Author Archives: robertwilkie

FBI spying on cloud users?

Posted on March 25, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article.  I haven’t thought about the government spying on VPC’s.  I have been more worried about the VPC providers spying in my opinion.  Take Amazon for instance, Netflix runs all their stuff on AWS, Amazon also has a  mini … Continue reading →

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IBM predicting 3D printing to grow

Posted on March 25, 2013 by robertwilkie

Actually its predicting its going to be a game changer for some businesses.  I think they are right. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/03/23/news-domtar-buys-xeroxs-north-american-paper-busin.aspx

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Xerox Sells off NA Paper to Domtar

Posted on March 25, 2013 by robertwilkie

Just another sign that Xerox is changing direction.  It sold off its distribution of paper for North America to Domtar. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/03/23/news-domtar-buys-xeroxs-north-american-paper-busin.aspx

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Watch TV thru XBMC

Posted on March 24, 2013 by robertwilkie

Say did you notice I added in a “Cheap” category?  Finally figured I should as some readers pointed out some of my posts are about being “cheap”. Anyways, if you did like me and cut cable TV, you are going … Continue reading →

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Mugplotter

Posted on March 22, 2013 by robertwilkie

Its based off the “eggbot” which was a CNC for decorating eggs.  This once just draws on a coffee mug to customize it.  Its pretty neat but the downside is the frame is all laser cut.  So if you don’t … Continue reading →

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Xerox’s Morale Problem

Posted on March 22, 2013 by robertwilkie

Its pretty bad when your CEO is rated much worse than Sears.  This article glosses over the possible issues that Xerox maybe having with it current CEO.  Sad part is this has been a problem for some time (She got … Continue reading →

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Make an LED Dremel Ring

Posted on March 21, 2013 by robertwilkie

Oh I want this.  Just for my CNC…and dremel..and drill… OK I like light on the end of my tools.  I would make one myself, but too much work for the PCB (time).  Now if someone  sold a cheap board… … Continue reading →

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Controlling a robot with a Wii Remote and RPi

Posted on March 21, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting post, thought I would go with something a little cheaper than an RPi as the controller (TI MSP maybe). http://www.brianhensley.net/2013/03/raspberry-pi-robot-wii-remote-phase-1.html

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HP’s board gets re-elected

Posted on March 21, 2013 by robertwilkie

It must be nice to constantly mess up and still get paid big bucks for it.  What’s this got to do with Xerox, well HP is a big competitor (services and print).  And for the past…well about 10 years they … Continue reading →

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Hey, there still are hardware startups in the US

Posted on March 21, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article about how there is still one incubator in the US that pushes new hardware based startups.  Most startups in US are software ones (talking technology, not coffee shops).  Hardware ones are hard to come by due to the … Continue reading →

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