{"id":3976,"date":"2011-05-17T08:58:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T13:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:10:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:10:59","slug":"the-amp-hour-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-amp-hour-43\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amp Hour #43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamphour.com\/2011\/05\/16\/the-amp-hour-43-audacious-arduino-arguments\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3802\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/another-guest-appearance-on-the-amp-hour\/theamphourlogo_150\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/TheAmpHourLogo_150.png\" data-orig-size=\"150,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Amp Hour\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/TheAmpHourLogo_150.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3802\" title=\"The Amp Hour\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/TheAmpHourLogo_150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to The Amp Hour #43 \u2014 Audacious Arduino Arguments\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theamphour.com\/2011\/05\/16\/the-amp-hour-43-audacious-arduino-arguments\/\">The Amp Hour #43 \u2014 Audacious Arduino Arguments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our first four-way podcast! \u00a0Listen to me,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chrisgammell.com\/\">Chris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eevblog.com\/\">Dave<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyblum.com\/\">Jeremy<\/a> chat about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arduino.cc\">Arduino<\/a>, high altitude balloons, hackerspaces in universities, the Google ADK, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/makerfaire.com\/bayarea\/2011\/\">Maker Faire Bay Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skype.com\">Skype<\/a> for enabling us to actually pull this off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amp Hour #43 \u2014 Audacious Arduino Arguments Our first four-way podcast! \u00a0Listen to me,\u00a0Chris, Dave,\u00a0and\u00a0Jeremy chat about Arduino, high altitude balloons, hackerspaces in universities, the Google ADK, and the Maker Faire Bay Area. Kudos to Skype for enabling us to actually pull this off!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56,5,10],"tags":[63,329,18,352],"class_list":["post-3976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateur-radio","category-electronics","category-microcontrollers","tag-arduino","tag-hackerspace","tag-maker-faire","tag-the-amp-hour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-128","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3131,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/guest-hosting-this-weeks-episode-of-the-amp-hour\/","url_meta":{"origin":3976,"position":0},"title":"Guest hosting this week&#8217;s episode of The Amp Hour","author":"Jeff","date":"October 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I am honored to be not just a guest, but a guest host of\u00a0The Amp Hour, an \"off-the-cuff radio show for electronics enthusiasts and professionals.\" The Amp Hour is usually hosted by Chris Gammell of Chris Gammell's Analog Life and Dave Jones of the EEVblog. \u00a0Dave is out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5221,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/pics-video-of-my-geiger-counter-powered-ambient-music-demo-maker-faire\/","url_meta":{"origin":3976,"position":1},"title":"Pics &#038; video of my Geiger counter powered ambient music demo @ Maker Faire","author":"Jeff","date":"May 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/apg88\/7245465932\/in\/faves-mightyohm\/ (photo credit: alvaroprieto) This year I decided (in true last-minute fashion) to build a couple demos to show off my Geiger Counter kit at the Maker Faire Bay Area. 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