Gord over at Gord’s Garage has been busy with home-based anodizing. It’s some amazing stuff he is doing. I sent him one of the rubber band gun assemblies, and he did an amazing job on it. In an incredible amount of detail, Gord has written up and photographed the whole process: http://gordsgarage.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/the-full-monty-part-1/ http://gordsgarage.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-full-monty-part-2/ In summary, [...]
Archive for the ‘Technique’ Category
Plain to Pretty: Rubber Band Gun #6 Anodized
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Photography, Projects, Science, Technique, tagged Aluminum, Anodization, Anodized, Blue, Green, Machining, Mechanisms, Rubber Band Gun, Rubber Band Gun #6 on December 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Apple Mac OSX Mouse Jumping Every Second!
Posted in Technique, tagged Apple, Computer, Hardware, Mac, Mouse, Mouse Problems, OSX on September 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
All of a sudden today, my the mouse cursor started jumping to the exact same spot on the screen (near top-right) every second. I could move it for up to a second, but it would jump back. I have a Logitech mouse. Unplugged it. Still does it. Restarted computer. Still does it. Tried Magic Mouse. [...]
Designing a better Lime Squeezer
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, Science, Technique, tagged Juicer, Lemon Juice, Lime, Lime Squeezer, Maple, Mechanisms, Party, Stainless Steel on July 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time we host a get-together or party where we feature fresh squeezed limeade as the main beverage. We have universally heard 5-star feedback from people who have had this simple but good drink. The problem is, squeezing enough limes for a party of 60+ people takes a lot of time (and limes). [...]
git checkout -b –no-track
Posted in Open Source, Software, Technique, tagged DVCS, git, git checkout, software configuration management, version control on July 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ever want to checkout a new git branch from another branch without setting up tracking? Here is the longhand way: git checkout old-branch git branch new-branch git checkout new-branch But there is a quicker way: git checkout -b new-branch old-branch … which does the same thing, albiet in one command.
PVC Pipe Bench?
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, Technique, tagged Bench, CAD, Park Bench, Projects, PVC Pipe, SolidWorks, Structural Pipe, Youth Center on June 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Someone contacted me about ideas for building a bench for a youth center out of PVC pipe. Based on this information, I thought it should: Look cool Be inexpensive to build Be safe Comfortable! Fun Here is what I came up with as a rough draft. I’m not sure how to position the pipes so [...]
HomeSchool Software: Page Rendering (Also ImageMagick Text Example)
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Linux, Projects, Software, Technique, tagged Home School, Home School Software, Homeschool, ImageMagick, Productivity Software, Software Development on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last couple days have had me working on the page rendering functionality of the HomeSchool software. I’ve made some design decisions (for now) to speed up development like fixed 8.5″ x 11″ pages. Hopefully later I will be able to go back and improve some aspects, but for now, time is of the essence. Here [...]
Home School Software Update: Portfolio Time
Posted in Engineering, Interesting, Projects, Software, Technique, tagged Efficiency, Home School Log, Home School Software, Log, Portfolio, Software Development on June 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year again… Time to get the log and portfolio to the Altoona Area School District. One problem — the software isn’t quite ready! However, I’ve been making daily progress on getting the “output” working. Here is how it is structured in this initial version: You can create a book, “Eli Daniel [...]
Optimal PuTTY Settings for SSH Connections to Linux
Posted in Engineering, Linux, Open Source, Technique, tagged PuTTY, PuTTY Configuration, PuTTY Settings, Software Technique, SSH, SSH Agent, SSH Agent Forwarding, SSH Client, Windows SSH on June 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
PuTTY is a great program. I think it tops the cake for most-useful-utility-on-windows that I have ever encountered. I’ve used it to connect to telnet, ssh, linux, unix, windows, hypervisors, and even IBM iSeries (AS-400). However, despite all the cool things one can do with PuTTY, the default out-of-the-box-settings leave a good bit to learn. For [...]
