I am an aerospace engineer and enthusiast but I also like to experience different knowledge bases. You may find a lot more than space related 'things' around here.
Macs are great! Even when they are old, like the eMacs.
An eMac with 700MHz can be upgraded to Leopard (Mac OS 10.5 – this is the last build for PPCs) but some challenges arise. First, the CPU speed, then the DL DVD reader, etc. Nevertheless with some patience it is possible to upgrade. Here’s some links that show you how. Enjoy the ride!
Because I didn’t have much time left I ended up just installing Tiger (Mac 10.4) with the single DVD. Here’s another link to show you how to install 10.4 or any other OS with an external firewire drive.
“EECS grad student Patrick Bouffard, working with Professor Claire Tomlin from the Hybrid Systems Lab, has used Microsoft’s Kinect controller to create a quadrocopter which can maneuver around obstacles autonomously. The developers attached the Kinect hardware to the device which delivers a point cloud to the on-board computer and allows the vehicle to map its surroundings and move about intelligently. A video documenting the project and posted on YouTube is on track for going viral.” Taken from…
Today I better understood how to use SVN… it’s actually a great way to deal and be safe with any kind of work in progress. I would recommend that to any person doing any work (not only programming geeks) in their computer that takes more than a week to complete. It will keep the work safe in the repository and always synced. If you want to learn more please check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software)
Anyway here are some SVN tools that I use:
only for PC: http://tortoisesvn.net/ (probably the best SVN client out there)
