09:50 pm - dnalounge update

DNA Lounge update, wherein the holiday cheer continues apace.
Current Music: Ab Ovo -- Egregore

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap091221.html

In the center of star-forming region

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/playing_card_polyhedral.html

In the spirit of Math Monday, here is Jason Peacock's version of the 20-sided playing card construction George Hart featured in last weeks' column.

Playing Cards Polyhedral

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/can_you_count_on_booze_to_kill_the.html

Can you count on booze to kill the bugs in egg nog?...

A perennial holiday dilemma: will alcohol kill the bacteria in homemade eggnog? Microbiologists Vince Fischetti and Raymond Schuch, from The Rockefeller University, ran an experiment in the lab to see whether salmonella can survive in a vat of spiked eggnog. Dr. Rebecca Lancefield's Eggnog Recipe.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/simavr_a_simulator_for_avr_chips.html

Enjoy programming AVR microcontrollers, but wish there was a better way to debug your programs then blinking lights? The best option is probably be to get a hardware debugging tool like the AVR Dragon, however it has a reasonably steep learning curve. An easier option might be to use the Simavr, a new software emulator for AVR chips. In addition to emulating the functionality of the AVR microcontrollers, it has a library that you can use to emulate peripherals, such as buttons or LED screens.

Ok, anyone want to use this to add Meggy Jr. support to MAME? [via adafruit]