- Is there a career ladder
- What is the employee turnover
- What are crunches like
- Average amount of overtime
- Ability to work from home
- Bonus calculation
- Travel requirements
- How projects are tracked
- What bug system
- What a typical release looks like
- Interesting projects in the 6 – 12 month timeframe
- Composition of group you are interviewing for
- Dress code
- Role of self in company now, 1 month, 6 month, 12 month
This is based on the 4U2SEE Indoor LED Displays . You can try get it from ebay for ~ $150.
The following is the code to send command and messages to the display using C#:
Serial Port Basics:
public void Init()
{
sp = new SerialPort();
sp.BaudRate = 19200;
sp.DataBits = 8;
}
Protocol:
String BeginCommand = "01-5A-30-30-02-41-42-06-1B-33-62-1C-";
String ColorCommand = mColor;
//colors = 30-37
String SizeCommand = "1A-30"; //30 is size param
String DisplayModeCommand = "0A-49-31"; //0A-49 is text moving -XX is display mode
String TextCommand = mCommandString;
String EndCommand = "03";
String FullCommand = BeginCommand + ColorCommand +SizeCommand+ DisplayModeCommand+TextCommand + EndCommand;
//String FullCommand = TestBegin;
//4A is First Letter
//03 is the last command
//37 is color
//33 is display mode
//construct full command
Sending HEX to serial port:
(HexEncoding is a class written by neilck and the code can be found here)
ByteArray = HexEncoding.GetBytes(FullCommand, out discarded);
BytestoString = HexEncoding.ToString(ByteArray);
sp.Open();
sp.Write(ByteArray, 0, ByteArray.Length);
sp.Close();
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The resize process will intelligently analyze its important and not so important contents….and properly “Stretched” based on how important it is :> …to avoid distortion on subjects.
You just need to see for yourself:
intro Power Saving Remote Computing
Windows power saving features make it easy for a person to save power when the computer is not in use. Nevertheless I always left these features disabled because I frequently need to access my computer remotely. I also like having my computer perform automated tasks such as backing up files, defragmenting, and running virus scans when I am not using it. This meant I left my computer on 24/7 so it would always be available. Obviously that was not a very efficient solution.
I was able to reduce my power consumption and still maintain availability with a little help from technology! By making use of DD-WRT and my computer’s BIOS settings I am now able to access my computer remotely when needed and allow scheduled tasks to run without having to leave my computer on all the time.
I used the open source DD-WRT firmware to set up a wireless bridge between my access point and my PC which is in another room. That allowed me to use Wake On LAN (WOL) to power up my computer remotely. I then changed the settings in my computer’s BIOS and in Windows to allow WOL to start my computer from whatever state it was in. Lastly I used a BIOS setting to power my computer on every night at 3AM for scheduled maintenance tasks.
To complete this project you will need:
2 Linksys WRT54GL routers or any other supported router
A couple of short ethernet cables
A few hours
A bit of patience!
Follow along to see how it was done!
All of which offer either made-to-order solutions or downloadable software.
When reviewing Ning, KickApps, et al., I was able to test the products first-hand by creating social networks from scratch and for free using online wizards and tools. Testing these solutions was more difficult because many of them require installing on your own server, and a lot of tweaking. But we were able to test many of the launched social networks that actually use these solutions, and we tested a lot of the software directly. We also interviewed each of these companies.
The results are presented by the interactive chart to the right, which features detailed information in popups and the ability to select only particular companies for comparison.
The following companies are included in the chart: Affinity Circles, AlstraSoft, Blogtronix, Boonex, Broadband Mechanics, Converdge, Crowd Factory, DZOIC, GoLightly, introNetworks, Kwiqq, Leverage, Lithium, LiveWorld, Neighborhood America, Omnifuse, Pringo, Prospero, SelectMinds, Small World Labs, Social Platform, Sparta Social Networks, Telligent, ThePort, VMIX Media, Web Crossing, Web Scribble Solutions, and Webligo.
And More…
Windows Live SkyDrive provides 500MB of online storage. You can save files in private or public folders. The public folders can be open to anyone or just selected people in your Contacts. You can set permissions for each user such as ; read only, add, delete, or edit.
Download it!
We figured, that is makes a nice desktop background image as well. So here are some wallpapers to download and replace that ugly windows vista crap or the boring blue Apple background image.We’ve also included a big A3 version and an OSX screensaver.
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