links for 2009-01-13

• Valgrind Home
  Code profiler for C and Linux. Haven't used it (it was recommended on the GeekUp.org mailing list) but saving it for next time I need one.
  (tags: c c++ programming profiling tools)
• Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles - O'Reilly Radar
  Great post from Tim O'Reilly expanding upon his recent theme of "work on stuff that matters". Everyone working should read it.
  (tags: business entrepreneurship startup community)
• fractal wood burning on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  This is a cool way to apply some decoration to wood - burning a pattern into it with high voltage electricity. Wonder where I can try this out... ;-)
  (tags: wood hacking)
• The DIY Drones open source business model - DIY Drones
  Very interesting approach to the business model for some hardware. Make everything open and transparent, including the markup. Then let people decide to DIY if they don't want to pay your margins.
  (tags: hardware electronics business)
• Mike Cook's Tutorials
  A few useful beginner tutorials for some of the less well covered electronics topics.
  (tags: howto tutorial electronics arduino)