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Author Archives: robertwilkie
Ouch, well guess that didn’t ban Xerox at least
An interview with a Nevada State official for the Health Exchange really sounds like he didn’t like Xerox, and would have driven them out to the border himself if he could. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jun/02/q-nevada-co-op-tom-zumtobel/
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Maryland Hires Xerox for Medical Services for ~43M
43.5 Million that is. Maryland is going to hire Xerox Services to fix their Medical Exchange Website. I wonder if those board members that made that decision know about Nevada…. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/board-oks-435m-in-contracts-on-health-exchange/2014/05/30/ee4d21c0-e84b-11e3-a70e-ea1863229397_story.html
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Xerox CEO, 22nd most powerful woman
Dropped ~10 places from last year. What is interesting is the article credits Burns for turning Xerox around to be profitable. http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Locals-land-on-Forbes-Powerful-Women-list-5515223.php
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Xerox a bargain stock?
The article goes on to state that Xerox is a bargain price stock cause its priced as a “technology/printer company”, but its really becoming a services company. And if you look at service company stocks, they are much higher in … Continue reading
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Rebuilding my CNC, part 3
I always liked the old Machine Shop equipment that had metal plates that spelled out the motor type, threads per inch, etc etc. Now I know why. I lost my paperwork on my motors and thread count (home depot cheap … Continue reading
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Convert old chargers into USB ones
Nice write-up on how to take some old cell chargers (assuming they are 5volt and over .5A) and convert them to USB based ones. If you have a bunch of old USB cables and chargers, this is a worth while … Continue reading
Make your own seed starters
OK its a little late to start seeds now, but maybe next year? Anyways, nice write-up on how to make your own seed starters on the cheap. http://makezine.com/projects/super-cheap-seed-starters/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24%7Bfeed%7D&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24%7Bmakezineonline%7D+%28%24%7BMAKE%7D%29&utm_content=%24%7BGoogleReader%7D
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The End of TrueCrypt?
This is a little disturbing, the truecrypt website has basically put out a notice that its not secure and to use something else. No, details, no nothing. It looks like its official, and some rumors that maybe this is the … Continue reading
Cool water wheel to get garbage out of water
Nice project, basically the wheel turns a bit belt that pulls the garbage that is herded towards the belt. That is then deposited into a dumpster. Nice idea that is self sufficient. http://gizmodo.com/baltimores-solar-wheel-pulls-in-25-tons-of-harbor-garba-1578474782
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Feex helps find hidden fees in your retirement fund
Interesting “free” software (sure there is user data sold here somewhere). But the benefit is it shows the fees you pay on your retirement funds. I am going to have to try this out myself since I have a tough … Continue reading