This site hosts information about a number of small (or large) projects that other folks might be interested in. Do-it-yourself computer terminal A very old electronics project, from my college days. CNC mill Pictorial history of a simple computer-controlled woodcarving machine. (1993-onward) Suzuki VX800 If you happen to have a Suzuki VX800, you might be interested in some of the projects and information I accumulated while I owned my '91. (1995-2004) FoxOiler Simple (?) motorcycle chain oiler. (2002) Bandsaw Construction of a treadmill-motor-powered base for a Shopsmith bandsaw. (2015) Sena Headset Repair For when your helmet-mounted SMH10 doesn't make proper contact with the baseplate. (2015) The Van Outfitting our Ford Transit Cargo van as a do-it-yourself RV. (2016) Our Onak folding canoe Doing things with, and to, our folding canoe. (2017) Sewing Machines (alternatively, ordered by age) Our small collection of vintage (and not quite vintage) sewing machines. (2019) Willcox & Gibbs Automatic Tensioner A pictorial how-to, for opening up the tensioner on W&G machines. (2019) Most projects involving source code aren't hosted here, but on github: vile Although I haven't worked on it in decades (!), I wrote the initial versions of vile, a vi-like text editor. It's been in the capable hands of Tom Dickey since I gave it up, and I'm still using it daily, even as I type these lines. (1992-1996) ca.c Stack-based (i.e. RPN) programmer's calculator for the command line, in the spirit of the Hewlett-Packard HP16C. Supports float, decimal, hex, octal, and binary modes, in varying word widths. Includes the usual trig and bitwise operators. Also a few unit conversions for good measure. (1993-2024) cp290-x10 Unix/linux support for the CP290 X10 home automation controller. (1994) RoadMap RoadMap is an open-source GPS tracking and map display program. I wasn't the original author, but I've spent a lot of time working on it. It can help the user follow a precalculated GPX format route, and can display maps from various sources, including the US census bureau's Tiger dataset, shapefile maps, and maps from Openstreetmap. The times, and technology, have caught up with it, however, and there are lots of other capable substitutes available. I used it, running on a sunlight-readable laptop, when traveling by motorcycle, until I stopped riding a few years ago.. (2004-2017) avrlirc Building a simple IR receiver to interface with LIRC (www.lirc.org). (2007) irmetermon Monitoring home electricity use: meter reading using an AVR micro. (2011) autoblind Automating our roller-shade window blinds. (2013) whenthebus My personal portal to the MBTA. (2015) ve.direct Client/server access to the big van's battery monitor. (2016)