Invitation to Savage Circuits
Chris Savage
Parallax EngineeringPosts: 14,406
Some of you have noticed my sig line code and have visited my project website.· What you may not realize is that when I rebuilt the website (still fixing a few bugs) I had bigger plans for it.· The main website is just getting the final touches of having most of my projects replaced, however this time I have a blog for posting progress on incomplete projects (normally you don't hear about them until their done).· I also have a discussion forums, video and photo galleries and even a detailed history of how I got to where I am today.· Most of my past projects are posted or are being restored.· I am placing all new projects up and providing more details than I have in the past.· As an added bonus the forums also has a user project section.
The Savage Circuits Forums will be for more general conversation about electronics, programming, robotics·and projects and will most likely be of interest to the more dedicated hobbyists.· Many who posted in the Old-School Hackers thread will be interested in this site and what it has to offer.· The hackers, the hobbyists, the inventors, oh my!· So I invite you to stop over and check it out.· As I said, casual discussion and atmosphere.· There's a board for everything.
Another quick announcement (which you'll find out from visiting the site anyway) is that before December I should have a tech podcast coming out.· This show will cover electronics and microcontroller technology, robotics, etc.· It will cover a project in-depth each month and hopefully I will have some guest appearances on there from interesting people in this field.· So as not to dilute the Parallax forums any comments or questions should be posted on the Savage Circuits Forums or as a comment on my blog.· You don't even have to register to post comments on the blog.· There are a few projects missing from the main project site right now so I am going to get back to fixing that.· In the mean time here are the links...maybe I'll see you there.
Main Project Website - http://www.savagecircuits.com/
Savage Circuits Blog - http://blog.savagecircuits.com/
Savage Circuits Forums - http://forums.savagecircuits.com/
You can get to the rest of the site from the menu on the main site page.· Take care!
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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Post Edited (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 10/9/2009 3:22:07 AM GMT
The Savage Circuits Forums will be for more general conversation about electronics, programming, robotics·and projects and will most likely be of interest to the more dedicated hobbyists.· Many who posted in the Old-School Hackers thread will be interested in this site and what it has to offer.· The hackers, the hobbyists, the inventors, oh my!· So I invite you to stop over and check it out.· As I said, casual discussion and atmosphere.· There's a board for everything.
Another quick announcement (which you'll find out from visiting the site anyway) is that before December I should have a tech podcast coming out.· This show will cover electronics and microcontroller technology, robotics, etc.· It will cover a project in-depth each month and hopefully I will have some guest appearances on there from interesting people in this field.· So as not to dilute the Parallax forums any comments or questions should be posted on the Savage Circuits Forums or as a comment on my blog.· You don't even have to register to post comments on the blog.· There are a few projects missing from the main project site right now so I am going to get back to fixing that.· In the mean time here are the links...maybe I'll see you there.
Main Project Website - http://www.savagecircuits.com/
Savage Circuits Blog - http://blog.savagecircuits.com/
Savage Circuits Forums - http://forums.savagecircuits.com/
You can get to the rest of the site from the menu on the main site page.· Take care!
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Chris Savage
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Post Edited (Chris Savage (Parallax)) : 10/9/2009 3:22:07 AM GMT
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Good luck with the tech show also!
Cheers,
Baggers.
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There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't.
The main theme seems to creativity, not just replicate another black box that someone else did.
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Ain't gadetry a wonderful thing?
aka G. Herzog [noparse][[/noparse] 黃鶴 ] in Taiwan
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Chris Savage
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Chris,
I like the site....but there are a few things that do not work in my browser (yea....I do not use IE......I'm a Firefox user).
For the most part.......I think you have a good starting point. I'm sure the site will evolve over time. Most I have watched with time change in about three years.
James L
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James L
Partner/Designer
Lil Brother SMT Assembly Services
Please note: Due to economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice. Thanks for your understanding.
I'd second James - please consider getting Firefox to review your site. It is not overboard to say that if it works in F.Fox, it will work in any browser.
Additionally, there is *super* programming, debugging, and message-trapping plugin for F.Fox that will help you troubleshoot your site. Many pro web folks use this daily:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
HTH
- Howard
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Believe in it.
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Parallax posesses power beyond belief.
Believe in it.
Visit me at
http://jrelectromech.services.officelive.com/default.aspx
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Looks to be an interesting site and a great resource. I will check it out more between AM diaper changes with our new twins.
Savage Circuits even sounds great. It's fun to say out loud. It must be great to riff of off of a great last name like SAVAGE. Whether you sold SAVAGE sausages or SAVAGE screwdrivers, you'd have a long line of people waiting to buy.
My last name will surely be a limiter to snappy product & website names. Ostendorff Ostrich burgers, anyone? No panache, dang it.
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·"If you build it, they will come."
humanoido
On one hand I’d like to think that compatibility issues wouldn’t interfere with everyone and anyone participating on the site and benefitting from it. On the other hand the thought of rebuilding the entire site to make that happen would only hurt the overall goal of getting new material up as soon as possible and at a faster rate than what has been happening the past two years.
Perhaps there is some compromise. I will have to install alternate browsers on my tertiary machine and see how things look. It may be something simple that I can fix with little research. Since I don’t use the other browsers it is somewhat difficult to understand why they wouldn’t be compatible since you would think they would offer the same level of HTML support. In any event I will look into it soon. Sadly there are still several projects not posted and I need to get them off my old computer, so by this weekend is the goal.
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Chris Savage
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Chris,
The basic HTML is going to be pretty universal to all browsers. It is the other languages that are going to be a problem. For example......the javascript menu on the left top side of the page. The major of the information on your site is readily available to all browsers.
James L
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James L
Partner/Designer
Lil Brother SMT Assembly Services
Please note: Due to economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice. Thanks for your understanding.
Also...if you want to concentrate on the material...I can offer to do some HTML coding if you wish. I have a little experience in the area...and would be willing to lend a hand.
I don't think it should be as involved as my site, although it is very easy to update and add content (but a bear to setup). But we could do some neat things.
James L
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James L
Partner/Designer
Lil Brother SMT Assembly Services
Please note: Due to economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice. Thanks for your understanding.
If you have PHP access I can give you my source codes for a template based site generator I have made. Or i can just provide you with the PHP code to help you detect if a cell phone or what browser.
Your web site actually works pretty well on my blackberry. your forum does not work at all though.
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Chris Savage
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Erco: Funny stuff...yeah, one of my sisters got married and kept her name because, "It's too cool to lose." Hopefully the catchy name will help the show and site take off. We're getting a few familiar names on there, but to grow we'll need some input and some fresh content.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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Try beating my AI.
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propmod_us and propmod_1x1 are in stock. Only $30. PCB available for $5
Want to make projects and have Gadget Gangster sell them for you? propmod-us_ps_sd and propmod-1x1 are now available for use in your Gadget Gangster Projects.
Need to upload large images or movies for use in the forum. you can do so at uploader.propmodule.com for free.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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propmod_us and propmod_1x1 are in stock. Only $30. PCB available for $5
Want to make projects and have Gadget Gangster sell them for you? propmod-us_ps_sd and propmod-1x1 are now available for use in your Gadget Gangster Projects.
Need to upload large images or movies for use in the forum. you can do so at uploader.propmodule.com for free.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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Welcome to the *real* world of IE ;-P.
You can try this for less errors (but be sure to unclick it when testing your own site)
tools -> internet options -> advanced (tab) -> Browsing (Section)·-> Show friendly HTTP error messages
Matt (mctriva) is correct about IE being the problem, not the other browsers. (I am browser neutral because I have to use 5 different ones everyday.)
JamesL's suggestion of keeping it simple is always the best. The real issue is that IE will allow things it shouldn't - and dork up (occasionally) on *standard* things that work on other browsers. (You can make IE 6, 7, and 8 hang on a video playback in one tab while opening a PDF in another - because IE doens't handle certain errors correctly. ... I could rant about how many times IE hangs or gobbles up mem ... on very clean installs ... but ... [noparse]:)[/noparse]
Firefox is the most adherent to the W3 specs, as I mentioned. And did I mention the ADDON's (hint hint) ? [noparse]:)[/noparse]
IMO - Steer wide clear of IE 8 !
- H
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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propmod_us and propmod_1x1 are in stock. Only $30. PCB available for $5
Want to make projects and have Gadget Gangster sell them for you? propmod-us_ps_sd and propmod-1x1 are now available for use in your Gadget Gangster Projects.
Need to upload large images or movies for use in the forum. you can do so at uploader.propmodule.com for free.
At home the page appeared to not be there. Maybe the site was down briefly at the time or there was some problem on my end. I can try it from home later.
When I login to my own forums from work here I end up with a blank page inetad of the main front page. If I delete the extra characters from the URL and go back to the base URL I can see that I am logged in and continue. I don't have this problem at home. It also affects a few other things on my site.
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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I still think it is real cool that your present and past projects will be available. Will give some ideas to us imagination challenged people.
James L
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James L
Partner/Designer
Lil Brother SMT Assembly Services
Please note: Due to economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice. Thanks for your understanding.
"IE8" stands for the Eighth Internet Exploder - it's not a web browser, it's a virtual pyrotechnic device·
Yes, it will be nice·to see·comments on work in progress. Like the forums here, it's really helpful to others when you encounter a problem and can describe not only the fix, but also the thought process and·the research and resources, that got you to a solution.
Chris, I've found the projects you've posted here always to be of the highest calibre, not necessarily in terms of complexity or technical advance, but rather in their clarity of description and detail.
Looking forward to your work!
- H
( PS, did I neutrally mention that IE8 =
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Chris Savage
Parallax Engineering
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I did manage to recover the work folder where I created the ZIP files with the save games...certain games like Warcraft III and Quake 2 would allow you to 'record' the gameplay.· Since I had the fastest machine it always fell to me.· These were compiled and saved on the website as well and I do still have several of those files.· Fun times...sadly I don't really have time to play games anymore, but in retrospect, when I did I wasted so much time.· I remember the 2 years I played World of Warcraft...I don't think I ever got a single project done during that time.
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Chris Savage
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Where's that poll? I couldn't find it anywhere..
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