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Current Projects
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Cheapo Power: Power Control on the Cheap
Controlling appliances for about $8 per module, with a circuit that anyone can build.
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The biggest continuous project I've ever done -- the automatation of my home. This project is so big, it deserves its own section on my site.
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PopCARD: Pop Machine Cash Card system
A home-made RFID cash card system for my pop/soda/vending machine.
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Home-made battery-powered wireless amplified stereo speakers that receive their audio signal over Bluetooth... what could be cooler?
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The Urban Exploration Resource is a website I started back in 2002. It has now grown to be the largest website dedicated to the hobby of Urban Exploration, with over 10,000 worldwide members.
Older & Discontinued Projects
The Half-Life Years: 2000-2003
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A series of scripts and a configuration utitlity I created for the Half-Life mod Team Fortress Classic.
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A Half-Life: TFC server that I ran for about 4 years, most of it with totally custom mods and features.
The Old-School Years: 1999 and before
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SimCity 3000 Terrain Generator
A tool created by myself and a friend in 1999, to aid in generating terrains for the then-new game Sim City 3000.