Monthly Archives: March 2014

If you have a CNC, you can make your own furniture

Posted on March 19, 2014 by robertwilkie

If you have access to a good sized CNC, or maybe a HandiBot, you could make your own furniture from the opensource designs in the article below.  IF you have a CNC of course. http://makezine.com/magazine/open-source-furniture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24%7Bfeed%7D&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24%7Bmakezineonline%7D+%28%24%7BMAKE%7D%29&utm_content=%24%7BGoogleReader%7D

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How to get some DRM free music from ITunes

Posted on March 19, 2014 by robertwilkie

Assuming you already bought it from them before, apparently you can remove it and download the new stuff DRM free. http://lifehacker.com/delete-old-drm-copies-of-itunes-music-and-download-drm-1546445214?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

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Xerox CEO talks to Government about Big Data

Posted on March 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

It sounds like Ursula Burns, and several other CEO’s went to government and I believe are asking the US to not regulate big data.  Which is good for them, bad for individuals and privacy. http://www.cio.com/article/print/749714

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Xerox new VP coming in from HP

Posted on March 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

I had seen articles that HP is killing alot of its Europe branches, so I wonder if this gent is just jumping ship to save himself. http://www.printweek.com/print-week/news/1142735/stabler-steps-xerox

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Using REST with Arduino Yun

Posted on March 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Now that the new bred of arduino’s are network enabled, someone decided to build a REST interface to control the pins on it. Good idea but….security is lacking here.  As long as you are not worried about that, then go … Continue reading →

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new stand-alone CNC controller

Posted on March 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

An opensource one that that.  Its still in prototype, but the nice thing here is the GUI, line feed, and controller are all built in. http://hackaday.com/2014/03/14/dagu-the-standalone-cnc-controller/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hackaday%2FLgoM+%28Hack+a+Day%29

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Make your own visor holder

Posted on March 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice hack, basically the author uses some black elastic ribbon and stitches it to the visor. http://lifehacker.com/mount-a-grid-organizer-in-your-car-to-keep-important-st-1543986495

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Xerox becomes a Principal Member on NFC forum

Posted on March 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

Well I guess its better late than never to join a new(er) tech forum. http://www.pymnts.com/news/businesswire-feed/2014/march/13/thinfilm-and-xerox-become-principal-members-of-the-nfc-forum-20140313005278

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Blog on picking successors for Xerox

Posted on March 14, 2014 by robertwilkie

An ex human resource person from Xerox describes how she had an hand in grooming Ursula Burns to be CEO of Xerox. http://blog.hreonline.com/2014/03/13/lessons-from-xerox-succession-experience/

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A solar panel setup for $100

Posted on March 13, 2014 by robertwilkie

Interesting build, very time intense to make, but the author got a roughly 100 watt unit running.  The cheapest I have seen that is similar to this is Harbor Freights Solar kit which on sale goes for $120 for 45 … Continue reading →

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