Author Archives: Dave
Assembly Delays in the AVR
There are many reasons why we must create delays in assembler, and before you use them you must think to yourself “is a delay the best way to do what it is I need to do?” Sometimes the answer is ‘Yes’, but sometimes we just can’t get around them. A classic example is when initialising …
These arrived today
So I have a fair idea what I’ll be doing this weekend, or hope to do anyway. There are many factors that determine what I do, the least of which is what I WANT to do! Nah, just kidding, she’s not THAT bad! I’ve got a micro project that I’ve been procrastinating about for a …
My First Born
“I’m going to take a picture of my firstborn and use age progression software to figure out what he’ll look like when he’s 16. Then I’m going to frame the picture and keep it as a centrepiece in our house, something he’ll grow up looking at. Then when the appropriate time comes, and he realises that …
A tow job gone wrong
I don’t normally post random videos, but this one is GOLD! What a winner! (I do like how when the woman get’s back into the car, the tow truck driver just checks to make sure the rear wheels are secure. I can imagine him saying to himself “She’s not going to get out of this!” …
Subpages widget
Alper Haytabay had created a subpages widget that was pretty much exactly what I was after (for another site I was working on). I found one flaw that prevented the widget from displaying nicely. In fact, the flaw didn’t appear to come from the widget but rather some other anomaly I could not determine the …
The new look of dav3
The last year has been pretty out there, and often times I seem to have too much time on my hands and at other times I’m absolutely swamped! My biggest problem is I have so many projects on at the moment I just don’t know where to start. Seriously. One of the projects has been …
teardrops on my guitar
Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won’t see What I want and I need and everything that we should be I’ll bet she’s beautiful, that girl he talks about And she’s got everything that I have to live without Drew talks to me, I laugh ’cause it’s so damn funny I can’t even …
ebay
Yeah A used … pink bathrobe A rare … mint snowglobe A Smurf … TV tray I bought on eBay My house … is filled with this crap Shows up in bubble wrap Most every day What I bought on eBay Tell me why (I need another pet rock) Tell me why (I got that …
21 guns
Do you know what’s worth fighting for? When it’s not worth dying for? Does it take your breath away And you feel yourself suffocating? Does the pain weigh out the pride? And you look for a place to hide? Did someone break your heart inside? You’re in ruins One, 21 guns, lay down your arms, …