I think the idea of some home tinkerer coming up with the latest innovation is very cool. Perhaps it is that “American Dream” in me wanting the little guy to succeed. Last night I received an email from a former coworker. Her husband has started a business designing and ultimately selling electric [...]

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There are times that you need to maintain a long-term SSH connection. This may be because you need to keep a tunnel open, or you just want to stay logged into a machine. However, depending on the settings and network conditions of all the intervening computers it may be difficult to keep this [...]

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As someone with an Electrical Engineering degree I can appreciate how easy it is to get into the hobby of collecting old “junk” and doing cool stuff with it. I found this article today, titled Amateur Time Hackers Play With Atomic Clocks at Home. While I think what he is doing is very [...]

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In this day of rising fuel costs I am totally in to alternate fuel sources. However, this article by ecoble lists some that might be a little too “alternate.”
Personally, I really hope that the salt water discovery turns into something viable. It would sure put an end to battling over oil. If [...]

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