Category Archives: General

Spring 2013 Semester Retrospective

Posted on 2013-05-19 by pappp

I lost this draft right after the semester ended, but spotted it while preparing to write up another project, and am now polishing and posting to continue my habit of posting before/after documentation for my semesters. I spent more of … Continue reading →

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Babylon The Master Builder’s Puzzle Cube

Posted on 2013-05-07 by pappp

We have been printing out little puzzles to test dimensional accuracy on the 3D printer in the lab, and it reminded me of a cube puzzle I had as a kid, which is now rather difficult to find information on. … Continue reading →

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Learning to LDP

Posted on 2013-05-02 by pappp

I’ve wanted to learn to LDP (Long Distance Pump) since before I started skating. Every summer, I spend some time trying to learn to pump, and make minor adjustments to my setups to make it more practical, and for my … Continue reading →

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EDC 2013

Posted on 2013-04-23 by pappp

I made an EDC post back in 2009 that is now woefully out of date. I’ve had the little pen case thing I carry come up a couple times recently, as people are more in to this sort of thing … Continue reading →

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Reader Refugees

Posted on 2013-03-17 by pappp

I’m getting a kick out of reading the stories from the Google Reader competitors reacting to the shutdown announcement. Google’s dwindling number of users appears to be counted in millions, which is a great many for almost any other entity. … Continue reading →

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Google is Getting Awfully Evil

Posted on 2013-03-16 by pappp

TLDR; I no longer consider google trustworthy, Tiny Tiny RSS is a suitable, self hosted, replacement for Reader. Until this week, Google had managed to convince me their services were trustworthy – more trustworthy than self-hosting – which is quite … Continue reading →

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Adventures in 3D Printing

Posted on 2013-02-15 by pappp

The MakerGear M2 3D printer the KAOS lab ordered arrived last week. I am thoroughly impressed with the machine and how little fussing has been required to get decent prints out of it. I’ve been pushing annotated pictures of our … Continue reading →

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Pharoah

Posted on 2013-02-08 by pappp

We had to put down my parent’s ~19 year old cat, Pharoah today. We got him as an young adult, and have had him for about 16 years, so he has been a presence for more than half my life. … Continue reading →

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Shapeoko: Part 5

Posted on 2013-01-27 by pappp

This was originally posted as Shapeoko: Part 6, because I apparently can’t count. A while ago I ordered a 300W ER-11 DC spindle kit from China to install in my Shapeoko. I finally got to the post office yesterday (stupid … Continue reading →

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Spring 2013 Impressions

Posted on 2013-01-23 by pappp

Since I’m in the habit of posting about classes I take at the beginning and end of the semester, and often find something interesting when I look at them later, some quick impressions for courses I’m involved in for the … Continue reading →

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