Author Archives: robertwilkie

Make your own visor holder

Posted on March 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice hack, basically the author uses some black elastic ribbon and stitches it to the visor. http://lifehacker.com/mount-a-grid-organizer-in-your-car-to-keep-important-st-1543986495

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Xerox becomes a Principal Member on NFC forum

Posted on March 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

Well I guess its better late than never to join a new(er) tech forum. http://www.pymnts.com/news/businesswire-feed/2014/march/13/thinfilm-and-xerox-become-principal-members-of-the-nfc-forum-20140313005278

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Blog on picking successors for Xerox

Posted on March 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

An ex human resource person from Xerox describes how she had an hand in grooming Ursula Burns to be CEO of Xerox. http://blog.hreonline.com/2014/03/13/lessons-from-xerox-succession-experience/

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A solar panel setup for $100

Posted on March 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting build, very time intense to make, but the author got a roughly 100 watt unit running.  The cheapest I have seen that is similar to this is Harbor Freights Solar kit which on sale goes for $120 for 45 … Continue reading →

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Xerox Debt Management Disaster

Posted on March 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

It sounds like the upgrades Xerox did for managing student loan debt did not go over well. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/13/gao-cites-serious-weaknesses-federal-oversight-debt-management-system  

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An RPi Soundcard

Posted on March 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

I know RPi’s are popular for being a media center, but I didn’t think they would be so popular that a soundcard would come out for them (at $33 dollars). http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/11/raspberry-pi-wolfson-audio-card/?ncid=rss_truncated

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Nice intro to Arduino video

Posted on March 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice simple 10~ minute intro video for the arduino.  Good way to get started with it. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/everything-you-need-to-know-about-arduino-in-a-video/

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Good simple tutorial on debugging android bin’s

Posted on March 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice simple (and short) tutorial on debugging Android binaries.  Or in my case, reverse engineering them. http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/guide-debugging-android-binaries/

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New TI board out , only $20

Posted on March 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Pretty impressive specs and comes with built in ethernet too.  Too back TI wasn’t more open like arduino.  They could take the opensource community by storm with the low prices for their stuff. http://makezine.com/2014/03/07/ti-announces-20-iot-launchpad-board/?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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Cool cartoon about managers for developers

Posted on March 12, 2014 by robertwilkie

Ironically I have seen some truth to the cartoon over the years. http://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-happens-when-your-non-coding-boss-asks-you-1541110357?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29

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