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    Internet LEDs!

    R. Mays / June 9, 2020 / No Comments

    Hey, it’s our one reader! In case you didn’t know, I have moved my articles to makerws.com and JJ Pryor focusing on Medium for now (he needs his beer money). This week on Maker WS, I show you what powers my cool internet LEDs. You can play with them here. The guide has a little bit of everything: dev boards,…

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    Refactor! Another Look at the Arduino OBS Recording Sign

    R. Mays / May 9, 2020 / No Comments

    Usually, when I start a new project I have dreams of polished, well-documented code tested for every edge case. But with a deadline quickly approaching, I often fall into the old familiar three-step routine. Google. Ctrl-c. Ctrl-v. That was the case with my recording sign for OBS from my recent article. As I was putting that article together, I notice…

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    Look Out Amazon, There’s a Newer (Ethical) Book Seller in Town

    JJ Pryor / May 6, 2020 / No Comments

    Have you heard of Bookshop.org? I hadn’t until recently. But I’m glad I did. Bookshop aims to be an ethical alternative to Amazon, and so far, the company is knocking it out of the park. In case you live under a rock and haven’t heard of the litany of ethical problems at Amazon, there’s plenty of anger out there aimed…

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    Fakey Fakey! An Arduino-Based DIY Makey Makey

    R. Mays / May 2, 2020 / 5 Comments

    When I was introduced to Makey Makey at a workshop hosted by a friend of mine last year, I saw great potential to spice up my English lessons. Then I saw the price tag. After a little research, I found this great instructable about how to make your own Makey Makey using an Arduino Leonardo. Besides the cost of the…

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    Building Email Lists for Blogs in 2020

    JJ Pryor / April 28, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Why should you build an email list? What is the basic structure of building an email list? What is a ‘Call to Action’? As you can see, the format of the CTA can vary widely. Sometimes you’ll see them just as a basic text link. Other people will insert fillable forms on a blog page itself. Further to that, people…

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    A DIY Remote Control Arduino Recording Sign for OBS!

    R. Mays / April 26, 2020 / 4 Comments

    In the lesson I teach this semester, I have 50 minutes to take a group of around 14 fourth-graders that I haven’t seen since last semester and produce a video of them making a weather forecast. Due to the layout of the room, last year when I taught this lesson I was constantly running from the control section of our…

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    Adding a PCIe SSD to a Non-Fusion Late 2014 Mac Mini — A Guide

    R. Mays / April 17, 2020 / No Comments

    Recently, I found out some of my web pages didn’t look so great on Apple devices, so I picked up a late 2014 Mac Mini so I could have a device running Safari natively. Unfortunately, after upgrading it to the latest version of macOS, it was almost too sluggish to use. So started a long, misguided journey to carry out…

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