The Best Travel Accessories and Gadgets

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After several years of traveling (and even more years addicted to gadgets) I’ve found that there are certain things that I just can’t travel without.  These are things that make travel easier and reduce a lot of the common little problems that get in a way.  They aren’t going to make or break your trip, but they may make it just a little bit easier. Continue reading “The Best Travel Accessories and Gadgets”

Engagement Ring? – Don’t get the Wells Fargo Jewelry Advantage Card

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As some of you know, I recently proposed to my long time girlfriend (and she said yes!) during a trip to London and the hunt began for a wedding ring.  I didn’t dare pick one out for her since I know she had very specific ideas on these things, so I proposed with a cheapish Tiffany’s silver ring and told her we’d pick out a ring together when we got back to the states.  We found one relatively quickly that we both liked but it was way more than I had budgeted.  It wasn’t her going crazy but more an issue of me not realizing what jewelry costs.  Luckily, the store had 0% financing through Wells-Fargo so I thought I was all set.  This is what I wish I’d known then. Continue reading “Engagement Ring? – Don’t get the Wells Fargo Jewelry Advantage Card”

Rotary Encoder on the ATtiny85 – Part 2

One of the most popular posts on my blog is this post about using rotary encoders on the attiny85.  Unfortunately that post is mostly things I tried that didn’t work.  A few months after writing that post I realized why it didn’t work and posted about that.  And finally, I’ve figured out the solution, which you can see below. Continue reading “Rotary Encoder on the ATtiny85 – Part 2”

Pin Change Interrupts on ATtiny85

Pin Change interrupts on the Arduino have eluded me for awhile so when I finally figured them out last week, I also started messing with Pin Change Interrupts on the ATtiny.  Unlike with the ATmega chips, examples are much harder to find for the ATtiny interrupts and even when you find them, I don’t think the quality is quite as good.  So here is a simple guide to working with Pin Change Interrupts on the ATtiny85. Continue reading “Pin Change Interrupts on ATtiny85”