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Wearable Raspberry Pi

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Gent for around $100 in parts builds a wearable PC with a Raspberry Pi as the core.  Nice setup and a heck of alot cheaper than Googles proposed one (I believe at 2 grand). http://blog.makerbar.com/?p=254

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Monitoring your water meter

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Following the same concepts of the older electric meters to monitor your water usage.  Pretty cheap solution too. http://www.instructables.com/id/Monitoring-residential-water-usage-by-reading-muni/

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Make some Easy Magdeburg Hemispheres

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Clever and simple idea to build a Magdeburg Hemisphere, basically you cause a vaccum in the middle with a small flame.  This would make a good science project someday http://makeprojects.com/Project/The-Magdeburg-Hemispheres/2473/1

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Workshop on a Bicycle

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

I like the idea, basically a portable workbench and toolbox for a bike.  I will never build one of these (too much time to do so…and I would rather drive).  But still a nice idea. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-I-carry-a-workshop-on-the-rear-rack-of-my-bicy

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Extra pay for Xerox CEO? Hidden perk from selling house.

Posted on September 27, 2012 by robertwilkie

I noticed that  the for sale signs on Ursula Burns house in Rochester, NY that ACS/Xerox bought from her for 837,000 were gone.  Turns out ACS /Xerox finally sold the house for $620K.  That’s like a 25% loss for the … Continue reading →

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Repurposing a used dead car battery

Posted on September 27, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice writeup on re-using a car battery for solar power storage.  Most car batteries still have a little life left too them (just 1/2 cells are dead) so if you need a cheap storage for solar, this is a good … Continue reading →

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Xerox expecting to hire less folks?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting article where apparently a bunch of CEO’s, including Xerox’s, expect to not be hiring too many folks because of the financial cliff.  But Xerox has been hiring call center folks like crazy (as you can see on this blog) … Continue reading →

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Overclocking a Raspberry Pi

Posted on September 25, 2012 by robertwilkie

Not that I have one to try this out on.  🙁 http://www.instructables.com/id/Overclock-your-Raspberry-Pi-Squeeze-more-power-o/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/20/raspberry-pi-turbo-mode-overclock-overvolt/

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Convert a Solar Trickle Charger to full use

Posted on September 25, 2012 by robertwilkie

Author makes a good point that at Harbor Freight you can get these trickle chargers for car batteries allot cheaper than what the panels can do on there own.  So this is a good mod to try out. http://www.instructables.com/id/Step-By-Step-hack-a-trickle-solar-charger/

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BMO still is OK with Xerox

Posted on September 25, 2012 by robertwilkie

BMO still seems to have a positive light on Xerox…I think… http://www.dailypolitical.com/finance/stock-market/bmo-capital-markets-reiterates-market-perform-on-xerox-corp-xrx.htm

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