It was all I could stand, I could stand no more. I just returned my ASUS EeePC net-book back to the Linux operating system. Actually I have installed XUBUNTU which is a special flavor of the standard UBUNTU distro. If you look back in this blog it can be determined I allowed this little net-book (I am using it now) to upgrade itself to WINDOWS 10 home edition. Sadly, Win 10 is not a good...
Continue reading...Hobbies
Network Hard Drive
I have a USB hard drive attached to my network router/switch. I use the drive for archiving and for sharing with other computers on my network. USB for a drive connection is not super fast but it is adequate for the intended purpose. I mostly use it to save drive space on my computer internal drives. It is a storage system. I do some backup storage on the drive too. They are usually compressed files...
Continue reading...One Giant Step…
I took the step and I am now the owner/operator of my very own 3D hobbyist grade FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) type printer. That’s the extruder style. They are the most reasonable cost for students and hobbyists to experience “making” with minimal investment. My other web sites and blogs are going to have the in depth coverage of what I do with my machine. Here is a link to the tab in Ramblin Dan’s Workshop....
Continue reading...3D Printing
I have taken a hard long look at where Additive 3D printing technology stands today. I have determined it is a viable high quality creative process in the high end commercial and industrial marketplace. This is because it is a large investment to get top quality output. I have no first-hand experience using any 3D printer, so my judgement is based on available video and information gleaned from internet sources. A condensed reference for 3D...
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