Comments on: Open hardware, open thread

By: Leigh Honeywell

Leigh Honeywell — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:25 +0000

I poked them on twitter about that :) They do seem to "get it right" elsewhere, like on the linked wishlist where they refer to a theoretical niece. -Leigh

By: Alkali

Alkali — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:04:30 +0000

Just wanted to point out something that upset me recently…
Sparkfun (who I buy a lot of stuff from, and generally seems pretty inclusive) has made a small offhand comment about buying stuff for “child/hacker/husband/friend”. Apparently wives don’t need or want sparkfun stuff.

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=308

By: koipond

koipond — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:13:35 +0000

I still need to show up and check it out. It’s hard to do working this overnights thing.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:45:34 +0000

More stupids, here: http://akai.no/en/gnarl/?p=241&cpage=1

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:26 +0000

Ooh, if you’re jinx-free, maybe I should come visit too. I’m gonna be in the big smoke at the end of the month!

By: Leigh Honeywell

Leigh Honeywell — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:01:36 +0000

Don’t worry, many of the things at the lab don’t work :)

By: Asad

Asad — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:07:55 +0000

Is anyone here possessed of this weird feeling that the world is ending? At least on occasion?

By: koipond

koipond — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:47:05 +0000

For me, it’s much more of the running while hair is on fire.

By: LC

LC — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:43:30 +0000

Wait.

I just realized that that could read as a threat to come by and jinx all your hardware.

That is not my intention. ^_^

By: LC

LC — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:42:53 +0000

Leigh, you made me – famed walking hardware and technology jinx – want to get into hardware hacking.

Now I *really* want to check out hacklab next time I’m in town.