Monthly Archives: January 2009

DIY Bio, coreboot, and other new frontiers

“The last piece of the computer puzzle to become free”, said Kugg, in explaining the excellence and thrust of the coreboot project. “They make software to replace the BIOS of the computer. Among BIOS makers today, there are only about two large manufacturers. No innovation, or DIY. Until coreboot.” A 25C3 talk by Malmö hacker [...]
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Get yourselves a hackerspace, Stockholm people!

lekernel is a great guy, from Stockholm, who wants to start a hackerspace there. He’s got experience from the French space /tmp/lab. And if you’re a Stockholm head into this stuff, contact him. List of hackerspaces in Sweden has details.
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Arduino news today: New webstore and a new book

Blushing Boy, a web shop for sellers and buyers. Of home-made and self-designed Arduino electronics. And its ilk. It’s Malmö-based. This is awesome stuff. You can buy a Smapler there. Programming Interactivity: A Guide for Processing, Arduino, and OpenFrameworks, 1st Edition as a Rough Cut. Their pricing model is interesting – if you’re very curious, but [...]
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