• Use a PC Headset With Any 2.5mm Headset Jack

    January 5, 2009 /

    Create an adapter that will connect two stereo 3.5mm phone connectors (one speakers, one microphone) to a single 2.5mm connector. I plan to use a durable and comfortable PC headset to replace the terrible selection of xbox live headsets. Forum Link Usage: cell phones, handsets, xbox live The finished adapter will look like a Y adapter, but it is not. The adapter will connect the two 3.5mm plugs that are standard on PC headsets into the standard 2.5mm jack found on most handsets for connecting headsets. Note: Be careful with compatibility. Several cell phones now support stereo speaker headsets (4 connector plug). This guide will create a mono speaker headset…

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  • Piano Star

    December 29, 2008 /

    Woke up today with a great idea for a piano learning application. A program that would display songs in a format that is familiar to me, guitar hero. My plan was to make a scrolling music application written in C++ that would take xls files as input and display note names on each bar. I am not much with OpenGL/DirectX programming, so I would need help. It then dawned on me to search sourceforge for a similar application already in development and offer my help. I found one, Synthesia. Synthesia completely blows me away. Does everything I wanted and takes a huge step forward by using MIDI files, making it…

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  • Pedometer Enthusiast

    November 11, 2008 /

    New widget added to the main page for tracking my personal exercise activity (below the right side menu bar). Hosted by Walker Tracker, one glance shows the last 14 days. This new plan was inspired by an old article. I am keeping a step goal and increasing it by 2000 each month, but the simple act of tracking how active you are makes you self aware of when you need to be more active. "It takes about six months to "lock in" a new behavior." I am using a freebee pedometer that came with a brita water filter. I am about three months in and promised myself a new pedometer…

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  • Ghostbusters Costume

    November 3, 2008 /

    This was a joint project between myself and my brother, Dale. I am good with electronics and he has access to sticker industry machines. Although I spent two months working on this costume, there is no reason it couldn’t be done faster and with less effort. Having said that, this costume did win me a costume contest in two out of four catagories. Best Costume Most Original Costume http://www.westaby.net/ghostbusters.html

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  • Halloween Construction

    September 7, 2008 /

    With halloween 2 months away I figure it is time to start working on a costume. My brother asked me to help with his Ghostbuster costume and also gave me permission to copy him so we can go together. Check out our current progress in the Costumes & Props section of the forum. Project Forum Update: November 3, 2008: Project complete, costume contest won, details and pictures available. http://www.westaby.net/ghostbusters.html

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  • Forum Online

    August 8, 2008 /

    Forum has been offline since February, but recently I was able to fix the database error on the old host and get the backups restored on the new host. Took the chance to update to the latest 3.0 phpBB too.

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  • Arcade Renovation

    July 27, 2008 /

    I started building this cabinet years ago, but only got as far as making it functional. To me it was never complete, until now. http://www.westaby.net/arcadeRevisted.html

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