LaunchPads are available directly from Texas Instruments and their $5 or $10 price includes all costs, even shipping, and usually a few extra microcontroller chips so you can try different configurations. They are from TI and $5 is much less than $25 or $35 to buy an Arduino or Raspberry PI. Working code samples are provided here.
Category: Technical
Free Software Developer Tools
Microsoft is offering their Visual Studio tools free to individuals. Download and details on Microsoft web site https://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs
Load Android on your junk PC
Android-x86 loads Android onto old PC or Virtual Machines. Can play Fallout Shelter on PC now.
ALC Maker’s Space is coming
Abundant Life Church is starting a new thing called Groups which will each be on a secular topic of interest to those who participate, and will meet in lieu of the traditional Wednesday evening Bible Study service. (Typical groups last time were Finances, Cropping for Christ, & Shooting and Firearm Safety. My church is kinda crazy…
But then there is the user
Security never relies on some algorithm, but on the user comprehending the principles and acting sanely.