Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share (36 page)

You can find all the materials for this project at your local computer equipment store or try
www.frys.com
.

Much technical information was gleaned from the pages of
www.ducttapeguys.com
.

If you’d rather buy your wallet, try
www.thinkgeek.com
or
www.ducttapefashion.com
.

Try
www.ravelry.com
, a knitting and crochet community of online information and ideas.

www.planetnatural.com
is an excellent resource for composting materials and information.

This project was inspired by the original GeekDad post
www.wired.com/geekdad/2007/05/the_compost_bin
.

www.planetnatural.com
is also an excellent resource for hydroponics materials and information.

Botanicalls kit:
www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKBT1
. This is an awesome kit to allow your plants to tweet you when they need watering!

Technical inspiration for this project came from
www.hydroponics101.com
and
www.salviasource.org
.

This project was inspired by the twelve-cent coin calendar described here:
www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/perpetualcalendar

Here are two Web pages that were invaluable in figuring how to access local files on the PSP browser:
http://asserttrue.com/articles/2007/02/02/how-to-run-local-flash-content-on-a-sony-psp
. It explains the local URL (one slash, not two). It also tells you how to run Flash on the PSP, which is another possible way to implement the cards.
www.brothercake.com/site/resources/reference/psp
. This site gives great information on the capabilities and limitations of the PSP browser, specifically regarding CSS and Javascript.

The Linksys WUSBF54G is one example of the USB Wi-Fi adapter mentioned in the project. You can find them all over the place.

There are a number of variations of this project online. One of my favorites is
www.instructables.com/id/Wifi-Signal-Strainer-WokFi
.