At the moment i am working on my Geiger-counter which is based on this hardware, but has many more features added to it (GPS, SD-Card and Buttons). I will post more information as soon as i managed to fixate the last piece of hardware in the case.

While working on it i wanted to have a luminous LCD display and stumbled over a very nice piece of hardware: OLED displays from Electronic Assembly.

OLED displays have many advantages over classical LCD displays:
- Low power consumption
- Perfect contrast
- No viewing angle
- Bright
- Background is really Black

But after ordering a 2×16 OLED display for round about 30 euros from Reichelt i was not able to correctly use it with the Arduino LiquidCrystal library, it showed most the time pixel garbage.
At first i thought the display was broken, but as i was digging deeper into the matter i found that this display is only HD44780 controller “compatible”. What that means depends on the manufacturer.

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Well, i was bored again, and here is the outcome: A snow effect for Flash AS 2, which uses very less CPU power.

It is extremely simple to use:
1. Create a new empty movieclip on the top layer of your (root) movie.
2. Move the new movieclip at the x and y position 0 Pixel.
3. Copy the following code to the first frame in your new movieclip: Flash Snow Script

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The most AJAX frameworks are bloated with many functions you’ll never use or need. Who wants 60 KB of JavaScript if your only need is to send and load data? I Don’t.

I have found somewhere a short howto for AJAX, and derived (rewritten) the smallest AJAX framework ever out of it:

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TimeWaster’s CS:S Configurator is a online Counter Strike:Source config generator.

It’s main goal is not to provide you with buy scripts or stuff like this, it’s goal is to give you the ability to crunch your WHOLE CS:S config including the following settings:

• Nickname
• Mouse sensitivity
• Sound Volume
• Crosshair color and size
• Auto weapon switch
• Common bindings
• Your personal Counter Strike MENU
• And many more

in one ZIP file.

This means if you have a freshly installed CS:S and you want to apply your settings, you only have to unzip ONE FILE, set your screen resolution, and all your config work is done!!! no need to define a spraylogo, no need to add “-console” to your start options… all is done by unzipping that one file.

So don’t hesitate and create your config now!

ClickForYou is a nifty little tool i wrote to be able to cheat in the game Insaniquarium, a game made by the PopCap guys.

How does it work?
That’s Easy: After you ran the executable and pressed the “Pause” button on your keyboard, it emulates a left click on your mouse every 20 milliseconds. This means you are clicking the left button on your mouse 50 times a second without moving your finger. To stop clicking, simply press your “Pause” key again.

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