Monthly Archives: September 2012

Ursula Burns, Xerox CEO 21st highest paid woman

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Guess they forgot to add in her house beneifts, should could have made 20th. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/magazines/fortune/2012/09/27/25-highest-paid-women.fortune/21.html

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Your Own Super Computer for 100 dollars

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Kickstarter project where tehy are building a simple super computer using a ton of ARM CPU’s on it.  For 100 dollars, I would back it.  Just think the keys I could break…err math problems I could solve  🙂   http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone?ref=live

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Hooking a doorbell to the internet

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice write up on adding support for a doorbell to page you on the internet.  Would also be a nice addition to a home build security system. http://harizanov.com/2012/08/hooking-my-wireless-doorbell-to-the-internet/  

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Solar Cooker from a Satellite Dish

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Tempted to build one myself, actually more for a stirling engine idea, but cooking will work too. http://sharealikelicence.wordpress.com/category/solar-cooker/

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$2+ dollar sun tracker

Posted on September 28, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on building a cheap sun tracker (good for solar power and directing solar panels at the sun). http://www.instructables.com/id/2-sun-tracker-circuit/

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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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