http://alex.polvi.net let's do this!! Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:57:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Keeping and eye on the police has never been so much fun! Recently, my friend John lent me his USRP, allowing me to play with GNURadio. From wikipedia: The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) is a high-speed USB-based board for making software radios. GNURadio is a free software, software radio. Essentially, ... http://alex.polvi.net/2008/11/09/police-scanner-and-gnuradio/ Check it out! Pat's book was on the front page of the dining section in the New York Times today! I went down to Borders to get a copy, and while I was there did a little clean up of the "Reference" section... Before: After: http://alex.polvi.net/2008/10/29/hungry-scientist-in-the-nyt/ This is a hack I'm working on ... trying to grab the daily news from the web and make an episode. http://alex.polvi.net/2008/10/24/net-nightly-news-2008-10-24-1224883389/ Just a quick note to point out my, now open sourced, videostrip generator. My dream goal would be able to generate these using a webapp and then let the site grow. I originally implemented a flash recorder, but now my flash trial has expired and I am unable to continue messing ... http://alex.polvi.net/2008/10/23/videobooth-shell-script/ Last weekend I went to Austin, TX, for the Makers Faire. There, Pat, David, and I make a crap load of custom ice cream scoops. The process involved filling a dixie cup with whatever ingredients you wanted, including fun stuff like chayanne pepper and BBQ sauce (some people made normal ... http://alex.polvi.net/2008/10/22/makers-faire-timelapse-using-chdk-and-mencoder/ I've been casually hacking on a videobooth project that will generate videostrips (analogous to photobooth and printing photo strips). Here are the full results of the free culture conference, where I got to test the system out last weekend. Check it out at, videobooth.me/fc2008/. http://alex.polvi.net/2008/10/14/videobooth-project/ Mozilla's own John Lilly will be teaming up with Prof. Lawrence Lessig and Prof. Pam Samuelson to key-note (yep, 3 different keynotes) at the first ever Free Culture Conference. If you're available October 11th and/or 12th, I would highly recommend you check it out! Should be a great conference. I'm ... http://alex.polvi.net/2008/09/26/free-culture-conference-in-berkeley-oct-11th-12th/ Yesterday I demoed this to the team at Eye-fi, and they said I was the first person to show them video sent over wireless from a consumer camera (+eye-fi). One of the first implementations of wireless video on consumer cameras, I'm pretty stoked! It means you can use your cheap ... http://alex.polvi.net/2008/09/11/eye-fi-video-support-using-chdk/ As a parting contribution to Mozilla, I offer you this! http://foxkehdance.com/ Thanks to Robert Hrdinsky (his idea!) and Ulili Onovakpuri for making this happen. God speed, Hampton. http://alex.polvi.net/2008/08/22/10-years-of-hampster-dance-10-years-of-mozilla/ In a weird mix of sorrow and excitement, I'd like to announce that I have chosen August 22nd as my last day with the Mozilla Corporation. While you may not have to deal with me in the office anymore, you'll still have to deal with me in the community! :) Shipping ... http://alex.polvi.net/2008/08/07/polvinext/