Right now an old-fashioned kitchen timer is ticking on the desk next to me as I type. The dial is turned to 20 minutes. That's how long I've given myself to write this blog post. If it rings before ...

[Alan] was unimpressed by the cheap ticking egg timers that grace many of our kitchens. He decided this was an execllent opportunity to ply his skills with microcontrollers. He built this kitchen ...