Minnesota H.F. No. 907,  as introduced – 86th Legislative Session (2009-2010) An interesting approach…. it will never pass, but its a cool idea to foster innovation, by either A the employer, or B the employee, if IP is not acted upon. Considering way less than 2% of all patents generate any revenue, the bill does [...]

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In the last few years, we had laptop batteries, cell phone batteries, drill batteries, and now perhaps even the ipod…. Japan Warns Of iPod Fire Risks – Podcasting News. There really is no rocket science to designing LiIon protection circuitry, nor manufacturing such… but the risk of botching it is significant, thus care is needed. [...]

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I’m going to try and get Bill Gates keynote on here, so this Industry Press Conference video is just a test to make sure this will work. I also found a link to the Conference Brochure. Its pretty hard to navigate around all the links and clutter. I hope to build a mini online CES [...]

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The Evolution of a Programmer This was just too funny….. and true btw as well. No wonder we have code bloat city.

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Flooded Floors and Woodwork – Cleaning The fun of flood recovery. I finally got an answer from the ins co yesterday. Insurance does not cover the loss…. well, I sort of figured that was the case. I don’t live anywhere near a flood plain, and in order to have water here, it would be exceedingly [...]

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Vacuum Forming Plastic Pinball and Coin-Op Game Parts, Water Slide Decals This is a cool website detailing the fabrication of replacement arcade game parts. Its interesting to note the use of PETG as the material selection. I guess it makes sense as its thermoforming range is pretty high, as contrasted with the narrow temperature range [...]

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I think the 3 way combination of Skype Prime, Paypal, and eBay has some real potential, although I must admit I am less than pleased with the max limits, and the revenue sharing arrangement. The maximum per minute fee is US$ 2.50, and with a 30% cut going to skype, the maximum hourly rate is [...]

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Federal Bureau of Investigation – Home Page As much as I crab about politics, not so much here, but elsewhere in webspace, I need to express my appreciation for the FBI. The average Joe on the street, unless one knows an agent personally knows they exist, and has an idea what they do, but thats [...]

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Photo Galleries > Convicted for endangering their computers? This is a hoot… I used to work with a fellow like this, although I must admit, this is a tad cleaner, because the monitor is not full of cigaret burns, and ashes all over the place. Yep, it used to be just blue in the office. [...]

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YouTube – bookofjoe’s Al Christensen’s Exclusive Port-O-Jet Video This although off topic for my blog, is just too funny not to post.

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