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The New Kindle With LCD Screen!
February 13th, 2010Featuring a LCD screen on one side and a e-ink display on the other. The new Kindle senses when it's LCD screen is faced down and disables the touch screen. The e-ink display has no touch screen and draws no current so does not need to be turned off.… more »
Facebook Is Scary!
February 8th, 2010Okay, I'm a Facebook holdout. I know that I would probably get sucked into it and I just don't have the time for more hobbies. I maintain a few websites, black smith, metal cast, and RPG for fun. I've purposefully given up computer games long ago because… more »
The Fruits of My Knowledge
February 1st, 2010I have an apprentice in metalworking. A young man that likes the idea of being able to make things out of steel, aluminum and brass. For a long time we've talked about metalwork and he's helped me with blacksmithing projects. He always talked about getti… more »
My Hard Drive Died!
December 22nd, 2009I woke up two weeks ago in the morning during a storm. My computer was shut down when I came down stairs. We had lost power during the night so I didn't think too much of it. My iMac had survived numerous power outages. Not this time.
I tried turning… more »
The Great Experiment: Update 6
November 6th, 2009I've been putting off making this update. Thing have gone. . . mediocre. There were some rough months there and things aren't perfect yet but they've picked up as far as income is concerned.
The bad thing is that I haven't been able to get business go… more »
The Great Experiment: Update 5
June 25th, 2009My experiment is running, but not quite in the direction I was thinking or hoping. I've had equipment problems that have prevented me from doing the kind of work that I was looking at. On top of that, I had a casting near failure and a total failure but… more »
The Great Experiment: Update 4
April 1st, 2009I finally got the go ahead to get started on my self employment! I've been having trouble managing my time though. I've been using all the different tools, to do lists, mind maps etc. But they take time to keep up too. I get the feeling that they're hurt… more »
Making a new Metal Melting Furnace and a small Forge.
March 3rd, 2009My old furnace is getting a bit worn from being exposed to the elements all the time (it's too big to move indoors easily). I will be fixing it up but I wanted to try a different form factor first. In addition, I wanted to make something with a smaller i… more »
The Great Experiment: Update 3
March 3rd, 2009Well I still haven't gotten to start anything. That's frustrating, but there is a good reason for it. New York State has a program called "Self Employment Assistance" where if they think you will not be able to get a job in your career path, they will al… more »
The Great Experiment: Update 2
February 17th, 2009One of the things that has been difficult for me in my experiment is trying to explain what I'm doing. I can do it with a long dissertation but I've avoided giving that dissertation because each time I want to give a simple understandable answer. Now to… more »
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