This one applies mostly to British people, but it may work in other countries as well. If you are like me, you most probably hate carrying the 5kg of change in copper we end up accumulating in our wallets/purses. You most probably also hate the self-checkouts at most of the leading stores these days. I … Read more
Fans of Pakistan Cricket, the followers, and the ‘crazies’ are familiar with the name ‘News of the World!’. Last summer, this newspaper revealed three Pakistani cricketers as being involved in the spot-fixing scandal, which eventually got them banned for different periods of time from cricket. There was a lot of ‘concern’ about whether the allegations … Read more
Follow up to my last article, here is an application which helps run out of sync PWMs. This only works on Arduino Mega, as it requires more control over timers. The application would be anything that requires 2 sets of PWMs that work out of sync and in sync with each other. There are 3 … Read more
Talking about needs, the blog is also mobile friendly now. Which means if you visit it from a mobile, or such device, you should see a mobile version of it!
BBC4 showed ‘Doctor Who: The hand of fear’ in memory of Elizabeth Sladen, Sarah Jane Smith from the famous BBC show. This 1976 episode of Doctor Who features a silicon based life form called Eldrad. Following is a picture:Now, behold a picture of Old Gregg from the Mighty Boosh:Don’t they look the same? Just 30 … Read more
Sometime back OU Pakistan Society hosted famous poet Professor Anwar Masood. Browsing their website today (http://www.oupaksoc.org/) I found a link to the video of the event: Poet Anwar Masood at Oxford, 2011 Other videos of events can be found at their website as well. I was actually looking for George Fulton’s talk, which I am … Read more
Amazon.co.uk Widgets The ARDUINO UNO is an amazing product that incorporates an ATmega328P onto a development board with a USB Bootloader. The product offers the user the ability to program in C language, and with a lot of libraries and open source software available, most applications are very easily achieved. However, the challenge that faced … Read more
Doctor Who Infographic, originally uploaded by bob canada. This is one not to be missed… For any and every Doctor Who fan out there!
So I have been taking these acting workshops recently, and while it is mostly for fun and nothing serious, good things really do come out of it every now and then. Yesterday, during a ‘random discussion/conversation’ practice, one of the boys came out with an idea for a Shaving Pill. It is ever so simple, … Read more
I shall be giving a presentation at Science Oxford on the 3rd of February, 2011, on their PechaKucha night. http://www.scienceoxfordlive.com/whats-on-events/pechakucha-night The words PechaKucha stand for ‘chit-chat’ in Japanese, and it shall be a platform for various people of scientific backgrounds to come forward and present. As written on the website: Devised in Tokyo in February … Read more