live.com cashback ($200!). Rebate appeared on Paypal immediately. Sweet. http://is.gd/8wxf”

Friday at 9:36 pm - Link

“@AppleHacks Heavens no! We actually have a small shrine to you. All the food I left in front of it is getting moldy though.”

Friday at 9:32 pm - Link

posted three messages on Twitter

“@bilborg It's a 5400rpm Fujitsu MHY2250BH, and it benches pretty slow. I'm defragging it now, for what that's worth (probably not much :-)”

Friday at 2:58 pm - Link

“My MSI Wind w/1.6GHz Atom+7200 RPM disk makes my MacBook Pro w/2.4GHz C2D+stock 250GB disk seem slow. I think the disk makes the difference.”

Friday at 2:44 pm - Link

“Tried using Vista on the MSI Wind for a week. It didn't go well; very sluggish. Back to XP, which is very zippy.”

Friday at 2:42 pm - Link

posted two messages on Twitter

“@edd Congratulations. You and Simon wrote it, eh? That's a dream team. I know how I'm going to learn Rails now.”

Friday at 6:23 am - Link

“Q. What do plasma orbs have in common with dogs? A. Plasma orbs are also excited when you pet them.”

Friday at 5:52 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“@edd Bags of Holding have the same issue. That Wand of Fireballs CL10 won't do much good if it takes a full round to retrieve.”

Friday at 6:07 am - Link

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published a photo on Flickr

USB Powered Plasma Orb

Friday at 5:48 am - Link

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“Got back to Arlington tonight. Almost one month before I go somewhere else (home to RI). Been a while since I've stood still that long.”

Thursday at 9:11 pm - Link

posted six messages on Twitter

“@skap5 OK but you'll have to let one of us geeks make something for you. We'll be making like mad when that laser cutter gets here :-)”

Thursday at 6:33 pm - Link

“@skap5 I used to be all thumbs too. You should give it a try. Maybe soldering up a basic electronics kit. Something blinky.”

Thursday at 6:23 pm - Link

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posted three messages on Twitter

“Retweeting @khopper: Public Radio iPhone collaboration announced. Sitting in on the kickoff call now: http://is.gd/8ihb”

Thursday at 9:13 am - Link

“Next trip, I'll remember to bring the USB->barrel connector power cable I fashioned to avoid Amtrak's unreliable AC power.”

Thursday at 9:07 am - Link

“Amtrak's habit of randomly switching the AC power off north of NYC makes it unworkable for me to share my EVDO using my Cradlepoint router.”

Thursday at 9:06 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Sharing my EVDO over wifi on train 171. look for Providence Geeks hotspot 1 car in front of cafe car.”

Thursday at 7:25 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Check out the comment from MyDigitalDiscount. Awesome idea to sell their SSD engineering prototypes on eBay. http://is.gd/8aUH”

Thursday at 6:13 am - Link

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posted two messages on Twitter

“Tellart's duiPhone, the first app for their upcoming mobile phone sensor platform. Malt liquor+breathalyzer+iPhone: http://is.gd/8emy”

Wednesday at 8:47 pm - Link

“Back home in Kingston after a wonderful Geek Dinner”

Wednesday at 8:08 pm - Link

posted 10 messages on Twitter

“@dandyid relies on public profiles; uses OAuth when it does need to interact with a site.”

Wednesday at 5:12 pm - Link

“Had a nice week here in RI. Bummed that it's my last night here for almost a month.”

Wednesday at 5:05 pm - Link

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posted a message on Twitter

“@mriggen Likewise; glad you'll be there!”

Wednesday at 1:08 pm - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Tonight is the Providence Geek dinner. I think it's going to be a big one. http://is.gd/7u6T”

Wednesday at 11:55 am - Link

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posted a message on Twitter

“Photos from my visit to the RI State Crime Lab. It's not just like TV, but not all that different, either. http://is.gd/8a18”

Wednesday at 11:52 am - Link

published photos on Flickr

Looking into the RI State Crime Lab ballistics tank

Tuesday at 3:21 pm - Link

posted two messages on Twitter

“RI State Crime lab saved thousands by making their own ballistics tank for test fires.”

Tuesday at 12:14 pm - Link

“Visiting the RI state crime lab.”

Tuesday at 11:47 am - Link

posted three messages on Twitter

“@bre come up to Providence and show us some cool tricks on the @as220 lazah (RI pronunciation). It should be fully functional in January.”

November 18 at 6:23 am - Link

“To upgrade Freehand->Illustrator and crossgrade at the same time, I had to send a Letter of Software Destruction. Sounds like a D&D a ...”

November 18 at 6:15 am - Link

“Found I had an old copy of Freehand that I could upgrade to Illustrator for $199. Relatively cheap way for me to get Illustrator on Windows.”

November 18 at 6:14 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Heading home after a great dinner with friends at Seven Moons in North Kingstown.”

November 16 at 5:59 pm - Link

posted two messages on Twitter

“Having a drink with my wife in the hotel pub.”

November 15 at 7:13 pm - Link

“Amazed that it's 66 degrees in Keene, NH.”

November 15 at 7:10 pm - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Driving to Keene today, back to RI tomorrow.”

November 15 at 7:43 am - Link

dugg a story on Digg

Quantum of Solace - The Do-it-yourself version

November 14 at 1:04 pm - Link

posted two messages on Twitter

“@mattgillooly Ah, c'mon. Doesn't a laser cutter at least merit a Goldfinger joke? :-)”

November 14 at 11:23 am - Link

“@as220 will have a laser cutter in the first half of December. Go Providence Fab Lab!”

November 14 at 10:55 am - Link

bookmarked a page on delicious

The End of Wall Street's Boom - National Business News - Portfolio.com

November 13 at 2:43 pm - Link

dugg a story on Digg

Build: Gakken Mechamo Inchworm

November 12 at 9:41 pm - Link

posted nine messages on Twitter

“It's an approximation of the Star Trek replicator”

November 12 at 4:28 pm - Link

“Fab Lab was the application of this to outreach.”

November 12 at 4:27 pm - Link

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