Category Archives: Technology

Woodgas Cars

Here is a wonderful article on wood gas cars.  Well worth the read if you are into interesting technologies, history and conservation of our planet and it’s resources.

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Boogie Board

Improv Electronics has come out with a neat use for e-ink, the Boogie Board.  It is a 8.5″ tablet that uses a stylus or your fingers to draw or write notes on.  With the push of a button it erases … Continue reading

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Felt like crap, now I’m fine – plus I want a Roomba

This morning on my way to work I had to stop and get windshield washer fluid for the truck.  While at the store I decided to grab a “Hot Pickled Sausage”, not the kind in the 2 gallon clear peanut … Continue reading

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The tail of a DVD player in the Raymond household

In 2007 we purchased a Memorex DVD player to replace our Sanyo unit which had just died.  The Memorex was cheap, $40 USD, but seemed to work ok.  4 months ago it stopped working properly.  It would randomly shut off … Continue reading

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Linux Wars!

I’ve been going through my archives and finding some interesting projects from my past.  While in college I developed an Atari 2600 ROM that was hacked from the Space Invaders game.  It replaces the sprites with Linux and Microsoft derivatives.  … Continue reading

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