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02 Mar

Simple trickle charger for a cordless drill

I’ve got a couple of cheap cordless drills, one’s a 9.6 volt and the other is 18.2 volts. They work well, but the annoying thing is the charger isn’t “smart”. By smart, I mean that it will continue to charge the battery even after it’s been charged. With NiCad batteries this means […]

13 Feb

It’s a plumbing problem, and we’re a bunch of carpenters

I was reading through some of the notes from the talks at NANOG, the North America Network Operators Group. In particular, notes about the transition to IPv6 caught my eye.
I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know enough about the protocol, but what always struck me as odd was that there’s no […]

27 Feb

There are two types of IT shops out there

There are those that are going to embrace Voice-Data convergence, and those that are wasting time and money.
I’ve always thought along these lines, but my recent trip to see a large call centre in action reinforced it.
It’s difficult to gather my thoughts on this issue and explain, so start here:
The End of The Middle - […]

11 Jan

EngineeringWiki

I originally registered ERTW.COM with the idea of turning it into a resource for engineers and engineers-to-be. In the past, I ran the front page as a news site and ran some forums. I was also talking to various student councils across the country about sharing announcements and stuff. Somehow, it never […]

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