Monthly Archives: January 2013

The public google map of gun owners saga continues

Posted on January 4, 2013 by robertwilkie

Incase you haven’t heard, a paper in NY published the names/addresses of gun owners in NYC area from information they got from the county clerks office and put that in a google map.  This article talks about interviewing “reformed” burglars … Continue reading →

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Tutorial on how to design a case to print out with a 3D printer

Posted on January 3, 2013 by robertwilkie

I haven’t had a chance to go thru this yet, but a quick look seems like this is a pretty good tutorial on designing a case. http://www.inhale3d.com/2012/12/enclosures-3d-printings-killer-app-part-3-designing-enclosures-with-front-panels/  

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Stellarino, wire writting for TI

Posted on January 3, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice library (C) that allows wire coding (like raise line xxx up to signal something) for the TI MSP’s.   http://stellarino.blogspot.ca/  

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Xerox is #1, at being dead last

Posted on January 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

I don’t know what is worse, being dead last in ratings by employees for a tech company, or being in this position for 2 years in a row, or being worst than the year before.  If you read the article, … Continue reading →

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Xerox, a good Gamble (stock)?

Posted on January 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

Article lists a couple of gamble stocks (ones that maybe a good one that is under-preforming), but seems to tip its hat to Xerox…for now. http://seekingalpha.com/article/1089261-hewlett-packard-dell-and-xerox-wandering-through-the-tech-dog-pound

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Cheap and Easy Wire Spool Holder

Posted on January 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

Why didn’t I think of this?  Now all I need is a rod… http://www.instructables.com/id/Awesomely-cheap-spool-holder/  

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TI booster board for sensorless motor control

Posted on January 2, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice shield for the MSP430 board. http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/12/19/sensorless-brushless-dc-motor-drive/

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Command Line Interface to AWS

Posted on January 1, 2013 by robertwilkie

Don’t like going thru AWS’s web interface, well there is a command line interface you can download from github, called CLI, that will do the job. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/24/aws_command_line/  

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How to Solar Power a Raspberry Pi

Posted on January 1, 2013 by robertwilkie

Another nice bit about the Raspberry Pi is they use little juice, so makes builds like this possible. http://blog.makezine.com/2012/12/11/how-to-solar-powered-raspberry-pi-ftp-server/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+%28MAKE%29

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Review of Xerox WorkCentre 6605

Posted on January 1, 2013 by robertwilkie

Seems like the machine got an OK in the review, but not a COOL and must buy. http://www.itpro.co.uk/644674/xerox-workcentre-6605v-dn-printer-review

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