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		<title>Quasar, yet another DIY ambient orb (with wireless!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This project has been done many times, so I won&#8217;t go into much detail. I wanted a general purpose notifier, especially once I built Laundrymon. I figured a box with a high powered RGB LED and an XBee would fit the bill. The enclosure is just a project box with a sheet of cheap copy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2009/10/09/quasar-yet-another-diy-ambient-orb-with-wireless/</link>
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		<title>Laundrymon, the wireless, noninvasive, Arduino-based, laundry monitor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I always forget to set a timer when doing laundry, and the machines are in the garage so they&#8217;re hard to hear. I&#8217;ve seen a couple of approaches to remotely monitor laundry machines. Unfortunately, I am not a commerical laundromat, and the since machines belong to the landlady I can&#8217;t really open them up to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2009/10/01/laundrymon-the-wireless-noninvasive-arduino-based-laundry-monitor/</link>
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		<title>Arduino IR transmitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A while back, I bought a universal remote for the entertainment system. I chose one fancy enough to have learning capability, but not fancy enough to be programmed with a computer. Annoyingly, the factory and universal remote only had a button to toggle through the various inputs. This gets tedious quickly when you have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2009/08/23/arduino-ir-transmitter/</link>
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		<title>Really simple Arduino IR receiver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I use a Mac Mini as a media center computer. While I generally like Front Row, and have a few custom (unsupported) plugins, sometimes you really just want something one button away. I&#8217;m already using a universal remote, but the Mini&#8217;s built-in IR receiver can only detect the signals for the 6 buttons on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2009/05/04/really-simple-arduino-ir-receiver/</link>
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		<title>XBee Roomba problems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While developing the software to use the XBee Roomba adapter I previously described, I discovered the Roomba was spewing data. My first guess was a bad solder joint, specifically the wire soldered to the mini-DIN connector. If that went open, the voltage divider would pull the data input to the XBee to ground. That joint [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2009/04/10/xbee-roomba-problems/</link>
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		<title>XBee adapter for Roomba</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I decided on Digi&#8217;s XBee modules for my wireless projects. Today I&#8217;m showing off the first completed project &#8212; a wireless Roomba adapter. This project represents a number of firsts for me. First semi-practical use of XBee First time designing a PCB, using Eagle First custom PCB order, from BatchPCB The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2009/04/01/xbee-adapter-for-roomba/</link>
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		<title>Larmie, the Arduino Alarm Scheduler</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I heard about Libelium&#8217;s Arduino Hacking Life contest, I knew it was time for me to finally solve one of my daily annoyances — setting the alarm clock. Every night, the alarm gets set to a different time. Sometimes there&#8217;s an errand in the morning, sometimes an early meeting. On weekends, the alarm usually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2009/03/02/larmie-the-arduino-alarm-scheduler/</link>
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		<title>Downloads fixed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The download links have been broken for some time, since my old ISP finally noticed I stopped giving them money and took down my web space. I finally got around to getting all the files together and updating the links. Everything should work now.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2008/12/30/downloads-fixed/</link>
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		<title>Fuzzy Freddy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has recently come to my attention that I failed to post here about my entry for Iron Coder 2, Fuzzy Freddy. The API that time around was CoreGraphics, and the theme was Time. Fuzzy Freddy is an action-packed game of adventure, romance, and hygiene. It is a Universal binary and is best viewed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2007/01/06/fuzzy-freddy/</link>
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		<title>Close</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Iron Coder 4 is quickly coming to a close. My entry is Close. We&#8217;ll see in a few hours how it compares against everyone else&#8217;s. Here&#8217;s the description from the readme: Close is an intense psychological thriller of a game, where the player must avoid getting their personal space invaded by coworkers in a highly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2006/10/29/close/</link>
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