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• Forza Motorsport 4 - TSW 6-speed shifter with the Fanatec wheel, via Arduino

  Forza Motorsport 4 Forza 3 and my first shifter approach In my previous post , I discussed my dissatisfaction with Forza Motorsport 3 and the SST Lightning shifter I modified to work with it. I was always aware that my original circuit design was less Read More... Posted Thursday, November 24, 2011 7:26 PM by rkuo | 0 Comments Filed under: sparkfun, capacitors, low pass filter, arduino, usb host shield, resistors

• SST Lightning with Forza and the Fanatec wheels - not good enough

  History Some of you may remember that when Forza Motorsport 3 came out, I built up a pretty elaborate rig to use with the game. Features included: A full steel frame cockpit by Obutto High end steering wheel and pedals from Fanatec Anywhere from 3 to Read More... Posted Thursday, November 24, 2011 4:50 PM by rkuo | 0 Comments

• iCufflinks

  These cufflinks look amazing. Basically the breathing suspend lighting pattern in a CNC machined aluminum cufflink. Am I a fanboy for wanting them? http://www.adafruit.com/products/379 Read More... Posted Saturday, June 18, 2011 6:36 PM by rkuo | 0 Comments

• Picking a color for your new iPad 2

  While you're all waiting to get your new iPad's (I am too!), you might be struggling with the idea of what color to get. Contrary to what you might think, it's not just personal preference. There are real functional differences between the Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:40 AM by rkuo | 1 Comments

• Picking a computer to encode videos with

  So let's say you just bought some sort of new Boxee box or Apple TV , and you have a lot of videos you want to watch on them. You need to process those videos into a device friendly format, and you’re thinking about building or buying a dedicated Read More... Posted Monday, January 24, 2011 1:18 AM by rkuo | 2 Comments

• The Walking Dead

  AMC has a massive ratings hit on their hands. It's definitely well deserved. The show itself is uncomfortable and bleak, just like you expect life in the zombie apocalypse to be. It takes its subject matter seriously, unlike so many of its campy brethren. Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2010 3:13 AM by rkuo | 0 Comments

• Gaming in stereoscopic 3D

  Stereoscopic 3D is a great technology, even with all of the inherent flaws and glitches that exist in today's implementations. But while movies are the main way most people are finding out about three dimensional viewing, in reality, gaming is a much Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:06 PM by rkuo | 1 Comments Filed under: faq, guide, stereoscopic 3d

• Visual anomalies with stereoscopic 3D display technologies

  We all know what stereoscopic 3D should look and behave like ... we see it every day. Unfortunately, this isn't how stereoscopic 3D behaves in the home today. Here's a list of ways where the idea doesn't quite match up with reality. Color Read More... Posted Sunday, September 19, 2010 5:08 PM by rkuo | 1 Comments Filed under: faq, stereoscopic, 3d, guide

• Types of stereoscopic 3D displays

  There are many different ways to individually send an image to each of your eyes. We talk about the different technologies that exist below. Active shutter In combination with a pair of powered glasses, these displays work by switching very rapidly between Read More... Posted Friday, September 10, 2010 8:23 PM by rkuo | 1 Comments Filed under: stereoscopic 3d faq guide

• The complete guide to understanding stereoscopic 3D

  I first got into the whole idea of stereoscopic 3D in the home when nVidia announced their 3D Vision technology back at the beginning of 2009. I actually built a high end gaming rig and bought the special monitor and glasses just to see what it was all Read More... Posted Friday, September 10, 2010 8:06 PM by rkuo | 1 Comments Filed under: stereoscopic 3d faq guide

• On the pursuit of happiness

  I attended a talk today by Tony Hsieh of Zappos fame. He's out plugging his new book " Delivering Happiness ". Thankfully, rather than this being a generic leadership talk, I found myself pleasantly surprised at the amount of research that Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:22 AM by rkuo | 0 Comments

• Learning Circuit Design

  Prior to picking up the Boxster as a real track car, I built a pretty cool setup for sim racing. I settled on using Forza Motorsport 3 with multiple Xbox 360's. This game is neat in that it supports multiple monitors for a panoramic view. In conjunction Read More... Posted Sunday, July 04, 2010 5:15 PM by rkuo | 0 Comments Filed under: sparkfun, learning, circuits, batchpcb

• iPhone 4 - Quick impressions

  I stood in line for 13 hours to get the iPhone 4. That was an interesting experience, to say the least ... I'll save that for a later post. My opinion of the iPhone is that the product really came together with the 3GS. The original iPhone was a revolution Read More... Posted Sunday, June 27, 2010 7:49 AM by rkuo | 0 Comments Filed under: Mobile lifestyle, iphone, iphone 4

• Track day at Thunderhill

  Intro A few months ago, I decided that I would attend a track day. The story of all the stuff I had to do to finally end up at the track is another story ... this blog post is going to be about my actual track day experience this weekend. First of all, Read More... Posted Monday, June 21, 2010 5:29 AM by rkuo | 1 Comments

• My iPad comments

  For those of you still living in caves, Apple released its iPad last week. My original opinion of the iPad, upon hearing of the announcement, was that I absolutely did not want one. I have plenty of experience with Tablet PC's and I did not see any Read More... Posted Monday, April 12, 2010 6:55 AM by rkuo | 0 Comments Filed under: ipad kindle