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Adafruit Bluetooth LE SPI “Friend” with data loss and stalls (infinite loops)
I’m working on adding bluetooth support to my LED cyr wheel. A long time ago I picked up an Adafruit nRF8001 breakout board — I was worried it was too big to fit in my wheel,... [read more]
Dec
19
2015
Hacking duolingo to make flashcards with sounds using Anki
Use Anki to learn a language with sound enabled flashcards. 0. Buy a Mac if you don’t have one already 1. In Safari’s Preferences, turn on the Develop menu item (Advanced tab) 2. Visit duolingo,... [read more]
Jun
6
2015
On learning languages…
I’m working on learning Italian. When I was a kid, I hated learning languages, and had the terrible monopolistic language view that everyone should speak English. I have long since realized that was a really... [read more]
Jun
5
2015
How to make a custom bee hive stand
I’ve been keeping bees for about a month now. I absolutely love the little girls! My friend, Stefan from A Jar Of Honey in San Jose, gave me a hive to get started. I needed... [read more]
Jun
1
2015
Nepal Unicycle Tour: Relaxing
Here is another fantastic picture of my Nepal trip by Dawa Sherpa from Himalayan Trails Adventure Travel. I’m sitting admiring the mountains, while Michele is checking something out. Our other local guide, Ankit, is looking... [read more]
May
30
2015
Nepal Unicycle Tour
Photo by Dawa Sherpa, the wonderful guide on my Nepal Unicycle Tour through the Himalayas.
May
29
2015
How much money does my YouTube channel pull in?
I’ve wondered why my YouTube payments never show up in my Google Adsense payments. I finally realized that it is because they have never hit the $100 minimum threshold for payment issuing (ever!). I enabled... [read more]
May
27
2015
Downloading WordPress Content – “Maximum execution time of 30 seconds” error
I occasionally want to download all my blog posts from WordPress. This is easy to do in the web config – go to Tools -> Export and “Download Export File”. The download would max out... [read more]
May
9
2015
Portable solar panels
I do a lot of adventures. My last adventure was unicycling the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. I wasn’t planning on having a lot of access to electricity, so I wanted to get a portable solar... [read more]
May
8
2015
Repairing a “Stuck Brush” error on Neato XV-11 Vacuum
May 2018 Update: Issues with the latest Botvac: http://www.corbinstreehouse.com/blog/2018/04/neato-botvac-a-neat-idea-that-will-eventually-break/ I have a Neato XV-11 Vacuum that I bought quite a few years ago when it first came out. The initial version had quite a few glitches and... [read more]
May
3
2015
Website statistics
Here are my website statistics: http://www.seethestats.com/site/corbinstreehouse.com I just ran across SeeTheStats — a site that imports Google Analytics data and turns it into some cool graphs that anyone can see. I’m hoping to slowly grow... [read more]
May
2
2015
Facebook promotes stealing other people’s content
I’ve had the unfortunate affair of several people stealing one of my videos to gain hits on their Facebook pages. It is this video: LED Cyr Wheel v2 – Initial Test, that I uploaded to... [read more]
Feb
25
2015
Grainger, shame on you for bad packaging!
I ordered a small switch from Grainger and it came in a huge box: What a waste of packaging!! Shame on you guys. Please don’t overpack; it is wasteful.
Feb
24
2015
WildFire v3 Arduino compatible Wifi enabled board
Wicked Device is making a cool little Arduino clone called the WildFire. Why is it cool? Because it includes the CC3000 Wifi chip built in, an SD card slot, and the ATmega1284p processor – which... [read more]
Jan
17
2015
Adafruit CC3000 + Webduino = Arduino Web Server over Wifi
Adafruit has a CC3000 breakpoint board for $35 on their site. Rather expensive, considering the chip should be $10, but it adds some nice features and they wrote a library for it. Cut to the... [read more]
Oct
11
2014
LED Cyr Wheel v2: Custom PCB
I finished designing a custom PCB for my LED cyr wheel. It simply combines all the chips I use into one board. Ideally I would eliminate all of the other boards except the Teensy, but... [read more]
Oct
10
2014
SD Card errors with Arduino / Teensy 3.0
With my LED cyr wheel I kept getting random errors in reading data from my SD card with Ardunio code. Sometimes init would fail, even at half speed. Most often I would get corrupted data,... [read more]
Sep
22
2014
Uploading Sketchup (skp) files into WordPress
So, I want to use Ecto (and probably other blog tools, like MarsEdit) to upload Sketchup .skp files, but it was always giving “invalid file type”. I poked around in WordPress, and here is what... [read more]
Jan
6
2014
LED Notes / LED Cyr Wheel v2
I’m investigating LEDs for another LED cyr wheel (v2). Here is my first LED Cyr wheel and a video. I figure I’ll just make my notes on my blog for others to benefit. Goals: Individually... [read more]
Dec
28
2013
Adhesives
I’m investigating adhesives, and ways I can bond the plastic PVC tubing on cyr wheels back together. I want to cut the plastic tubing, and embed LEDs under it for some cool effects. For my... [read more]
Dec
22
2013
Oil pan fixed on my Harley
I have an old Harley, and it has leaked oil for quite a while. I finally decided to do some maintenance on the old bike and took off the oil pan and stripped the paint... [read more]
Dec
21
2013
Top Search Terms for my Blog
Lots of people search for treehouse, followed by cyr wheel / roue cyr! People are in particular interested in making these things themselves.
Mar
9
2013
Old times…
For about 7 years I drove a 1967 Ford Mustang around. I miss that car! It would have been a cool conversion to electric. I just scanned some old pictures I came across and thought... [read more]
Oct
1
2012
Poetry – Rushing Kiss
Rushing Kiss – October, 2011. by neeb (aka corbin). whispers breathe from bounding lips, sound flows across and slowly drips, ears hear as it pours on in, gasping, for the air feels thin, heart blooms... [read more]
Jan
1
2012
Earnings
So, that ad on the right side of my website…how much does it get me? Well, not much. In the years I’ve been running it, I’ve received one check for $100 (hey, that’s better than... [read more]
Nov
27
2011
New blog layout
I got tired of the old layout. It was a few years old: The new version has a graphic on top and a lighter gray themed layout:
Nov
26
2011
Plasma Cutter
I got a new tool a few weeks ago. A plasma cutter! After doing some research, I went with a Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 52. It is awesome! I also had to get a new air... [read more]
Nov
14
2011
old poetry (part 3)
I’m not sure when I wrote this. Yes, I do make up words! ———————————————————————— wandering through a vast void of black, a small light appears to bring me back, turns from night to dawn to... [read more]
Oct
17
2011
old poetry
I’ve always been fascinated with poetry. I generally write poetry for specific people. Here’s some of my older work; you can deduce who it was for by the year and month (if you know me... [read more]
Oct
10
2011
Garden 2011
In this year’s garden I planted a bunch of stuff. It was going great this year, since I installed a drip system. Unfortunately while I was at burning man, the deer discovered how to hop... [read more]
Sep
16
2011
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