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hpr1589 :: KC MakerFair 2014

2014-09-04. 00:45:49. Clean. general.
maker faire,Kansas City.

A rundown on all the cool things to see at the KC MakerFair 2014

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hpr1354 :: Wayne Green

2013-10-10. 00:31:51. Clean. general.
"Wayne Green",publisher.

Memories of Wayne Green, an American publisher, writer, and consultant

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hpr1342 :: Power Tool Drag Racing!

2013-09-24. 00:11:39. Clean. general.
Make:KC,"power tool drag racing".

MrGadgets speaks of an event he has just visited in Kansas City

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hpr1316 :: What is my bag

2013-08-19. 00:22:30. Clean. What's in My Toolkit.
molle,bag.

Use of a MOLLE bag for carrying tools

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hpr1300 :: Maker Faire: Kansas City

2013-07-26. 00:18:41. Clean. general.
"Maker Faire",Kansas.

MrGadgets phones in a show after visiting Maker Faire: Kansas

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hpr1139 :: The missing episode

2012-12-13. 00:42:15. Clean. general.
history,computers,IT .

Discoveries made while spring cleaning

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hpr1100 :: Why Android Tablets Suck Part2

2012-10-19. 00:27:22. Clean. general.
Android,tablet .

MrGadgets might be changing his opinion of Android Tablets

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hpr1092 :: Ham Radio: The Original Tech Geek Passion

2012-10-08. 00:55:43. Clean. general.
HAM radio,amateur radio,CB radio,Morse code.

Mr Gadgets talks about his interest and long experience in Amateur Radio

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hpr1048 :: Get off this Rock !!!

2012-08-08. 00:46:50. Clean. general.
space,space travel,SpaceX.

Mr Gadgets talks about Space travel and living on other planets

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hpr926 :: Heresies in the year of the apocalypse ep 1 - computer languages

2012-02-20. 00:31:57. Clean. general.
machine code,assembly language,Grace Hopper,COBOL,debugging,C,Python,Perl,Vala.

Thoughts about the evolution of high-level languages from machine language

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hpr890 :: Where's my flying car !

2011-12-30. 00:21:43. Clean. general.
home automation.

What happened to the promise of science and technology?

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hpr878 :: OpenShorts Episode 4

2011-12-13. 00:32:41. Clean. general.
3D printer,RepRap,CandyFab,MakerBot,CNC.

Computer-controlled manufacturing - 3D printers, CNC

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hpr867 :: Gift Guide for Electronics Engineers of the Future

2011-11-29. 00:32:53. Clean. general.
"Radio Shack","Tandy Co.",arduino,AdaFruit.

Encouraging young people to get interested in technology

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hpr858 :: Pre micro computer tech in the home #2

2011-11-15. 00:33:56. Clean. general.
Chemistry,"The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments".

Children's access to science in the 1960s

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hpr850 :: Another Tech Giant Passes - Household Tech in the Pre-Micro Era

2011-11-03. 00:32:03. Clean. general.
"Edgar Villchur","Henry Kloss","Acoustic Research".

Remembering some pioneering greats in the tech field

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hpr843 :: What holiday tech item

2011-10-25. 00:19:52. Clean. general.
Thanksgiving,"Black Friday",microSD.

Shopping for technical items in November and December

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hpr835 :: Amazon sets the world on Fire

2011-10-13. 00:32:04. Clean. general.
"Kindle Fire","Amazon Fire",camera.

Speculating about the Amazon Fire tablet

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hpr828 :: a+g=-b

2011-10-04. 00:38:26. Clean. general.
"online store","physical store","book reader".

The demise of physical retail stores

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hpr821 :: Why Android tablets suck !

2011-09-25. 00:48:07. Clean. general.
"resistive screen","Android apps","Google marketplace","Amazon marketplace".

Mr. Gadgets discusses his experiences with various Android tablets

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hpr812 :: Are they a patent troll

2011-09-12. 00:20:24. Clean. general.
patent,"patent troll".

Useful tips on how to determine if someone is a patent troll or not

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hpr805 :: How Monster Cable got its name

2011-09-01. 00:43:55. Clean. general.
HiFi,audiophile,decibel,"skin effect".

Mr Gadgets phones in to talk about the Monster Cable company

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hpr792 :: Binaural Recording

2011-08-16. 00:23:46. Clean. general.
audio,"binaural recording","matrix microphone".

A response to episode 785 by Quvmoh on binaural recording

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hpr782 :: Technological ethics of Open Source Software

2011-08-01. 00:20:39. Clean. general.
"Open Source Software","walled garden","user experience".

MrGadgets discusses Open Source Software versus closed and proprietary options

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hpr776 :: Open Shorts ep 3

2011-07-22. 00:25:44. Clean. general.
"Linksys NSLU2","Radio Shack",Heathkit,Microcentre,soldering.

Open Source and Hackable Hardware

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hpr766 :: MrGadgets finds Linux

2011-07-10. 00:19:37. Clean. general.
OS/2,"IBM PS/2",Microchannel,SCSI,"Windows 98",Knoppix.

A personal account of technological history

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hpr763 :: Worst movie ever

2011-07-05. 00:10:55. Clean. general.
movies,"bad movies".

MrGadgets talks about what are in his opinion some very terrible movies

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hpr752 :: My Path to Linux: Knoppix

2011-06-20. 00:12:27. Clean. How I got into tech.
Knoppix,"live CD",microdrive,"compact flash".

Another part of Mr Gadgets' journey to his daily use of Linux

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hpr745 :: Wingz

2011-06-09. 00:16:46. Clean. general.
COMDEX,"Innovative Software",Wingz,spreadsheet,Informix.

MrGadgets speaks of lessons learned with a product called Wingz

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hpr726 :: Journey to Linux

2011-05-15. 00:19:37. Clean. How I got into tech.
linux,O/S 2 Warp.

Continuing Mr Gadgets' journey to Linux

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hpr700 :: Tech Tales of April's Past

2011-04-08. 00:15:49. Clean. general.
Don Lancaster,Postscript,PDF,LaserWriter,Apple II.

Mr Gadgets speaks of Computer History in the context of April

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hpr696 :: MrGadgets Path toward Linux

2011-04-04. 00:13:43. Clean. How I got into tech.
6502,Z80,6800,"Moog Synthesizer","Commodore PET","TRS-80 Color Computer",KIM-1.

Mr Gadgets talks about how he got to Linux

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hpr691 :: pre-IBM PC computer history 2

2011-03-28. 00:23:16. Clean. general.
"s-100 bus",CP/M,"Ohio Scientific Inc.","Motorola 6800","Commodore VIC-20".

MrGadgets talks more about early computers (before the PC)

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hpr687 :: pre-IBM PC computer history 1

2011-03-22. 00:09:46. Clean. general.
"radio shack",retro,unix.

MrGadgets speaks of early computers

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hpr681 :: My first computer

2011-03-14. 00:12:35. Clean. general.
hardware,retro.

MrGadgets' first phone-in episode

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