Angry at Microsoft!
You may have noticed ‘Use Firefox!’ pictures on many websites. There’s a story behind this which applies to me as well. As a web developer, even when you only use Linux, you inevitably get...
Maandelijks archief: november 2008
von Hippel and user centered innovation
When researching the distributed user-centered innovation process, I came across this lecture by Eric von Hippel (see below). Also, in my presentations I’ve quoted Eric von Hippel a couple of times. He researches how...
The personal fabrication revolution: Status Quo Ante
There is considerable talk about a revolution that awaits us in personal fabrication. A lot of the news reaches me, but mostly not the mainstream media, YET. Fabrication tools (Fabbers) such as the RepRap...
RepRap: time saving tools
These are some tools that saved me a lot of time and frustration building my RepRap. I should have bought some of these tools sooner though! Click image to enlarge. On the left is...
RepRap: A ‘short’ delay / Reusing the older Universal Controller Board
A couple of weeks ago, the day before I was about to give a talk at the Wikimedia conference, I had a small set-back. After changing from electronics platform earlier on, my RepRap machine...
Building RepRaps in Utrecht, NL!
Nederlandse versie: zie onderaan At FabLab Utrecht, a.k.a. Protospace several RepRaps are going to be built (five to start with). I’m supporting the group with advise (and of course encouragement 🙂 ). It will...
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