Author Archives: robertwilkie

Story of someone that was Unemployed from XRX

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

Story about a sales rep in Xerox that spent 2 years looking for a job after being laid off. Only thing that surprised me is the “rep” made 100K a year at Xerox (how much do these sales guys make?).  … Continue reading →

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Nice Blurb for Xerox’s CEO

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice article covering Xerox’s Ursula Burns, but…it was Anne Muclcahy that turned Xerox around.  Not Ursula. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/05/29/investopedia82514.DTL

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Xerox Stock Study

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting fin. Study on Xerox…basically the biggest problem is Xerox has allot of debt that can be very scary for an investor. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/06/04/lets-see-if-xeroxs-growth-is-for-real/

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Blue Ray laser CNC

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

I am more impressed with this as to how it can be used to mark wood.  I don’t think cutting would be a good idea with it right now thought. http://41j.com/blog/2012/06/bluray-laser-cnc-version-0-2/

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Greenhouse control with Arduino

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

Given its with a mega (expensive arduino board) its a rather nice setup.  Watch the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZiqUZGjGc0

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Hot glue gun hotend

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

This is neat, they gent made a hot-end for a 3-D printer out of a cheap glue gun.  Hot-ends are one of the most expensive bits (well for hobby homemade stuff) for the 3-D printers I have been tinkering in.  … Continue reading →

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Crypto for Kids

Posted on June 6, 2012 by robertwilkie

This site has been around for some time, but its a nice intro to cryptography for kids but the NSA (getting the next gen of crypto breakers ready) http://www.nsa.gov/kids/

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Opensource book scanner

Posted on June 5, 2012 by robertwilkie

An interesting open source book scanner that you can build out of a few parts and laser cut plywood.   They had some for sale, but at 600 plus dollars, I’ll wait til I can build my own CNC and cut … Continue reading →

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Xerox running Maryland’s Health Care

Posted on June 5, 2012 by robertwilkie

I am starting to wonder if there is a state left that has health care that is not managed by Xerox.  The good side is Xerox is getting the work.  Down side is the jobs are mostly call center and … Continue reading →

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SEEJ, a game you can print out

Posted on June 1, 2012 by robertwilkie

Neat game you can print out on your 3-D printer and with the combo of some rubber bands and pennies, you have a mini siege war game.  It looks pretty neat and would be a good way to A) intro … Continue reading →

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