Author Archives: robertwilkie

Xerox’s CMO writes article on using social media

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Xerox has a CMO (Chief Marketing Officer).  I hate to say it, she can’t be that good since I keep tabs on Xerox and I haven’t heard of her til now. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/04/xeroxs_cmo_on_leading_by_examp.html

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This is a simple motor

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

I really need to get better at embedding video into this blog.  Nice video of a simple motor with the battery as the hub.  This would be a cool intro to motors for kids. http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/26/the-simplest-dc-motor-in-the-world/

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Breaking NTLMv2

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on breaking NTLMv2.  The author is using Kali Linux (spinoff from backtrack).  I haven’t tried Kali yet, but this might push me over. http://pen-testing.sans.org/blog/pen-testing/2013/04/25/smb-relay-demystified-and-ntlmv2-pwnage-with-python

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Xerox Exec goes to be come a CEO

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Scott Mingee is now the CEO of Health Systems International.  There seems to be a trend of exec’s in the technology end of Xerox leaving.  Sign of the times perhaps? http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130426-911815.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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Print out an RPi Experimental board

Posted on April 29, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice little design, I have seen a few of these for Arduino but I think this is the first for a RPi. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53688

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Making penny batteries

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

I was thinking of projects for the kids, these penny (and nickel) battery with an LED ones would be a good project. http://www.instructables.com/id/Miller-Penny-battery/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Penny-and-Nickel-Battery/?ALLSTEPS

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Xerox makes a program to grade your kids

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Just what every kid wants, their homework graded by a robot (software).  I think about how bad some bots are at sorting resumes and data mining, I shiver at the thought as how kids will be graded by software like this. … Continue reading →

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Make a shimmering dress

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

Oh the ideas…I think I know what to do for a haloween costume for the kids.  The only downside to this project is the cost.  If I am totaling up the hardware right, the one dress will run you $100 in materials. … Continue reading →

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Nook color gets Cryogen 10.1 (Android 4.2)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

YEAH…I can upgrade a nook color to run almost latest and greatest  🙂 http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/04/nook-color-gets-cyanogenmod-10-1-nightlies/  

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Neat touchscreen to speaker with TI

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

This was clever, the author using at TI MSP and a touchscreen made a cooridnate system for “keys” for a piano-like setup and the TI then pipes the note thru the speaker.  Pretty clever and “cheap” http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/04/25/tiano-msp430-based-touchscreen-piano

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