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Complete Beginner Guide to Arduino

If you’re interested, conceptually, in hacking together your own electronics (to participate in potentially one of the most rewarding sectors of the economy), here’s a book (PDF) to get you going. Kudos to Mike McRoberts. The booklet has been written … Continue reading

26. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Sterling in Icon Magazine

“I have to print my bed, so that I can lie in it.” -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

26. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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The Next Industrial Revolution

Chris Anderson has a pretty decent article on the topic. In it he outlines the intermediate step between true decentralized manufacturing and now. It would be better if he weren’t stuck on China. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

26. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Military Minus $$$$

Zen is right. The entire debate is predicated on a perpetual excessive budget. A culture that has, for a generation, had the resources to debate whether to spend billions on fighter jets or reconstruction will quickly find itself unable to … Continue reading

25. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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On R.N Vaidya

My father’s father passed away at 80. He’s of that generation that built the world we live in, but is all-too-rarely, if ever, written about on the internet. Hence this. Ram Narayan Vaidya. 1929-2010. This is a quick overview of … Continue reading

24. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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