Tag: toronto
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Typewriter to Printer: Progress!
I am converting an almost 100 year old typewriter into a printer that will print your tweets to it on paper while you can watch it on a webcam. It has been a good week for the typewriter to printer conversion project. Andrew helped me put together a table I designed for the typewriter.…
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Typewriter to Printer Conversion: Current Status
So I had to learn that the 30 solenoids I got, wont have enough power at the low leverage point I wanted to connect them to the typewriter. Making me wonder to either get stronger ones with same pull-in (7mm would do) or get ones that can pull in 3 cm, will have to investigate…
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Good News Everyone!
After thorough investigations I believe to have solved the last mechanical challenges to make full control of the typewriter feasible. (in the least invasive / visual way) cartridge return can be done by rolling up a string around the corner and released after it is done OR a motor with gears right behind it and raising…
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English Idioms learned the hard way.
Do you know what “being half in the bag” means? I thought I did, until this happened … First, if you know what it means, read on. If you don’t know, or just maybe know, read this! English is not my first language, so while living in an English speaking place, I do sometimes reuse phrases…
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How a park made a fool out of me, 3 times. True story.
Considering a downtown park, in a mega city like Toronto, I assumed the following things are impossible, can’t exist or just won’t work. Oh boy, was I wrong: 1. Did you know white squirrels exist? No? Me neither, until I saw one at the park! 2. Checking out the neighbourhood of an apartment we where going to…
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How to live without cable TV
After years without a TV in Vienna, we ended up receiving one as a gift after moving to Toronto. Since we did not really miss a TV, it stayed in its box for a while. What made us not miss a TV at all? Our entertainment / information consumption habits had completely changed! It started at University in England: Besides high TV…
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Canada Trip
Preparations NONE -> Freitag Nachmittag erfahren, dass wir Samstag Vormittag fliegen werden =) Flight Check-in beim CAT wie immer ein Traum der Convinience. Dave (Janes Vater) war so nett uns auf Business Class upgraden zu lassen. Lounge der Lufthansa in Frankfurt war aber unter unseren Erwartungen. Der Service im Transatlantik Flug war dafür um so…
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Rückblick Kanada
[GERMAN ONLY] Endlich wieder daheim, im “relativ” warmen Österreich – Kanada hat mir echt das frieren gelehrt. Nichtsdestotrotz war es ein wunderbarer Trip dessen Highlights ich hier gerne teile. Air Canada Lounge am Airport Heathrow war gleich mal eine tolle Sache, so konnten wir während der Wartezeit auf den Transatlantikflug schon etwas relaxen. Der Flug…