Monday, October 15, 2007
A better life — right now
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I found out that today is Blog Action Day while reading through my feeds this morning — I've clearly been sleeping. So my small contribution for today is to try to amplify a simple and important message.For a while I had been struggling with the whole message of global warming and climate...
Sunday, October 07, 2007
It's fill packaging, just better
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I recently received some samples from Texas Instruments and was pleasantly surprised — actually blown away — by their fill packaging. Blown away by fill packaging? Let me explain...Most of the fill packaging I have seen before normally involved polystyrene "chips" — basically plastic....
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
The "right" processes are wrong
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business
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I was pondering processes while making some tea today. Most of my process pondering these days is inspired by what Sig is doing.I think our natural tendency is to work hard toward some perfect process. We try doing something in one way, find the flaws, adjust, grow, etc. Hopefully as...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Some lights are more equal than others
The short version (my "elevator pitch"):Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) use about a fifth of the energy of a normal (incandescent) bulb to produce the same amount of light, so switching to CFLs means more money in your pocket every month (lower energy bills). Even though they are more...
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Featured company on BizTips
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Special thanks go out to Paul Jacobson for his Featured Business of the Week post on Engineer Simplicity, on BizTips (solo and small business tips and ideas). Paul, it is a wonderful experience to see other people talking about my business.For those of you who would like to see your...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Modifying controls for a BMW R1200GS motorcycle
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case studies
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design
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engineer simplicity
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solutions
I would like to share a bit about a small project that I did back in September. Stephan Thiel from Hex Microsystems contacted me about a friend of his who he does off road biking with. His friend, Kobus Raath, has had a below elbow amputation - that is, he has no left hand. Obviously...
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