How I Became an Engineer
I became interested in geeky stuff when I was less than ten years old. I remember being given a toy wind up clock that you could open the back of and pull all the gears out and then put it back...
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The Rise of Social Video
According to the social media network 2011 is going to be the rise of video blogs, webinars etc. But what effect will this really have of us design engineers? Are we now going to have to look good on...
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555 Timer Hype-?
So if you have not noticed then engineering community is going nuts about the little 555 Timer IC. This is all because Jeri Ellsworth posted on twitter that she felt she should start a campaign to...
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The Dyslexic Engineer
I found out I was Dyslexic when I started secondary school at the age of 12. By the time I left I had poor grades and was told I would not amount to much. However Dyslexia is not a disability or have...
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New Projects Page and Stuff I've Made
Since starting this blog page my aim was to write and focus on the electronics projects I have done in the past and ones I working on now. However because I work full time as an electronics engineer at...
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Workbench (Place) Of The Week-?
So I spend an hour or so every week listening to The Amp Hour and really enjoy seeing pictures posted for Workbench Of The Week (WOTW). However I think they are all far to tidy and not convinced a lot...
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Netgear DG834G and DNG2000 Strip Down
So this week I had my newer Netgear DG834G die on me. I've had this a few years now and even went back to using it over a newer DNG2000. So as both have stopped working correctly, Switch has died in...
View ArticleWhich Blog to Write Next | Result | 555 v Microcontroller
So a few days back I was wondering which blog to write next. Wanting to keep my public happy I gave the twitter poll site TwtPoll a try. The sites very good as it allows you to select different type os...
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Blog Hits = X^-2 | Trends in Traffic
Over last few months I have noticed a patern to hits on my blogs. not only on my site here but on other sites also. Below is the typical graph I get for one blog post after it has been posted.What...
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Free Stuff : DesignSpark and element14
So over the last year I have been blogging and tweeting about electronics mainly on DesignSpark but will be doing more on element14 as well as my normal blogs on here and over on EngineerBlogs.During...
View ArticleGoAnimate hits YouTube | Video
So news on YouTube this week is that they have added animation tools that allows you to create your own videos without ever picking up your camcorder. The site offers three animation packages;...
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Busy days and lots of blogs
When you get started with blogs you are often told that you should keep regular blogs and stick to your content. However my blog posts are far from regular unless you count the ones on EngineerBlogs....
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Summary of Week | National Electroincs Week | Gadget Show Live
So the last week has been another really busy one with two shows, a seminar, blogs and testing video blogs for Resonance Weekly.So like most weeks I started by putting together my blog for...
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Is it time for mbed yet.!?
Despite last week only being a four day week its been quite exhausting mentally. And even now into and though the weekend I have felt quite warn down. Is it the warm weather we are having? Have I been...
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Return of the Engineer | Error 404
Its been some time since I last posted a blog on here so I guessed it was about time I got back on here.For anyone that has followed me closely on twitter will know that I’ve been doing a lot of in...
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PHP Pandemonium
Like lots of geeky engineers we have all put together web pages at one point or another. Most of us have come to grips with HTML but lots of degree students are having to complete a unit on PHP with...
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monpjc news
Its been a good few weeks since I last blogged on here which is disappointing from my point of view - must try harder! So here is my ‘monpjc news’ update...So blog wise I hope you have been keeping up...
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New Blogging and Review Schedule
It has been far to long since I last posted a blog on my own site however I have been busy posting elsewhere. This has become very disorganised and at times I feel that I have been letting down on some...
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Arduino Project - Responce Game
So I was asked to make a board and write a short program for a Game someone is working on. The basic idea is that there are five teams with assigned colours; Black, Blue, Green, Yellow and Red. A...
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