Rob Scanlon's Blog

[...] Last month my Samsung Rear projection TV decided to upgrade itself to 3D. Or at least it appeared to. But alas, that wasn’ [...]

[...] project as simple as humanly possible. That led me to choose a design that used a parallel port relay kit to control the lights. That limits the number of channels I could use to 8, and it [...]

[...] this user interface. The computer is connected to a relay, which controls the flow of electricity standard AC outlets. The lights (or theoretically any appliance that draws less than 5amps) can be [...]

[...] . And I’ll also start putting more content into flikr, stack exchange, etc. Original about.me copycat design I went with a very simple, one page design for robscanlon.com that is intended to [...]

This month I’ve had some fun making little web applications to celebrate the birthdays of friends and family. I think I’m going to make a [...]

[...] the data was before I did anything else with it. So I plotted the temperature and average weekly precipitation levels onto a map and animated it. Below is the result: Each pixel approximately [...]

[...] control than the stand-alone option, but was substantially less expensive than the commercial-level options. Turns out I’ve been looking for a hands-on electronics project. I’ve [...]

[...] less expensive than the commercial-level options. Turns out I’ve been looking for a hands-on electronics project. I’ve always enjoyed web programming, mainly because it enabled me to reach [...]

[...] is intended to quickly link people off to appropriate sites. I originally used the about.me format (pictured to the right), but decided to be slightly more original (and simplistic) in [...]