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June 2009 Blog Posts (3)

New Computer Guide

What to look for when buying a new computer

The following guide will help you to answer the questions of what you need, what do I upgrade, and more.

The first thing you need to consider is what you will be doing with the computer. Will you need to store a lot of video, pictures, and music? Will this be a media center PC? Or will this computer just be a basic email, websurfing, and word processing… Continue

Added by Tim Stevesi on June 18, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Getting Started with Arduino

I just went to the Maker Faire in the Bay Area with my friend Michael Hauser. The expo was filled with Arduino products! Getting Started with Arduino (Make: Projects)

coincidentally… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on June 14, 2009 at 5:03pm — 1 Comment

Hi from JavaOne!

Hello from the largest dev conf in the world, J1! If you're here, too, please pingme @mikelevin on Twitter. There's a group here especially for J1 - http://www.codetown.us/group/javaone09

If you're here at J1 and want to share your experiences with Codetown, please upload photos, videos, blogposts, etc and tag them "javaone09"

I'll do my… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on June 1, 2009 at 7:32pm — No Comments

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