Monthly Archives: March 2015

To think, Xerox employees could have been working for Apple all these years

Posted on March 19, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting to see Steve Jobs ambitions.  If he had his way in the 1980’s.  Xerox may have been a very different animal than it is today.  Of course it might have been even smaller than it is today too…. http://www.marinij.com/business/20150303/1987-sculley-jobs-plotted-to-take-over-xero

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Xerox makes “most ethical” grade

Posted on March 19, 2015 by robertwilkie

Hum…just don’t read the article below…. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/2015/03/13/xerox-paychex-make-ethical-grade/70287556/

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Xerox Ex-Exec’s caught up in lawsuit

Posted on March 19, 2015 by robertwilkie

From the sounds of it, a bunch of exec’s from Xerox’s service arm (former ACS) took some ideas and clients on their way out the door from Xerox to start their own business.  And Xerox is not too happy about … Continue reading →

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Texas refunding 1.7 million in Xerox TxDOT mess

Posted on March 19, 2015 by robertwilkie

The state of Texas is issuing 1.7 million dollars out to folks that where wrongly charged by a “3rd party” for tolls.  Xerox and Texas seem to be in a battle in pointing fingers at whom is to blame on … Continue reading →

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Xerox CEO to speak at Williams College Commencement

Posted on March 19, 2015 by robertwilkie

This seems like a step down from other places she has talked to graduating college kids. http://williamsrecord.com/2015/03/18/ursula-burns-to-speak-at-commencement/

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Nice build of a CNC with old CDROM Drives

Posted on March 18, 2015 by robertwilkie

I like this CNC build with CDROM drives.  It looks more stable than others I have seen.  Unfortunately the write up is a bit confusing.  And for a laser engraver.  But you get the general idea. http://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-engraving-machine-Producing-Laser-Engraving-/

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Make your own Nutella

Posted on March 18, 2015 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up for kids to make your own nutella.  Not so sure if you would save any cash thought.. http://makezine.com/projects/diy-nutella-spread/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24{feed}&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24{makezineonline}+%28%24{MAKE}%29&utm_content=%24{GoogleReader}

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Nice hack to make your own custom drawer handles

Posted on March 18, 2015 by robertwilkie

The author took some old toys, gave them a coat of paint and put a bolt thru them to make drawer pulls.  Neat idea but a few changes I would make to this would be: I would have a spacer … Continue reading →

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Another interesting build with Motion Detection and an arduino (ATiny)

Posted on March 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

Another project with an ATiny and a motion detector (like from RadioShack) where the author uses it to turn LED lights on and off and adjust the brightness of the lights based on proximity.  The author build it own board … Continue reading →

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Cool laser cut wheel for a servo uses rubberbands for traction

Posted on March 17, 2015 by robertwilkie

I like this build, thought I would modify it for CNC to cut it out (don’t have laser).  Its a pretty simple build that uses a rubber band for traction. http://www.instructables.com/id/Lasercut-wheel-with-traction/

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