Monthly Archives: July 2014

Montanna to sue Xerox over Medicaid

Posted on July 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Xerox was hired to provide a new computer system for Montana for Medicaid, apparently they missed deadlines and Montana wants its money back. http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2014/06/30/montana-xerox-breach-medicaid-contract/11791341/

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Xerox Sued in Philly over Traffic Light deal

Posted on July 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Xerox took over a contract for traffic light management in Philadelphia, and it sounds like the previous vendor things Xerox did some shady dealings with the local government officials to get the deal and are suing Xerox over it. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/44/4449.asp

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Xerox still messing up in Nevada as it exits

Posted on July 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Sounds like Xerox is still having a tough time in Nevada by reporting folks on the Health exchange as not paying their bills when the do. https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/health/baffled-and-buried-blizzard-cancellations

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Xerox did Audio Visual work?

Posted on July 16, 2014 by robertwilkie

Actually it was GDI owned item which Xerox bought…gee some time ago.  Xerox finally got around to selling off this part of GDI even thought it was a “service based” group. http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/economy/whitlock-acquires-some-audiovisual-business-operations-of-xerox/article_42774e66-b773-5a2e-8b38-fb49a13ced84.html  

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How to built youw own Ruger Charger

Posted on July 16, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting build.  Only problem I see is finding 22 ammo is next to impossible these days. http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/09/gunmaker-skirts-laws-by-3d-printing-a-single-firearm-part/?ncid=rss

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A Cold 3D pen

Posted on July 16, 2014 by robertwilkie

This is cool, its like the 3D doodler but uses resin (liquid) and light to harden it.  No hot end to worry about, jams, and trying to deal with hot plastic.  And its to be cheaper than the 3DDoodler ($89). … Continue reading →

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Another interesting CDROM CNC

Posted on July 15, 2014 by robertwilkie

Using a PIC controller instead of an arduino.  Interesting build. http://hackaday.com/2014/07/09/cd-drive-cnc-machine-steals-matt-groenings-job-says-ha-ha/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29 https://github.com/themrleon/OpenCdNC

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New RPi out (B+)

Posted on July 15, 2014 by robertwilkie

Looks pretty cool, better power management, more USB ports, better audio, and still $35. http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/07/raspberry-pi-gets-a-hardware-revision/?utm_source=mainrss

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Tutorial on Zoneminder

Posted on July 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

I haven’t used Zoneminder in…years.  It was a good server for security cameras, but then everything went to IP cameras… Anyways below is a good tutorial on how to setup it in Linux.  Also they moved the project to github, and … Continue reading →

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Pi Music Box

Posted on July 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

Found this via hack-a-day.  Interesting build for the Raspberry Pi to use it as a Music box back-end.  Not so sure about the $25 cost in the article (doesn’t include power supply, wireless Ethernet, USB sound card).  More like $50. … Continue reading →

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