About Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional Pacific Island sailing canoes are at http://www.mit.edu/people/robot.
Tim's philosophy involves building minimum-consumption personal infrastructure from recycled scavenged materials. Redirecting the waste stream. Doing much with little. A reverse peace-corps to learn from poor people all over the world.
I saw your stick welder golf cart at Maker Faire. I thought it'd be cool to meet the most popular author on Instructables, so I sat around for a few minutes waiting for you to show up. I left after 10 minutes and went on to see all the other cool stuff. But on my way out, I saw the cart drive by me! I heard your voice! It would have been cool to talk to you, but just seeing an Instructables "celebrity" like you in person was still awesome.
I am up looking for a senior quote. Since you are one of the most interesting people I can think of, I figured you would be able to help me out with one. Seems like you have been everywhere, and it turns to interesting events to write about, such as your Outrigger Canoe series, and Haywire mechanic. Infact, one of my friend' quotes is just below this comment. "Veni, Vedi, Vici" is the one. I thought about it, but it doesn't quite bang the right bell. But a quote seems like something you find yourself, not by "googling" the word "quotes".
omg i love the airplane blanket hat instructable. there the ultimate in airline fashion... and it gave me something to do with the 20+ airplane blankets Ive taken... Christmas shopping. DONE. Airplane hats for everyone :D thanks.
Tim, I have one thing to say about you: "Veni, Vedi, Vici ". This is something Caeser said when he put down a rebellion in Greece in one afternoon. It means, : "I came, I saw, I conquered ".
it's in one of the handy tricks. http://www.instructables.com/id/SCCCAK8FEG40B7N/
pulling the expansion memory out and putting it back in seems to help also, Probably the computer has a power management system that doesn't deal with a bad battery very well. Probably replacing some cells in the battery or zapping them would help.
I'm no longer able to use my toshiba even though the power cord makes guaranteed good contact. I would work on the battery if I needed to fix it. the computer does nothing at all until it's plugged into the wall for a while.
That's what I'm thinking, because it says it's using external power and not charging the battery on the LED indicators, then just randomly shutting off. I don't have any expansion memory, I'm running stock 256mb. Thanks a lot.
This is way out of date but sometimes if the CMOS battery dies you can't boot the computer unless it's plugged in even if the power supply and main battery are fine. On oldr machines you can sometimes still boot them up when plugged in and hit F1 during the boot sequence.
The internal clock and couple other things that don't really affect it's usefulness won't remain set but you can typically still use the machine.
You can source older type CMOS batteries on eBay or batteries plus can build you a new one of you dig out the old battery and take it to them.
Not sure if that would help with your problem as it sounds like it could be a bit more complex but might be worth a try.
I've been able to keep using my late 90's vintage Vaio C1X Picturebook simply by replacing it's CMOS battery.
A little under a year ago, I was stuck in a cubicle, crunching numbers for a real estate company in Los Angeles. I had spent the previous 4 years at business school in Wisconsin preparing me for this "career," and I was miserable. I came to the realization that office life was not for me. My daydreaming inspired me to go for one of my childhood dreams of cruising the world on a sailboat (which is a bit strange for a kid growing up landlocked in the midwest.) I made a plan to restructure my life. I moved to Berkeley and began meeting people in the sailing industry. After arriving in Berkeley, I quickly acclimated myself with other members of the sailing community and developed relationships with boat builders, yacht brokers and sailing instructors. This new network of friends has helped me find a boat (which I got for free), improve and fix the boat, as well as taught me to sail. In only six months, I have gone from sitting in a cubicle with no sailing experience to living and working on a sailboat while managing one of the best sailing schools in the country, where job perks include free sailing lessons and leading sailing vacations all over the world. In those six months, by restructuring key relationships, I was able to achieve a once "far-fetched" goal.
I'm currently working on a project to help my peers escape the cubicle for life on the high seas. The idea centers around fixing up older boats and helping to clean up the pacific garbage patch. I would love your opinion on how a program like this might look. I look forward to hearing from you.
I have never been able to figure out your picture. From afar it looks like you're hawking with a blue hawk (jesses hanging down the left side of the pic, plus the Rennaissance-ish hat brim) and up close it looks more like you're holding a snake in a cape. What is it really?
I'm a 16-year old senior about to go to college (i went accelerated), and I want to study the field of archaeology... I like the idea of the heirloom tech, I figured I ought to buld one of these instructables like the polynesian outrigger, and it got me wondering...? Any Ideas for instructales that I would probably enjoy? P.S. Someone ought to post an instructable for a taiko drum. I'm surprised there isn't one yet
Do you, by any chance, teach medical classes at the Van Buren Kaiser Permanente facility? My grandma goes to a class there, and someone named Tim Anderson teaches.
hello Tim, i was wondering if you could give me an easy idea for something diy to take camping, I've had a few ideas but my dad didnt approve, can you help?
wow it looks like you really live life to the fullest. i think thats really cool. i read your cuba thing, that really neat. Good luck with your next adventure!