Finally untethered jailbreak came for my iPad 2 (iOS 5.0.1) and I rushed to installed in last Sunday. Actually the hardest part was installing official Apple’s iOS 5.0.1, I spent hours trying to get it loaded but eventually it was done. Running “Absinthe” jailbreak tool was a breeze! Huge respect to Chronic Dev team!!!
As you probably aware Wikipedia has blacked-out all it’s English content today (Jan 18,2012) to protest SOPA and PIPA bills. These two are worst threat Internet freedom has seen to date. I applaud Wikipedia, Reddit and any other site that choose to protest today. And a huge fail goes out to Twitter for stating: “That’s just silly. Closing a global business in reaction to single-issue national politics is foolish”. I’ll just go out and say it, Twitter’s existence is meaningless waste of informational space. Oh and Wikipedia is not a business…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
(you can see video of this slider in action at the end of the article)
I built my slider based on Vimeo’s user “XCM†who in turn based it on Stage Zero Dolly.
Igus slider rail is main chassis holding everything together. Special platform attached to the igus carriage platform has geared motor and set of pulleys. It moves itself along HTD-5 timing belt that’s attached to the rail at each end with clamps.  Whole system is driven by MX2 Dolly shield and Arduino.  It’s capable of capturing a movie while it’s moving horizontally or vertically (yes it’s that powerful) and controlling camera’s shutter for a time lapse photography.
Microstock sites are making it harder and harder for photographer to submit images. Many types of images are not allowed to be uploaded, including cars (not even drawings). Last night I got a letter from Istockphoto, notifying me that my image of Rakvere Stone-castle has been deactivated for legal reasons.
“Imagery of castles in Europe that are identifiable require a property release in order to be sold under our RF license. This includes imagery taken from within the property, castles that are the main focus, gardens and other identifiable parts.
We are sorry, we can no longer offer this file for royalty-free commercial use and have therefore deactivated it from the collection.”
Not even editorial images allowed. However for non-european castles you can still submit images under editorial licensing. Kind of sad to see how our civilization is loosing it’s freedom one lawyer at a time…
Recently I went on a week long vacation. My two cats were left alone with plenty of food and water, and I also was watching over them via security cameras. This was probably the longest time they didn’t see a human being, so upon returning my cats were extremely happy. Those who say cats don’t have emotions, probably never had cats. They can be sad and happy, angry and annoyed just like us.
However I never had any idea that cats can also cry. My oldest one (Alisa) sat near me and this is when I noticed here eyes were full of tears. At first I thought there must be some eye irritation that’s causing this, but I couldn’t find any. She never cried before or after that time I came back home.
I looked up online and there were more reports of cats crying after being left alone for a long time. I can’t say for sure what was the cause of Alisa crying, but I believe those were tears of tremendous joy and relive.
I can’t believe it. After I posted my DIY custom cable article here, I decided to post it at Instructables.com as well, and right away it was featured and then posted to the front page! Got me free Pro Membership for a year too! Wohooo! 
Today I will show you how to make a cable like this.
It’s a female to female multi-pin connector cable for standard headers. You can use same technique for making male to male or male to female cables with as many pins as desired. It’s a real “ghetto” way to make a cable, but will do in a pinch.
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For all the projects I’ve been working on lately, I’ve been missing on a way to make precise cuts. Circular hand saw just doesn’t cut it anymore (no pun intended), especially when it comes to plastics (polycarbonate, plexiglass, etc.). So I went ahead and bought a table saw. Found really good deal at Sears on Cybermonday sale for $100. Crafstsman 10 in., Model No: 315.284610. It’s a crappy one, but as my first saw it will do  And speaking of Sears, their pickup procedure is horrible, later on that..
After months of planning, researching and learning my motorized DSLR slider is almost ready! In the following days I hope to finish it up and start sharing pictures and process of making, so stay tuned!
Finally me and my wife gathered enough courage to re-do our old ugly kitchen.
Plan was simple, during an Ikea 20% off kitchen event, replace all cabinets and appliances. Also redo old vinyl flooring with ceramic or porcelain tiles. I’m in no way a good handy guy, so this will prove to be a major accomplishment or a major failure for me. At the point of writing this I’m not nowhere near completion, but I think it’d be fun to share my challenges, and accomplishments (if any…)
In Part I I will describe the demolition process of the cabinets and preparation of the floors. So read more after the break.
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