Monthly Archives: December 2015

Xerox, part of the buyback biz to get bonuses

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting article, it highlights several companies, including Xerox, where the exec’s got big bonuses only cause they had power to trigger a buyback of stock, and just enough so it brought things up so they got there bonuses.  What is … Continue reading →

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Add Spritz encryption to your Arduino

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

I have heard of the encryption method before.  Don’t know much else beyond that.  It sounds promising but I wonder how much space it takes up on the arduino.  And how fast it is. http://hackaday.com/2015/12/12/encryption-for-arduino-with-spritz/

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Use Diskpart in Windows 10 to clean USB drives

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

And all sorts of other flash based systems.  As you may know, flash can die off and leave parts of a partition dead.  Apparently Windows now has a built in tool to help clean them up. http://www.howtogeek.com/235824/how-to-clean-a-flash-drive-sd-card-or-internal-drive-to-fix-partition-and-capacity-problems/

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Build a cheap gaming system with an old server

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

I have done something like this in the past (not for gaming, for software development).  The author basically bought an older server based system, and Intel CPU’s, and build a rough gaming box that preforms pretty well for a system … Continue reading →

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Nice tutorial on different motors and how to use them

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

I will have to remember this one for the future to help kids with motors.  Good write-up and intro into different motors out there. http://www.instructables.com/id/Complete-Motor-Guide-for-Robotics/

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Take your old trophies and make wine bottle toppers

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

I had just tossed out a whole bunch of my old trophies.  This would have been a good use for them. http://www.instructables.com/id/trophy-bottle-topper/

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Another nice CD-ROM based laser engraver

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

These seem to be growing in popularity to build lately.  Here is another write up to build on with an arduino to control it.  I like the box the author built for this too.  I like the safety measures the … Continue reading →

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Icahn buys more Xerox stock

Posted on December 15, 2015 by robertwilkie

Looks like Icahn is taking advantage of Xerox stock being below $10 again and buying up more controlling interest in the company.  I wonder what changes he will be pushing soon… http://seekingalpha.com/news/2983016-icahn-bumps-xerox-stake-up-to-8_13-percent

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Building garage cabinets

Posted on December 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

I like this build, its cheap, looks good, and looks simple. http://www.familyhandyman.com/garage/storage/installing-large-garage-cabinets/view-all

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OK I am now on the look-out for old snowshovel handles

Posted on December 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

I love the newer eronomic shovels, but…they are so expensive.  Even on the discount rack at the end of the year the are still crazy price.  So this is a nice hack to convert a shovel. http://www.instructables.com/id/Transform-Your-Old-Snow-Pusher-or-Snow-Shovel-In-A/

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