Geek White North

Things I like to do in my spare time that includes a healthy dose of geek

Links

Software (Open source)

Sound editing software: Audacity
PCB and schematic editor :Kicad PCB
JAL – Just Another Language: http://jal.sourceforge.net

Webpage editing software used for this site
CSS editor and HTML editing – Kompozer (Win, Mac, Linux)
CSS editor and HTML editing – Quanta plus (Linux only)

WordPress http://wordpress.org/

WordPress theme used for this site: WP-Multiflex-3
http://themes.wordpress.net/?s=WP-Multiflex-3

Author’s page:
http://webgazette.co.uk/web-design/wordpress-themes/wp-multiflex-3/

Software

Tutorial used to learn CSS
CSS editor and tutorial Style Master (Win, Mac)

Hardware

Picaxe microcontroller.
Picaxe main site – http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe
Purchase Picaxe in Canada http://www.hvwtech.com (Canadian rep site)

Ultrasonic detectors: Servos
The SRF05 ultrasonic detectors and servos were purchased from Robotshop (Canadian site)

Kits: Whilst I found all the kits locally, I found that Q-kits is a good resource to find the kits that are available.

Digi-Key (Minimum charge applies – can be expensive for shipping outside North America)

Other website links

Dalek Building
Groups for people who like to discuss or model their own
Project Dalek http://www.projectdalek.com/projectdalek/
Dalek Builders Guild http://www.dalekcity.co.uk/

Bender and beer
A link to the Bender Brewer project http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bender

K-9 Building
I used the published BBC plans I found here for shape and size of my K-9
http://www.357.com/chris/k-9.html

There are groups that build K-9s and other items. This one is located on MSN groups and they have fine tuned the head and body shape and size.
http://groups.msn.com/TheDoctorWhoPropBuildersClub

Purchase a full size ready made Dalek, K-9 or other, officially licensed Doctor Who props from: http://www.thisplanetearth.co.uk/

BBC site http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho
Dr Who Information Network (DWIN) http://www.dwin.org (Canadian site)