Monthly Archives: October 2013

Xerox hiring 130 in Penn.

Posted on October 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

More call center jobs for Xerox, this time in Moosic PA. http://www.timesleader.com/news/seder/898347/Xerox-hiring-130-for-its-Moosic-center

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Where the Xerox CMO went

Posted on October 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Now we know where Christa Carone went from Xerox, she is working for Fidelity Investments as an EVP for corporate communications.  Seems like a demotion.  I wonder what happened behind the scenes. http://www.prweekus.com/pages/login.aspx?returl=/fidelity-taps-former-xerox-cmo-carone-as-comms-evp/article/315769/&pagetypeid=28&articleid=315769&accesslevel=2&expireddays=0&accessAndPrice=0  

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Xerox does Taxes?

Posted on October 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Actually tax collection for states.  The article goes on about MI wants to award Xerox a contract to collect tobacco taxes, despite another company coming in with a bid 1.7 million lower. http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/10/3681565/michigan-contract-for-cigarette.html

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Programming an ATtiny2313

Posted on October 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on programming one of these microcontrollers.  Haven’t used an ATtiny 2313 yet myself, but this is worth bookmarking if I do. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Program-ATtiny2313-Current-and-Updated/

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Buried in Paper, Super Xerox to the rescue

Posted on October 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Another good article about a crew that goes all over the USA basically digitizing documents for folks.  What worries me is some of these paper documents go back a long ways, and something could accidentally leak out (remember that 5th … Continue reading →

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Xerox + Cincinnati = Cha-Chin

Posted on October 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article, if I read it correctly, Xerox will get quiet a bit of money for the next 10 years to “modernize” the parking tolls in Chincinnati, the article points out that the cost looks like its going to be … Continue reading →

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Use an Oscilloscope to See Your Pulse

Posted on October 10, 2013 by robertwilkie

A bit overkill to get your pulse, but if you don’t have another way to do it…and want the cool graph of it. http://makezine.com/2013/10/10/use-an-oscilloscope-to-see-your-pulse/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24%7Bfeed%7D&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24%7Bmakezineonline%7D+%28%24%7BMAKE%7D%29&utm_content=%24%7BGoogleReader%7D

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Secure ways to erase your phone

Posted on October 9, 2013 by robertwilkie

Good article on how to clean up a phone before you get rid of it.  Covers Apple and Android. http://lifehacker.com/5808280/what-should-i-do-with-my-phone-before-i-sell-it

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Free up a bunch of space in Windows

Posted on October 9, 2013 by robertwilkie

Article talks about how the recent Windows 7 & 8 update has a new option to clean up alot of the update files it downloads when down. http://lifehacker.com/recover-tons-of-wasted-disk-space-with-the-new-windows-1442937625?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

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5 minute electric bicycle

Posted on October 9, 2013 by robertwilkie

I could not help this one.  Basically the author takes a cheap drill, an old bike, and zip ties everything together…oh and uses the brake from another bike for the throttle control.  Simple and works. http://www.instructables.com/id/5-minute-electric-bicycle/?ALLSTEPS

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