Category Archives: Linux

Kaoss Guitar – Day 1

Posted on 2010-04-18 by David

For a while, a friend and I have been planning to build a specialized MIDI controller into a guitar to control a Korg Kaoss Pad KP2. The idea came from the guitar used by Matt Bellamy of Muse (check out … Continue reading →

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Wacom Jitter Fix (for Linux)

Posted on 2010-01-01 by David

My Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet has been exceptionally jittery on my Lenovo ThinkPad. I assume this is probably caused by EM noise from the computer (though I’m not sure). Today I decided I should try to fix that. Here’s an … Continue reading →

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Python/Unix Calculator

Posted on 2010-01-01 by David

david@second:~$ cat /home/david/.local/bin/= #!/usr/bin/env python __import__("sys").argv[1:] and __import__("subprocess").Popen(("bc","-lq"),? stdin=__import__("subprocess").PIPE).communicate(" ".join(__import__("sys")? .argv[1:]+["\n"])) or __import__("os").waitpid(__import__("subprocess")? .Popen(("bc","-lq")).pid,0) david@second:~$ = ’5*5 + 5′ 30 david@second:~$ = 3+1 4 last*2 8 david@second:~$

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Arduino 0017 on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10

Posted on 2009-10-29 by David

Edit: This post isn’t really relevant anymore—Arduino 0018 has a 64 bit binary. Original post follows.

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