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Category Archives: Technology
Christian comes through with the Lego NXT
Day 169 of 1000 In my day job, I am working on a product that performs three dimensional scans of all kinds of stuff with a product called a Gocator made by a company in British Columbia named LMI. There … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Work
Tagged Gocator, Lego NXT, Machine Vision, NXT, Tire inspection
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Thursday in Roanoke while Lorena fights Microeconomics battles
Day 157 of 1000 I am scheduled to put over 1000 miles on the pick-up this week. This morning, I am writing from a McDonalds about a half an hour out of Roanoke, Virginia. My understanding is that I will … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology, Work
Tagged Khan Academy, Linear Algebra, Machine Vision, Microeconomics, Roanoke
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My last day at Bioptigen
Day 113 of 1000 (212.8 lbs.) You will notice that I was shamed into putting my weight back up again (Thank you, Wendy–hold my feet to the fire!) The problem now is that today is my last day of work … Continue reading
Finals week and Economic Animation
Day 112 of 1000 This week is finals week at Wake Technical Community College. Everyone in the house except me studied for finals. I worked on a project for my new job which involved mostly study about a new product. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Money, Technology, Work
Tagged animation, Inkscape, Linux, macroeconomics, Nikon, Wake Tech
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NC vs PNW Observation by Andrew
At lunch today, Andrew mention that when he lived in Seattle he was very impressed with the way the government provided online support and information for things like the DMV, the tax office, etc., but how that when he walks … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Socialization, Technology, Work
Tagged government, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington
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Stepan’s theories on the space shuttle
Stepan, my Russian, chemist friend and I got into one of those discussions common to rooms full of engineers: the relative benefits of the different ways to go into space. He has a very interesting theory. The mundane part is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Technology, Work
Tagged Cisco, IBM, Russia, space shuttle, Stepan, war
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I lied about Christian’s computer–he did even BETTER!
Day 101 of 1000 Chirstian’s new computer is amazing. I do not think you can really appreciate until you hold it in your hands. It is a small, thin computer with a world class keyboard and an unbelievable screen. It … Continue reading
Results from Igor’s turkey cooking theory
Day 95 of 1000 We used Igor’s temperature differential minimization technique to cook our turkey this Thanksgiving and came out perfect. I would like to say that the results were conclusive, but I do not think I can. It is … Continue reading
How gravy got its name
In the Igor’s turkey cooking theory post, Bryan made a comment that was truly educational. In spite of the fact that he handicaps himself by using a Mac, his technical skills are so finely honed that none of the rest … Continue reading
NCSU tuition increase causes serious hardship
Now that we found out NCSU is going to make dramatic tuition increases, Christian has decided he is going to make do with the equipment he had. RWDub’s Reviews will be quite happy to know he uses Linux Mint on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Money, Technology
Tagged Linux Mint, NCSU, RWDub's Reviews, tuition
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Computer travails: Why we are not rich
Day 89 of 1000 When it rains it pours. Between Kelly and Christian, there are five research papers that need to be written between now and November 30. That means most of Thanksgiving break will be spent at the computer … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Money, Technology
Tagged Dell, Khan Academy, Lenovo, Thinkpad, WebAssign
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Cool stuff at work: Imaging an elephant with cataracts
Day 86 of 1000 I got to work sometime after 5:30 AM. As usual, I was the first one to arrive, but the CEO of the company (Bioptigen) showed up shortly after me. When I asked him what he was … Continue reading
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Tagged Elephant, NCSU, North Carolina, Optical Coherence Tomography, Zoo
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Alienware M11x vs. Thinkpad x220t for college
Day 85 of 1000 Christian is half way through his sophomore year in college. He has survived so far with a cheesy little 10″ HP netbook that he dual boots to Windows 7 and ArchLinux. We know he will need … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology
Tagged Alienware, Arch Linux, Lenovo, M11x, Slackware, Thinkpad, Windows 7, x220, x220t
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More on C++, other languages, and my career as an old foggy programmer
Day 84 of 1000 I wrote a post a few days back about C++ programming. I have been trying to figure out whether the language has enough legs for me to make a living with it for the next 10-20 … Continue reading
Cables at RadioShack
Day 82 0f 1000 I just bought three USB cables to charge our telephones at Amazon for $5.37 total including shipping. That was after Lorena bought one cable at RadioShack for $24, then turned around and took it back. We … Continue reading
Stuck in a “project” rut
Day 77 of 1000 Our 1000 day plan has given everyone in our family lots of energy to get on track with a lot of stuff. Now that we are in the last third of the semester, Lorena and the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology
Tagged 1000 days, Betty Blonde, BleAx, GaugeCam, Projects
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GaugeCam press release
Day 70 of 1000 North Carolina State University has made a press release on our work at GaugeCam. That is the volunteer project I am doing and my buddies, Troy and Andrew with Dr. François Birgand and my buddies, Troy … Continue reading
More on Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04)
I found a link on Linux Online this morning to a blog post titled 11 Things You Haven’t Seen Yet in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. I have been running the Beta version of Feisty for a little over a week now … Continue reading
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Returning to technology posts
My new hope is that I can get back to making some technology posts. God willing, the family will be together again after a month of separation. The plan is to buy our new homeschool computer for Christmas this year … Continue reading
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Linux for the Totally Clueless: Computing for a Mexican Grandma
Computing for a Mexican Grandma Kenneth W. Chapman Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved. Click here to go to the chapmankids.net Technology and Homeschool Linux index page. Their computer works, but they don’t know how to use it The modern … Continue reading
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