Monthly Archives: October 2012

Anne Does Lunch

Posted on October 19, 2012 by robertwilkie

Anne (former Xerox CEO) is giving a talk at a working womens lunch.  Would be interesting to hear what she has to say. http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Former-Xerox-CEO-to-speak-at-chamber-luncheon-3961358.php

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Make a 3-D mold for Surgu

Posted on October 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

Nice article about using a 3-D printer to make a mold for Surgu for a strain relieve for some headsets.  Surgu is this playdow like stuff that hardens up. http://blog.makezine.com/2012/10/15/casting-sugru-in-3d-printed-molds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+%28MAKE%29

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Make your own peeler out of a putty knife

Posted on October 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

Actually I was looking at this and thinking to myself,…gee I could tweak this design some more so we have like a ripple affect peeler….But if you want just a standard peeler, I would just by one…but customized one…this has … Continue reading →

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Making a carseat office chair

Posted on October 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting hack on converting a carseat to be an office chair.  Its allot of work from reading the instructable (below.  My 2 cents, I would have picked some of the old caddy seats myself (Very confy). http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Turn-Junker-Car-Seats-into-Beautiful-Office/?ALLSTEPS

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Xerox Stock to go up?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

Forbes seems to have a little better outlook on Xerox stock now. http://www.forbes.com/sites/marketnewsvideo/2012/10/17/analyst-moves-xrx-regn/  

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Xerox article on MFD Security

Posted on October 18, 2012 by robertwilkie

The author was apparently hired by Xerox, any ways its the usual basic stuff about MFD’s and the security risks associated with them. http://www.4-traders.com/XEROX-CORPORATION-14979/news/Xerox-Corporation-Multi-Function-Device-Security-Fixing-What-You-Don-t-Know-is-Broken-15391659/

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Xerox Promotes Health

Posted on October 17, 2012 by robertwilkie

This is a funny article where the Xerox group says companies should promote health and activities, etc in they company.  But if you talk to Xerox employees they complain ALOT about their health benefits.  Heck there was an article that … Continue reading →

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A JVM for Arduino

Posted on October 17, 2012 by robertwilkie

THis is cool, the gent in the article created a JVM(ish) for arduino.  Java is a nice language to write in.  Not sure how long it will live thought since Sun was bought out by Oracle, and with HTML5 having … Continue reading →

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Arduino Voice Changer

Posted on October 17, 2012 by robertwilkie

Interesting build with an arduino and some extra equipment from adafruit for a voice changer.  Me….too much money for what you get.  Still its a nice write-up and demo. http://learn.adafruit.com/wave-shield-voice-changer/overview

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Xerox hiring a bunch more folks…callcenter ones anyways

Posted on October 17, 2012 by robertwilkie

Another 700 in Boise.    The article goes on to say Xerox has over 48K call center employees…That is allot of people that just answer/call on the phone.  I wonder what Xerox could build with that many people intead? http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/16/2312432/boise-call-center-to-hire-700.html

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