http://www.n5ebw.com Jack of all trades. Master of none. (Still crazy and sleep deprived) Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:40:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick note that as of midnight EST on 1/18/2012, I will be taking down and blacking out the website in protest of SOPA (H.R. 3261) and PIP (S.968) legislation.  ....not that I get a lot of traffic around here, just doing my part.  This will remain in effect ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2012-01/protesting-sopa-and-pip-legislation/ Recently, I started designing a piece of hardware (more on that in a future post), and decided to release it as open source.  In Eagle, I began looking for available symbols and silkscreen images to make it a little easier on myself.  My search initially led me to a post ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2011-11/oshw-eagle-symbols-for-schematic-and-silkscreen/ Although I don't really participate in "The Wood Whisperer Guild" as an active building member, mainly because of time, I do retain a membership for the great content.  Recently, they became associated with Livestrong, and last year, Woodworkers Fighting Cancer managed to raise a donation of $10,000 dollars (USD) for ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2011-01/woodworkers-fighting-cancer-2011/ My first Op/Ed piece...... You may have noticed that I have added a "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License" to the website.  Some of you may also have noticed that this is the strictest license available, and I would like to address that. I don't really do a lot of earth shattering ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2011-01/my-choice-of-creative-commons-license-and-why/ I spent a while today replacing a mailbox.  Actually, it took longer to make the signs...... http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-12/holiday-cheer/ I have no idea why I haven't written about this until now, since the video have been together for almost a year now, but enjoy.  Here's build highlights from a 1960's DeWalt Powershop that I put back into good working condition after I inherited it from my father-in-law. http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-09/dewalt-powershop-rebuild/ If you linked here directly, feel free to go back and read part 1 for background on this project, located here.  If you're still with us from Part 1, Thanks! Recently, I filled a 4 foot rolling rack with equipment.  A 4 core IBM eSeries server with 2 TB of ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-05/the-foldinghome-project-with-a-little-vmware-part-2/ Around this time last year, I made a post about helping the environment through a service called "Earth911" (See that post here).  This post isn't about the environment, nor is it about woodworking, electronics, weather, or any of the other weird stuff you've come to expect from my writings.  This ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-05/the-foldinghome-project-with-a-little-vmware-part-1/ Hey Everyone, thanks for visiting my site! If you linked here from "The Daily Matt" (I'm noticing A LOT of referrer traffic in my logs), let me be the first to welcome you on your arrival!  I have taken the liberty of organizing all of the hand planer restoration articles ... http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-02/welcome-visitors-from-the-daily-matt/ I've got some things that were from past projects that are up for sale.  Take a look at my sale page to see if any of it catches your fancy! http://www.n5ebw.com/2010-01/spring-is-coming-the-crazy-man-electronics-sale-is-here/