Monthly Archives: July 2009

myAVR MK2 USB PLUS — part 1

Posted on July 8, 2009 by robert

Some time ago I won the electronics competition on expli.de and got the “myAVR MK2 USB PLUS” KIT as a reward. I haven’t had much time to deal with it yet, so I’ll just show some images instead. It comes … Continue reading →

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IKEA SAMTID modification — part 1

Posted on July 8, 2009 by robert

I have 3 Ikea Samtid lamps. They’re affordable, useful and the design is timeless. One is in my living room and started to bore me. That has to change. As the lamp can be dismantled very easily it’s begging for … Continue reading →

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Gnuplot: SVG export and Inkscape — annoyances and workarounds

Posted on July 1, 2009 by robert

I’m making some data plots with gnuplot right now that will be fed to pdfLaTeX later. So I could just have gnuplot create .ps or .eps files, but for some reason it always gets the font completely wrong. When reverse … Continue reading →

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