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Oct 28

Hougen was the first company to develop and patent the Magnetic Drill back in 1976. Since then there have been many improvements made to the original design but Hougen has remained a leader in the magnetic drill industry. The model HMD904 has been one of the most popular mag drills for many years because of its light weight design, significant power and durability. Not to long ago the HMD904S with swivel base was introduced which allowed for slight adjustments after the magnet had been activated.

Now you have two new options for the HMD904 which are the HMD904C ($899.95), which is the basic 904 model with the 16oz coolant tank and fittings. The second option is the Fabricators Kit HMD904K ($1,188) which includes the HMD904C, ½” Jacobs Chuck with adaptor and 12002 Rotabroach Cutter Kit. The fabricators kit provides the basic set up with several Rotabroach sizes to get started but with the chuck the mag drill can also use regular twist drill bits.

The 16 oz coolant tank is also available as an add-on option for existing HMD904 mag drills as HOU05548 (Hex Arbor) & HOU05087 (Spindle Arbor). Call Ohio Power Tool at 800-242-4424 if you need as order any Hougen parts or accessories.

    


Tagi: coolant tank, jacobs chuck, mag drill, mag drills, rotabroach, cutter kit, magnetic drill, optis, secd, swivel base, hmd904, coolant, power tool, original design, spindle, hex, durability, magnet, nbsp, hougen

Oct 28

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, what a guy. Befitting his eternally-brilliant-child-trapped-inside-acid-washed-adult self, he has built a fantastic looking Guitar Hero guitar mod that melds a Korg Kaoss pad, a working GH controller and a beautiful white Gibson double-neck guitarâ??a rig he's using to film a brief 8-second spot for NBC, of all things. The question is, how will Wayne's GH mod face off against Dwight Schrute's recorder?

"I've constructed this great looking Guitar Hero double-necked guitar thing here because there's a lot of kids out there that think this is actually how you play guitar now — that you just press a series of four or five buttons and and sort of different sort of sequences and it makes every sound that the guitar can make," Uncle Wayne says (will you be my uncle?) in this video for Entertainment Weekly (fast forward to the 2:00 mark). The Kaoss pad (a cool touchscreen-powered effects/sampler/sound processor, famously used by Radiohead on "Everything In Its Right Place" among others) is used to control a pretty gnarly synth tone, which can be modulated in true Guitar Hero fashion by the five colored neck buttons.

Whether he's using this on tour or not I'm not sure (anyone seen the Lips recently?), but it looks like it will be showing up playing the three-note NBC chime in a promo spot to be played during, hopefully, the two NBC shows I actually watchâ??The Office and 30 Rock. Now if we could just have a Schrute/Coyne duet, please. [EW Video - Direct Link via Listening Post]



Tagi: wayne coyne, guitar hero, brilliant child, guitar thing, flaming lips, fashi, secd, sound processor, entertainment weekly, gnarly, korg, face off, chime, eternally, gh, butts, radiohead, rock n roll, rig, nbc

Oct 28

Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, what a guy. Befitting his eternally-brilliant-child-trapped-inside-acid-washed-adult self, he has built a fantastic looking Guitar Hero guitar mod that melds a Korg Kaoss pad, a working GH controller and a beautiful white Gibson double-neck guitarâ??a rig he's using to film a brief 8-second spot for NBC, of all things. The question is, how will Wayne's GH mod face off against Dwight Schrute's recorder?

"I've constructed this great looking Guitar Hero double-necked guitar thing here because there's a lot of kids out there that think this is actually how you play guitar now — that you just press a series of four or five buttons and and sort of different sort of sequences and it makes every sound that the guitar can make," Uncle Wayne says (will you be my uncle?) in this video for Entertainment Weekly (fast forward to the 2:00 mark). The Kaoss pad (a cool touchscreen-powered effects/sampler/sound processor, famously used by Radiohead on "Everything In Its Right Place" among others) is used to control a pretty gnarly synth tone, which can be modulated in true Guitar Hero fashion by the five colored neck buttons.

Whether he's using this on tour or not I'm not sure (anyone seen the Lips recently?), but it looks like it will be showing up playing the three-note NBC chime in a promo spot to be played during, hopefully, the two NBC shows I actually watchâ??The Office and 30 Rock. Now if we could just have a Schrute/Coyne duet, please. [EW Video - Direct Link via Listening Post]



Tagi: wayne coyne, guitar hero, brilliant child, guitar thing, flaming lips, fashi, secd, sound processor, entertainment weekly, gnarly, korg, face off, chime, eternally, gh, butts, radiohead, rock n roll, rig, nbc

Oct 28
Personally, I am very proud of iMatrix success. It is very specific product with very narrow niche on a market but still has great feedback from useres worldwide!
Today, I would like to give you some figures behind the project.
As you could notice, I did not update application long time. Most inportant reason is, of couse, I was busy porting application to official platform based on iPhone SDK. Second reason is that I wanted to see real usage of iMatrix, not a big splashes after each update and presence in "Recent Packages" in Installer.app ...
Now just figures:

1. Number of registered installations is more than 310'000. I call installation as "registered", if user installed application and performed some activity in application like registration, activation or 2D code recognition. This number is based on unique iphones on those application is installed. Please note, I do not collect IMEI because I take care about privacy of my users. Instead, I use hash function based on IMEI to generete unique identifier of mobile phone.

2. 85'000 users used application at least two-three times for scaning iMatrix codes.

3. More than 15'000 users use iMatrix application frequently. Yes, it is 5% from registered installations and I am sure it is a lot taking into account specific area for application.

4. About 70% of the users are from USA. 25% - Europe and the rest is for Russia, China and Brazil.

5. At best days, I have about 10.000 unique visitors on iMatrix site with average about 500.

Well, now I need your comments :))

Tagi: narrow niche, th number, e care, secd, reas, sashes, figures 1, phe, imatrix, hash, bil, three times, ing, russia, presence, statistics, china, europe

Oct 28

iPhone manifesto

The iPhone has cost me a lot of money and a lot of time spent at the Apple Store getting it fixed.

So why do I stick with it?

Since I first bought my iPhone last June, I’ve owned six iPhones mostly because I’ve had to get mine replaced due to some problem or other.

Is it worth the trouble to be an iPhone owner?

My six iPhones:

  1. My original iPhone had a flimsy connector port, and I replaced it right away.
  2. My second iPhone had its glass cracked after I dropped it on the floor. I paid $250 to get it replaced.
  3. The chrome on my third iPhone had a stain on it, which I considered unacceptable after paying $250 to get my old cracked iPhone replaced, so the Apple Store gave me a new one after I complained.
  4. I sold my fourth iPhone to buy a 16GB iPhone (my fifth), which I practically got for free.
  5. My 16GB iPhone released an echo in my voice that callers complained about, so I got another 16GB replacement.
  6. I now possess my sixth iPhone as I wait for the new 3G iPhone to be released soon.

Despite the problems, I stand behind the iPhone because it gives me one thing no other phone does: a blank slate.

The iPhone’s full-body touchscreen lets me create my own experience. With an (almost) fully-functional web browser, and soon-to-come third-party app support, the iPhone will one day be a canvas, to do with as I please.

Will iPhone 2.0 fudge it up?

iPhone 2.0 will be my seventh iPhone. It will likely add 3G, perhaps true GPS, and it will address some of iPhone’s many problems.

The new iPhone will be different, but what I have no doubt will remain central to the iPhone is its physical knack for constant evolution and adaptation to human desires; namely, its ‘blank slate’ quality.

The iPhone is a computer on a phone.

Why do you think there is a community of thousands of people Jailbreaking their iPhones and constantly demanding new apps and features?

The explosion of Jailbreak suggests to me that people will not let their technologies be restrained.

Apple responded to our demands with the third-party App Store (coming this month), but will that be enough?

As long as there is an empty canvas, people will want to fill it. As long as people have imaginations, they will envision new ways to use the iPhone. It is, as I said, a computer, full of unlimited potential.

That’s why, eventually, even past the upcoming App Store, Apple must step out of the way and let the people have their way with their blank slates.

That or be killed by Google’s Android, which with its open source framework will let us do exactly that.

An open source iPhone?

I’m not suggesting Apple reveal its source code and close up shop. It’s just that the human drive for change cannot be subdued, so Apple will eventually have to make the iPhone malleable enough to be molded by people’s individual tastes and preferences. If they don’t do that, someone else will.

Apple’s task should be to make the hardware work with our software, and to maintain a certain design consistency so that all our tools may work together.

We are sick of demanding new features for iPhone. There are plenty of people willing to work to make the iPhone a better platform, so let us!

Conclusion

The iPhone changed our culture. iPhone owners now expect to have a certain freedom on their mobile devices.

The challenge for Apple is this: Now that they have given us a sip of that freedom, we will only demand more.

If the iPhone is to continue to thrive, Apple must continue to quench our ever-growing thirst for mobile freedom by focusing on hardware and putting the iPhone’s software in the hands of the people. We are, after all, the ones who use it.

Step out of the way, Apple, cause we won’t be held back.


Tagi: iphe, blank slate, human desires, secd, no doubt, worth the trouble, phe, mey, touchscreen, knack, peoe, apps, canvas, web browser, third party, gps

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