Monthly Archives: June 2012

Xerox hiring a 100 professionals…In India

Posted on June 22, 2012 by robertwilkie

Xerox plans to hire a bunch of white collar jobs in India. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/corporate-trends/xerox-corp-hires-100-key-professionals-to-kickstart-growth/articleshow/14328946.cms?curpg=2  

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PGP Author builds encrypted communications (Silent Circle)

Posted on June 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

I was wondering what happened to PGP.  Looks like Phil Zimmerman was busy that time creating a new tool to encrypt communications during the silence. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/14/pgp_seal_encrypted_communications/

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Neat Mechanical Computer from 3-D printer

Posted on June 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice little writeup on building a mechanical computer all from parts printed out on a 3d printer. http://chrisfenton.com/the-fibiac/

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Innovators to Parking Lot Attends

Posted on June 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

Article talking about Xerox getting a big contract to manage a parking garage in Philly PA. Interesting how deverse Xerox has become. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/161/ursula-burns-xerox  

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Article from 6months ago about Xerox CEO turning Xerox around

Posted on June 21, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting (and long) article about how Ursula Burns is the one turning Xerox around.  Its a bit disappointing that it didn’t mention that allot of work was originally done by Anne (former CEO). http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/161/ursula-burns-xerox  

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Cheap suntracker

Posted on June 20, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice cheap alternative for a sun tracker, but as the author says, he has not found a good way to drive the motors to turn the panels without external power supply. http://www.instructables.com/id/2-sun-tracker-circuit/

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Arduino powered auto sprinkler

Posted on June 20, 2012 by robertwilkie

Not just a sprinkler, but one to catch a dog wandering in your yard and hosing it down before he/she takes a leak.  Nice writeup on it below. http://www.unmaintained.com/index.php/spaghetti-ip-cam-arduino-motion-detect-sprinkler/

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Good description on OAUTH

Posted on June 19, 2012 by robertwilkie

Here is a nice simple writ-up on how OAUTH  works and why its important.  I have been keeping tabs on this for a few years and had a tough time explaining it myself to folks not in the biz. http://lifehacker.com/5918086/understanding-oauth-what-happens-when-you-log-into-a-site-with-google-twitter-or-facebook

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Xerox CEO fired up on Masters no women policy

Posted on June 19, 2012 by robertwilkie

I never realized that there are still some men only clubs.  I was surprised to hear of this one. http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2012/06/14/xeroxs-burns-fires-at-masters-no-women-policy/

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Getting a microcontroller on the net cheaply

Posted on June 19, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting alternative to getting an arduino network accessible without the expensive Ethernet shield. http://phlegmatic-prototyping.tumblr.com/post/25323114258/connecting-microcontroller-projects-to-the-internet  

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