I have been building MP3/OGG jukeboxes that have ethernet out of old 200-300mhz machines. As soon as I get one done, somebody buys it off of me. Some people want ethernet, old people want ways to rip 33s, 45s, 78s and tapes, everybody wants a CD burner on theirs. I pickup the beat up machines at a local computer store for $20, CD burner for $30-50, and I offload my old ethernet/sound cards/harddrives/video cards.
I really want home automation for lights and heating. My wife actually put her foot down and said "I have enough trouble with the VCR and CD player." I let it go, cause she lets me buy gadgets and gizmos.
I will be putting in more motion sensor lights. The ones I have bought in the last five or six years are vary adjustable.
I want wifi from one end of the house to the garage to the my crappy shed/workshop. I love my wifi. I want a cell phone/palm with wifi.
I thought a heat pump would be cool. Maybe the Canadians here can fill me in on what they use for that. I have heard great things as of late.
I can heat my house on wood, and would like to pre-heat the water going to my water heater. That would save on the propane bill. I suppose the wood splitter and buck saw should be added here. Kevlar pants and gloves for chainsawing.
I need broadband, but satellite is way too much cash.
But this sounds more promising than cooking with aluminum pots and pans.
I question the high rate of this problem and the high rate of TV watching of its victims. I don't think TV builds up the plaque in the brain. I think it comes down more to life style.
The progression of this disease is quite depressing. I bought a house from a couple, and the wife was getting into to the later stages. They moved next door to their daughter, because he could hardly leave the house.
I hope this drug doesn't just delay the disease, we need a cure. I want to start watching TV again.
Don't you ever wonder if your starting to get this. Walk into a room and forget why you are there.
Don't you ever wonder if your starting to get this. Start posting and.....
That is funny, I have had the same complaint about my car. I have had people say that my car is too quiet in parking lots, and that's why they start to walk in front of me. I remind them to look left, then right, then left again. I chock this up to survival of the fittest.
You could use a sound system to make it sound like anything you want! Do you want it to sound like a Harley, V8, Starship Enterprise, Milenium Falcon,... Go nuts!
I guess my feeling on this is, that I would like to not have to talk about work everytime we get together. I would like to talk about weather, sports, or even life.
It seems that no matter where or when, people have hundreds of computer questions. When I am church, I guess I would like to put my thoughts towards worship, not why this guys ipod doesn't work. Or sitting in a backroom fixing Uncle Ned's computer everytime I come over for a holiday gathering.
I don't mind helping my family with these questions, but there is an appropriate place and time.
No, I don't want them calling a plumber for their cell phone problems. But they have me fix the plumbing, too.
Let me try this again, I get these questions every year at Christmas. What am I a walking FBI agent. Why does everyone on ask the geek in the family about Cell phones, digital cameras, computers, airport screening, spam killers, pop-ups, OS,....
I thought this article has some nice information. I printed it out and will be handing this to my father-in-law, sister-in-law, and my two brothers.
As an educator, I like the idea of being able to get more "old" magazines on CD. Let's put some newspapers in there too. In fact, I wouldn't mind some early 90's web sites. This is a great way to teach history.
First, think of the information that is "gone" from the normal person. How long does a library keep a magazine?
When a student can go to a primary source of information, like a news report of a historical event (with pictures), it is much more valuable than a liberal/conservation/sanitized/biased textbook.
Technically speaking, it is quite fun for electronic students to find Nuts and Volts, Popular Electronics, etc. It primes their brains for innovation.
Let knowledge be free! If you sign a new contract, make sure your lawyers are getting you what you deserve!
Back in my college days(pre-1991) I listened to a think tank guy talk about McD's ability to get the meat from the freezer to the grill with robotics.
Back in high school I remember the BK broiler conveyor belt carrying hamburger across the flames.
I think by now, they can get it wrapped in a bun. Extra pickle, no problem.
This same think tank guy said they had computer replacements for the cashier, but people paid more money to talk to a real person, than order themselves.
I think a robotic McGriller is ready, but is the world ready for the robotic McGriller. What would all those high school kids do for work? What about everyone else?
I guess they have a bun manufacturing facility in the midwest that puts Krispy Kreme to shame.(insert pun or off color humor here.)
I was listening to a former VP about Dell's health care. They axed most of the health care provided to the workers, but the executives still get all the perks. How is an ordinary worker suppose to live without health care?
We went from apple IIe to windoze big time because of local politics.
Each school in my district go a 15" flat panel Imac for video editing. Our music depts got a couple power macs. Everything else is Dell.
I have students rebuilding 486-pentium II and putting debian and red hat on them. X can be a pain in the butt with non-standard hardware. But I am the only teacher in the district dabbling with linux. (electronics class is fun)
Administration is clueless and bought off by Redmond. They get free laptops, wireless keyboards, and software from the Bill & Mel foundation.
I am going to discuss why they made this site with my electronics class. First I am going into what do the students think should be in the hall of fame, then I am going into who built the site and why. I have some students working independently on BEAM robots. I thought this might spur on an interest in battle bots.
What does everyone think?
I haven't been to gino's East in ten years. Premium suggestion. My son and I went to MSI last August, another great idea.
The field museum is off the list...it is not what I remember it to be.
I was thinking the Apple and Sony stores, as well as the Border's Books.
Keep the ideas coming!! Thanks!
It sounds like the ultimate Father/Son road trip. We drive from our rural Wisconsin home town to a train station. Take the train to downtown Chicago. Go to Navy Pier and see the Matrix on the Imax, then go to the play.
Take the train back home. Get home about 4 in the morning. My kid is a night owl.
We use to use the optical disk back-up..blah,blah back ten years ago. What a dog.
The machines we are building now, don't have floppies. We put in DVD burners(lotsa sonys). People make a spare of important files on the server(RAID is a good thing) and on CDRs. Zip disks were cool until CD burners came down in price. Floppies are not dependable. We ghost the base image to a bootable DVD and put the image on the server.
How can they continue to make such a lame drive and sell it. If you scratch the disk, you either should have bought a better disk, or you need to clean it. Have you ever heard of a CD case?
I guess we need more idiot proof computers. Wetware is the biggest problem.
I liked having the guy down the hall just fix stuff. But, budget cuts have hit, now we use Big web desk.
It kinda sucks from a user perspective. I guess you can have people call besides using the web interface, but you pay to have someone answer the phone.
We use it for our facilities management, too. I have not had much luck getting facilities to fix problems using it. It has helped the IT dept, because they have a faster turn around time, the users get to see the dates(opening, closing, and re-opening), messages(between IT gurus, users, and admins), and if it is closed prematurely.
It is really great when their web site goes down. I can never figure out who to call.
I wish I had the luxury to use my laptop in pristine environments where I don't have to worry about some idiot knocking my powerbook off the desk or table. Or what about the fricking dog at home.
This would include special interest programs and the university budgets.
I would put some of the special interest money under a welfare title. I would put colleges under a different title. If you would rather have ignorant people, don't educate. Don't worry about, you already got your education, forget about the saps with kids.
California is such a great state to teach in...oh wait there is a teacher shortage in California. I guess the teachers can't buy enough mansions from the poor record executives.
OK, I want to teach in that district. Are the teachers making six figures?
Where I work, I make less money every year, if you include the cost of my tuition for staying certified.
I want to meet these rich teachers and learn their secrets.
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I like a good maple bench top is the best, think shop class pre-90's.
I really want home automation for lights and heating. My wife actually put her foot down and said "I have enough trouble with the VCR and CD player." I let it go, cause she lets me buy gadgets and gizmos.
I will be putting in more motion sensor lights. The ones I have bought in the last five or six years are vary adjustable.
I want wifi from one end of the house to the garage to the my crappy shed/workshop. I love my wifi. I want a cell phone/palm with wifi.
I thought a heat pump would be cool. Maybe the Canadians here can fill me in on what they use for that. I have heard great things as of late.
I can heat my house on wood, and would like to pre-heat the water going to my water heater. That would save on the propane bill. I suppose the wood splitter and buck saw should be added here. Kevlar pants and gloves for chainsawing.
I need broadband, but satellite is way too much cash.
I question the high rate of this problem and the high rate of TV watching of its victims. I don't think TV builds up the plaque in the brain. I think it comes down more to life style.
The progression of this disease is quite depressing. I bought a house from a couple, and the wife was getting into to the later stages. They moved next door to their daughter, because he could hardly leave the house.
I hope this drug doesn't just delay the disease, we need a cure. I want to start watching TV again.
Don't you ever wonder if your starting to get this. Walk into a room and forget why you are there.
Don't you ever wonder if your starting to get this. Start posting and .....
I count 558 books, but maybe I am searching wrong. How can I get the 900 plus count? What is the url? Thanks in advance!
That is funny, I have had the same complaint about my car. I have had people say that my car is too quiet in parking lots, and that's why they start to walk in front of me. I remind them to look left, then right, then left again. I chock this up to survival of the fittest.
You could use a sound system to make it sound like anything you want! Do you want it to sound like a Harley, V8, Starship Enterprise, Milenium Falcon, ... Go nuts!
It seems that no matter where or when, people have hundreds of computer questions. When I am church, I guess I would like to put my thoughts towards worship, not why this guys ipod doesn't work. Or sitting in a backroom fixing Uncle Ned's computer everytime I come over for a holiday gathering.
I don't mind helping my family with these questions, but there is an appropriate place and time.
No, I don't want them calling a plumber for their cell phone problems. But they have me fix the plumbing, too.
I thought this article has some nice information. I printed it out and will be handing this to my father-in-law, sister-in-law, and my two brothers.
First, think of the information that is "gone" from the normal person. How long does a library keep a magazine?
When a student can go to a primary source of information, like a news report of a historical event (with pictures), it is much more valuable than a liberal/conservation/sanitized/biased textbook.
Technically speaking, it is quite fun for electronic students to find Nuts and Volts, Popular Electronics, etc. It primes their brains for innovation.
Let knowledge be free! If you sign a new contract, make sure your lawyers are getting you what you deserve!
This should be easy to tear apart. I don't think they can stand on an attack that the victim does not know what is illegal.
Back in high school I remember the BK broiler conveyor belt carrying hamburger across the flames.
I think by now, they can get it wrapped in a bun. Extra pickle, no problem.
This same think tank guy said they had computer replacements for the cashier, but people paid more money to talk to a real person, than order themselves.
I think a robotic McGriller is ready, but is the world ready for the robotic McGriller. What would all those high school kids do for work? What about everyone else?
I guess they have a bun manufacturing facility in the midwest that puts Krispy Kreme to shame.(insert pun or off color humor here.)
I was listening to a former VP about Dell's health care. They axed most of the health care provided to the workers, but the executives still get all the perks. How is an ordinary worker suppose to live without health care?
The sad part is, did any of the money cover furniture, wiring, or software?
We went from apple IIe to windoze big time because of local politics.
Each school in my district go a 15" flat panel Imac for video editing. Our music depts got a couple power macs. Everything else is Dell.
I have students rebuilding 486-pentium II and putting debian and red hat on them. X can be a pain in the butt with non-standard hardware. But I am the only teacher in the district dabbling with linux. (electronics class is fun) Administration is clueless and bought off by Redmond. They get free laptops, wireless keyboards, and software from the Bill & Mel foundation.
I am going to discuss why they made this site with my electronics class. First I am going into what do the students think should be in the hall of fame, then I am going into who built the site and why. I have some students working independently on BEAM robots. I thought this might spur on an interest in battle bots. What does everyone think?
I haven't been to gino's East in ten years. Premium suggestion. My son and I went to MSI last August, another great idea. The field museum is off the list...it is not what I remember it to be. I was thinking the Apple and Sony stores, as well as the Border's Books. Keep the ideas coming!! Thanks!
Take the train back home. Get home about 4 in the morning. My kid is a night owl.
Any other suggestions?
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The machines we are building now, don't have floppies. We put in DVD burners(lotsa sonys). People make a spare of important files on the server(RAID is a good thing) and on CDRs. Zip disks were cool until CD burners came down in price. Floppies are not dependable. We ghost the base image to a bootable DVD and put the image on the server.
How can they continue to make such a lame drive and sell it. If you scratch the disk, you either should have bought a better disk, or you need to clean it. Have you ever heard of a CD case?
I guess we need more idiot proof computers. Wetware is the biggest problem.
Maybe we should ask Rhode Island, or California (Looks like they will try anything once.)
I liked having the guy down the hall just fix stuff. But, budget cuts have hit, now we use Big web desk.
It kinda sucks from a user perspective. I guess you can have people call besides using the web interface, but you pay to have someone answer the phone.
We use it for our facilities management, too. I have not had much luck getting facilities to fix problems using it. It has helped the IT dept, because they have a faster turn around time, the users get to see the dates(opening, closing, and re-opening), messages(between IT gurus, users, and admins), and if it is closed prematurely.
It is really great when their web site goes down. I can never figure out who to call.
I wish I had the luxury to use my laptop in pristine environments where I don't have to worry about some idiot knocking my powerbook off the desk or table. Or what about the fricking dog at home.
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This would include special interest programs and the university budgets.
I would put some of the special interest money under a welfare title. I would put colleges under a different title. If you would rather have ignorant people, don't educate. Don't worry about, you already got your education, forget about the saps with kids.
California is such a great state to teach in...oh wait there is a teacher shortage in California. I guess the teachers can't buy enough mansions from the poor record executives.
OK, I want to teach in that district. Are the teachers making six figures? Where I work, I make less money every year, if you include the cost of my tuition for staying certified. I want to meet these rich teachers and learn their secrets.