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Christmas tree stand tool
For any of you still using the old style Christmas tree holds that work by tightening big eye bolts to hold the tree in place this may be interesting to you. We bought our tree on Sunday from St. Gabes church and I didn’t pay attention to the width of the trunk. Well when we [...]
Mendel Max Motor Mount
Got the location and angles of the motor mounts set. They’re mounted and ready for the ball and screw setup to be attached. Now it’s time to find out if shifting these to line up with the vertexs was a mistake or not.
Mendel Max motor mounts
So I’ve gone off the beaten path with my Mendel Max build. Here are my motor mounts I’m fabricating for the Z-axis. They sit on top of the main vertexs and directly align with them. It’s a variation on the Prussa Mendel design that I’m hoping will lend to a sturdier Z-axis path. Here are [...]
Reprap Mendel Max build
Working on my frame for my Mendel Max build. So jazzed about 3d printers at the moment. Ordered enough extra parts to start on a CNC as well.
How to extend WordPress with a little creative tweeking
For all of you WordPress cowboys and girls out there you’ll want to check out this article. It’s meant for all of you who have come to depend on WordPress but would like to bend it to your needs a little more. The article isn’t designed for programmers, but a little understanding of how WordPress [...]
Magic: Visual Search Engine Coming to iPhone in June
For all of you Iphone users out there, this is a cool new way to do search. If you previously had Erica’s music sampler installed and hated to see it go then you’ll love this. Snap a photo of something and send the photo to the Vipr servers and you’ll get a full search of [...]
Checking out Google Sites
I’m part of this group in Charlotte that gets together and redesigns websites for non-profit groups. We’ve been looking for a way to collaborate online using free services and are now considering google sites as a solution. The company where I work uses Microsoft Sharepoint a lot, and while I’m not a big fan it [...]
50 Questions to Evaluate the Quality of Your Website
A great article from the website www.searchenginejournal.com that provides a great list of questions that every website owner/creator should ask themselves about any sites they work with. Credit goes to CarstenCumbrowski for this great article. Click here to read the entire article. Accessibility Is content structurally separate from navigational elements? Is the website cross-browser compatible? [...]
