http://www.fastmatt.com/blog Random thoughts on circuit bent/bending, schematics, diagrams, techniques, speak & spell, speak & read, speak & math, ebay selling Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I stumbled across a review video created by one of my customers, ipatchphd.  He does a great job demonstrating the various modifications.  Enjoy! http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2009/09/08/video-circuit-bent-speak-spell-by-fastmatt-youtube/ In April 2008, I went to New York to film a short how-to video about circuit bending a speak & spell. The video is now posted on MTV's website. Click here to see it! http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2008/09/27/fastmatt-featured-on-mtvs-the-how-to-show/ I just flipped the switch on my zencart-based e-commerce site. Who will be the first person to buy a circuit bent device directly from me using the new site?? http://www.fastmatt.com http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2008/04/02/new-online-store-is-now-open/ 'Bonsai', a very nice customer of mine, recently sent me a link to her myspace page. There she features her very interesting music, including one track made almost entirely of samples taken from the instrument I built for her in 2006. On her page, look for the track ... http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2008/03/04/bonsai-experimental-electronic-musician-posts-track-made-with-a-speak-spell-circuit-bent-by-fastmatt/ I've just finished my first bend of the coveted Grillo Parlante. These things are so rare and hard to get hold of, and I have been looking for one of these for a long time. Click the image to go straight to my ebay listing for this item. The ... http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2007/10/14/circuit-bent-italian-grillo-parlante-completed/ Check out my new creation: a website that allows you to upload a picture of your classic VW and face off with other participants in one-on-one photo battle. Not terribly original but seems to be a lot of fun, and is my first attempt at using Adsense advertising. BeetlBattl http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2007/05/27/vw-photo-battle-website/ Often I am asked whether any of the TI Speak & * family are capable of saying words that are keyed into the device. I happen to have a canned response to this question, which I'll share below. The Speak & Math says just the words that are part of its instruction ... http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2007/01/21/can-a-speak-spell-recite-words-you-key-in/ This has been a very interesting week. San Antonio was hit with a freakish ice storm on Tuesday and Wednesday. Highways all closed, and lots of folks got into accidents when trying to get around. We elected to stay at home rather than take a crash course in ice ... http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2007/01/19/ice/ Here's my first gee-whiz post. Last week I decided to hunt around for some new modifications I might be able to incorporate into my circuit bent modifications. Finding it cumbersome and difficult to keep triggering the device by reaching under to press the keys, I had that a-ha ... http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2006/12/05/hack-board-a-removable-reusable-user-facing-keypad-for-circuit-bent-experimentation-with-speak-read/ Here's my first step into the blogosphere. Greetings! Matt Burriola. Just your average nice guy/tech worker by day, DIY geek by night. Those who know me would describe me as quiet, steady, stoic, passionate (in a very controlled sort of way), perfectionistic, generous, stubborn, slightly funny. While ... http://www.fastmatt.com/blog/2006/12/05/hello-world/