Got some work done this weekend. I’m taking a trip coming up here in the beginning of April that will last a month and a half or so. Corey needed a couple little chain-stay mount taillights for some rando frames he’s building, so I took care of those. These are ebay housin

I have actually been doing a little bit of work over the past month of so. My productivity in the realm of this off-the-clock projects have been hampered by a number of things. Lack of motivation is a pretty serious one. It’s spring time and I just really don’t feel like b

[flv:http://kinasmith.com/media/video/usbcharge.mov 640 480] The USB charger is built, uncased, and working well. The storage capacitors give about 2 minutes of stand-time at a 300 mA draw, which isn’t too bad. Not quite as much as I’d like, but it’s going to have to

I’ve got a new project in the works for a randonneur with a Garmin gps and an iPhone. He wants a USB charger that will be powered by his SON Dynamo hub. There are a couple of products that do this on the market. The one I’ve heard of is the E-WERK, “The Mobile Energy