Monthly Archives: February 2013

Homemade Air Checkvalve

Posted on February 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Good idea for an checkvalve for around $5 in parts for an air compressor.  I have looked at getting some check valves myself and they are pricey ($20 and up).  So this is a nice alternative.  On comment asks about … Continue reading →

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Greek Police Try to Photoshop way out of trouble

Posted on February 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Apparently some police officers where a little too pushing in Greece and tried to cover it up by photoshopping the mug shot.  Which as you can see, was not well done (maybe they should sign up for some of Adobe’s … Continue reading →

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Technical Debt will kill you

Posted on February 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Good article that basically puts to words what many in engineering already know (pay me now or pay me later).  If you take on some bad design decisions in software to get the product out the door, its going to … Continue reading →

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Xerox and Kodak may not be going to tradeshows

Posted on February 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

But they are announcing some new products in the high end.  A quick look seems to be like a refresh of existing systems.  But I could be wrong. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130211/BUSINESS/302110028/Kodak-Xerox-debut-new-versions-key-products

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Posted on February 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice idea on how to build a cool looking enclosure with MicroRax material and wood.  The material will run you about $3 a foot…not sure on shipping.  But this would be a good way to make a quick enclosure.  If … Continue reading →

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China going to start making 3D Desktop Printers

Posted on February 12, 2013 by robertwilkie

Looks like the big companies in the US are going to be too late to this market.  China announced the dreammaker, a small 3D printer for the desktop.  Its spec’s look pretty good, and it should be around 1100 US, … Continue reading →

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Engineering jobs are hot…in Silicon Valley

Posted on February 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Supposedly its back to the 1990’s in hiring in the Valley…but only in the valley (the rest of the US is still SOL). http://gizmodo.com/5982387/silicon-valley-job-growth-now-matches-the-dot+com-boom

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Use a suction cup to hold cables

Posted on February 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice idea, take an suction cup and cut a slot in it to hold the cable.  Great as long as you have glass to stick the cup too. http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-cable-clip-sucker-version/

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Got a bumper sticker to take off?

Posted on February 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Use WD-40, supposedly soaking it with the stuff and letting it sit a bit will help loosing it off.  I haven’t tried it myself, but I do have a sticker I want to take off a car… http://lifehacker.com/5981830/clean-your-car-with-wd+40  

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Netflix going to opensource it cloud tools?

Posted on February 11, 2013 by robertwilkie

Netflix announces its going to opensource some of its cloud management tools.  Netflix uses Amazon’s AWS cloud services and apparently has built up allot of tools around it.  It will be interesting to see what becomes of this in the … Continue reading →

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