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Talking to Satellites! 14 Jun 2013 | 02:19 am
We’ve been having lots of fun over the last few weeks playing with a revolutionary new satellite communications device by Rock 7 called the RockBLOCK. I say “revolutionary”, because when you hook it u...
The Evolution of the Reverse Geocache™ 17 Mar 2013 | 07:59 am
Back in 2009 we published the story of the first Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle. This site has since been a little bit schizophrenic, with articles on Arduino libraries on the one hand, and updates to the ...
Puzzle Box: The Poetry of the Quest 7 Jan 2012 | 08:47 pm
It’s 2012 and we Texans are finally enjoying some relief from the hottest and driest year ever recorded. The rain and cool took their time coming. When storms blow through now we huddle at our offic...
Engagements: A Tale of Two Cities 19 Jan 2011 | 02:36 am
Susan's new ring I. Seattle Some pretty exciting news came my way last September. My friends at Groundspeak, the international geocaching organization, wrote that their Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle...
Welcome, MAKE readers! 15 Jan 2011 | 04:57 pm
Welcome, MAKE readers! I’m very pleased that you dropped by and hope you enjoyed my article on the Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle Box (p. 144 of the January issue). We have a wonderful community of puzzle...
NewSoftSerial 11 (beta) 6 Jan 2011 | 06:54 pm
The new year brings another version of the NewSoftSerial library, a beta version 11. Changes since version 10 include: Inheritance from the new Arduino Stream class and commensurate interface adjust...
Puzzle Box 4: A Long Awaited Opening 28 Oct 2010 | 05:29 pm
The Anniversary Card [Author's note: This post is the last in a real-life story that ultimately took a full year and four chapters (1, 2, 3, 4) to tell. Read them all, then browse through the other s...
The Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle Box hits YouTube 30 Aug 2010 | 05:51 pm
As you may have read, the nice people at Groundspeak dropped by to interview me about the Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle. These were the folks who discovered afterwards that I had hidden their dinner — actu...
A Flurry of Puzzle Box Activity 23 Jul 2010 | 03:12 am
There is so much to report that I hardly know where to begin. The biggest news is that I have begun actively delivering commissions! If you want to finally get your hands on a second-generation prog...
Puzzle Box Opens! 22 Feb 2010 | 07:11 pm
Hurrah! I’m very pleased to announce the first ever successful opening of a Reverse Geocache™ Puzzle Box. (If you don’t know what a Reverse Geocache is, you should read this first.) The event occurred...