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- 53: Overlapping SignalsThere is a growing trend to eliminate the wires and go wireless for data and for power. Can it work? Is it practical? Dive in.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links:
- Episode 1: Faraday’s Cage
- Episode 38: Watch This Time And Space
- Episode 47: Interrogation Signal
- Episode 50: Accidental Clicking
Related Links:
- Wireless power
- physics - Is there any data on how efficient Tesla wireless power transmission was? - Skeptics Stack Exchange
- OET – RF Safety FAQ’s
- SCI-TECH … The cool site for hot science
- The Best Powerline Networking Kit | The Wirecutter
- Apple Desktop Bus
- RS-232
- USB
- Power over Ethernet
- Apple’s Next Major Mac Rendered By Someone That Hasn’t Seen or Touched It | 9to5Mac
- SAR Values
- Crystal radio
- Tile
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Visit lynda.com/pragmaticto learn more.Igloo:If you’ve ever worked in a corporate environment, you know how painful intranets can be. Often times they are poorly designed repositories of stale information, and people wind up avoiding them by just emailing file attachments back and forth.
Igloo Software is an intranet you’ll actually like. It’s built with easy-to-use apps, like file sharing, blogs, calendars and task management, and it works on any device – from your laptop to your tablet to your phone. Best of all, you don’t need to hire a team of developers for just one small change. The drag-and-drop interface and WYSIWYG editor make it as easy to update as the consumer apps you use at home.
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Visit igloosoftware.comto learn more.1 hr 27 min - 52: Your Mileage May VaryAre electric cars going to save you money? We look at all electric and plugin hybrids, charging habits and being energy independent.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links:
- Episode 2: The Battery Problem
- Episode 2a: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part A
- Episode 2b: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part B
- Episode 2c: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part C
- Episode 2d: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part D
- Episode 46: Out of Steam About Steam
General Links:
- Nissan Leaf
- Fast and Ultra-fast Chargers - Battery University
- The Price Of Electricity In Your State
- USA and Canada Current Average Gas Prices By City/State/Province
- AIP Retail Petrol Prices
- Nissan prices replacement Leaf battery at $5,500
- Mazda3
- Mazda KL Engines For Sale
- Tesla Battery Swap
- PHEV - Vehicle to Home
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Shopi:Shopi is a collaborative shopping list app that’s simple and easy to use with great features like pocket-lock, smart ordering and real-time collaborative updating. A shopping list is a special To Do list and Shopi addresses that use case very well. It’s ad-free for the first month so why not check it out.
Visit sapient-pair.com/pragmaticto learn more.Igloo:If you’ve ever worked in a corporate environment, you know how painful intranets can be. Often times they are poorly designed repositories of stale information, and people wind up avoiding them by just emailing file attachments back and forth.
Igloo Software is an intranet you’ll actually like. It’s built with easy-to-use apps, like file sharing, blogs, calendars and task management, and it works on any device – from your laptop to your tablet to your phone. Best of all, you don’t need to hire a team of developers for just one small change. The drag-and-drop interface and WYSIWYG editor make it as easy to update as the consumer apps you use at home.
Sign up today - It’s free to use with up to 10 people.
Visit igloosoftware.comto learn more.1 hr 50 min - 51: Psst Come Here I Want To Tell You SomethingAutomation in OSX, iOS and the PC can save lots of time for users prepared to invest some time up-front. We delve into the history on these platforms, where it can be useful and when you should use it.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related TechDistortion Article:
- Tweaking Workflows
Previous Podcast Episodes Referenced:
- Pragmatic Episode 37: The Sledgehammer Solution
- Pragmatic Episode 35: Written by Kernel Hackers for Kernel Hackers
- Addenda 4: Before Pragmatic Episode 49
General Links:
- Doug’s Scripts for iTunes
- AppleScript: Resources
- MacScripter
- AppleScript
- AppleScript - Mac Guides
- HP WinRunner
- Action(s)
- MacStories: Pythonista
- Workflow for iOS
- Vic’s Workflow for Finding Workflows
- Vic’s Workflow for Tweeting Overcast Episode Playing with Artwork
- Automated Workflows
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Many Tricks:If you’re looking for some Mac software that can do Many Tricks remember to specifically visit the URL below for more information about their amazingly useful apps.
Visit manytricks.com/pragmatic and use the Coupon Code (listen to the episode to get the code) for 25% off the total price of your order. Hurry it's only for a limited time!Shopi:Shopi is a collaborative shopping list app that’s simple and easy to use with great features like pocket-lock, smart ordering and real-time collaborative updating. A shopping list is a special To Do list and Shopi addresses that use case very well. It’s ad-free for the first month so why not check it out.
Visit sapient-pair.com/pragmaticto learn more.1 hr 2 min - 50: Accidental ClickingJohn Siracusa joins me to discuss RSI in depth, drawing on both of our experiences we look at what works, what doesn't and why you should care. Keyboards, trackpads, trackballs, mice, chairs, we cover it all.
With John Siracusa and John Chidgey.John Siracusa Related Links:
- 5by5 | Hypercritical #6: Frivolous Things
- Hypercritical
RSI Links:
- Dr. Pascarelli’s Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Emil Pascarelli M.D.: 9780471388432: Amazon.com: Books
- ASSH.org and Hand-e > Home
- Repetitive Strain Injury
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI)
- Types of repetitive strain injury
- Preventing and Managing RSI
- UCLA Ergonomics - Standing vs. Sitting at Work
- Typing Errors - Reason.com
- Cornell: Effects of Chair Armrest Design on Wrist Posture
Keyboards:
- Fact of Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian
- Click this: All about mechanical keyboards and why you need one | PCWorld
- Mechanical Keyboard Guide
- Scissor Switch
- Keyboard Technology
- Comparing Mechanical, Membrane and Scissor-Switch Membrane Keyboards - Ergopedia.ca, the Ergonomic Encyclopedia
- ripometer - MechanicalKeyboards
Apps To Help You Get Up:
- App Story
- Apple - Apple Watch - Health and Fitness
Trackpads and Mice:
- Analyzing the Ergonomics: Trackpads Versus Mice | Mac|Life
- The Trackpad(tm) - A Study on User Comfort and Performance POSTER
- Evoluent Vertical Mouse 4 for Mac (Right-hand) - Apple Store (U.S.)
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Igloo:If you’ve ever worked in a corporate environment, you know how painful intranets can be. Often times they are poorly designed repositories of stale information, and people wind up avoiding them by just emailing file attachments back and forth.
Igloo Software is an intranet you’ll actually like. It’s built with easy-to-use apps, like file sharing, blogs, calendars and task management, and it works on any device – from your laptop to your tablet to your phone. Best of all, you don’t need to hire a team of developers for just one small change. The drag-and-drop interface and WYSIWYG editor make it as easy to update as the consumer apps you use at home.
Sign up today - It’s free to use with up to 10 people.
Visit igloosoftware.comto learn more.Lynda.com:Lynda.com is the easy and affordable way to learn where you can instantly stream thousands of courses created by experts in their fields of business, software, web development, graphic design and lots more. Visit the URL below to get a free 10-day trial. If you’ve ever wanted to learn something new, what are you waiting for?
Visit lynda.com/pragmaticto learn more.1 hr 56 min - 49: A Bow On The HandlebarsWith holiday cheer Vic and John dive into some of the finer details of Christmas and the Holiday season looking at wrapping paper and sticky tape, what to wrap, what you shouldn't and why, and a bit about Santa (warning for young kids POSSIBLE SPOILERS!)
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Links:
- Pressure Sensitive Tape
- Scotch 25 MultiTask Tape
- How Wrapping Paper is Made
- Thomas Nast
- I Solved The Santa Theroem
- Spy Magazine January 1990
- Yule
- Sinter Klass
- Jingle Bells - Joe Williams - Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix - iTunes
- Iron Man 3
- The Gift - Season 2 Episode 1 - Dilbert
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Mandrill:Mandrill is a transactional Email service that easily ties into your website and apps when you need to send one-off Emails like responses, password resets, acknowledgements and so on. Integrate, deliver, track and analyse using email infrastructure from Mandrill.
Visit mandrill.com and use the Coupon Code PRAGMATIC to get 50,000 free Email transactions per month for the first six months.Harvest:Harvest allows you to track your time quickly and easily with the ability to quickly turn those timesheets into invoices for your clients with built-in support for both PayPal and Stripe. Visit the URL below and sign up for a free 30 day trial today.
Visit getharvest.com and use the Coupon Code PRAGMATIC and you’ll also save 50% off your first month but be quick - this offer expires on January the 15th, 2015!1 hr 1 min - 36A: Prevailing Wind Direction Follow-up 1Follow up (Part A) to Prevailing Wind Direction where we address different personality types and how they cope with remote work, safety cultures around the world and recent FIFO suicides.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Depression/Suicide Helplines by Country:
- Beyond Blue (Australia)
- Suicide Prevention Helpline (USA)
- The Calm Zone (UK)
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Harvest:Harvest allows you to track your time quickly and easily with the ability to quickly turn those timesheets into invoices for your clients with built-in support for both PayPal and Stripe. Visit the URL below and sign up for a free 30 day trial today.
Visit getharvest.com and use the Coupon Code PRAGMATIC and you’ll also save 50% off your first month but be quick - this offer expires on January the 15th, 2015!18 min - 48: You Say Data, I Say Daaa-taaaSCADA User Interface design has many things in common with other graphical design methodologies. We look at how SCADA works, what it does, the limitations of the human eye and colour perception, buttons as buttons, indicators as indicators and more.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links:
- Episode 29: You Can’t Fight Physics
- Episode 47: Interrogation Signal
Related Links:
- SCADA History (DOC)
- Abnormal Situation Management
- Colour Blindness
- Rods & Cones of the Human Eye
- Cone Cell
- Human Vision: Contrast Sensitivity (DOC)
- Skeuomorph
Support Imperfect on Patreon
Episode sponsors:
Lynda.com:Lynda.com is the easy and affordable way to learn where you can instantly stream thousands of courses created by experts in their fields of business, software, web development, graphic design and lots more. Visit the URL below to get a free 10-day trial. If you’ve ever wanted to learn something new, what are you waiting for?
Visit lynda.com/pragmaticto learn more.Harvest:Harvest allows you to track your time quickly and easily with the ability to quickly turn those timesheets into invoices for your clients with built-in support for both PayPal and Stripe. Visit the URL below and sign up for a free 30 day trial today.
Visit getharvest.com and use the Coupon Code PRAGMATIC and you’ll also save 50% off your first month but be quick - this offer expires on January the 15th, 2015!1 hr 28 min - 38A: Watch This Time and Space Follow-up 1Follow up (Part A) to Watch This Time and Space where we address durability of mechanical watches vs quartz watches, accuracy, using the band as a charging point, batteries and cameras and whether a smartwatch without an always-on face is a failure.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Related Links:
- Railroad Chronometer
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Episode sponsor:
Harvest:Harvest allows you to track your time quickly and easily with the ability to quickly turn those timesheets into invoices for your clients with built-in support for both PayPal and Stripe. Visit the URL below and sign up for a free 30 day trial today.
Visit getharvest.com and use the Coupon Code PRAGMATIC and you’ll also save 50% off your first month but be quick - this offer expires on January the 15th, 2015!24 min - 47: Interrogation SignalWe delve into Barcodes and RFID tracing their history and dissecting exactly how they work and where the future of identification technology is headed specifically for shopping experiences.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links:
- Episode 16: One Man’s Hopes and Dreams of an RF Bubble
- Episode 39: Look Ma, No Wires
Related Links:
- Dewey Decimal System
- Barcode
- Barcode Reader
- How Barcode Readers Work - TalTech
- How Barcode Scanners Work
- Barcode History
- Photosensitive Devices
- Photoconductivity
- Light Sensors
- QR Codes
- UPC-A Symbology
- QR Code Versions
- Information Capacities of QR Codes
- RFID
- Tesco Scan as you Shop
- Calgary Co-op
- RFID Information
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Visit audiblepodcast.com/pragmaticto learn more.Mandrill:Mandrill is a transactional Email service that easily ties into your website and apps when you need to send one-off Emails like responses, password resets, acknowledgements and so on. Integrate, deliver, track and analyse using email infrastructure from Mandrill.
Visit mandrill.com and use the Coupon Code PRAGMATIC to get 50,000 free Email transactions per month for the first six months.1 hr 16 min - 46: Out of Steam About SteamWe delve into energy conversion efficiencies of solar photovoltaics, fuel cells, the Hydrogen Economy, steam and hydro-turbines and ways you can conserve energy in your home.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.Previous Pragmatic Episode Links:
- Episode 2: The Battery Problem
- Episode 2a: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part A
- Episode 2b: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part B
- Episode 2c: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part C
- Episode 2d: The Battery Problem Follow-up Part D
- Solar System Design Presentation
Embedded Episode Links:
- Episode 2: The efficiency of coal vs combustion engine
- Episode 2: Gas heating efficiency
- Episode 2: Photovoltaics
- Episode 2: Aurora PV inverter
Generator Efficiency Links:
- Max Efficiency of Internal Combustion Engine - Physics Stack Exchange
- Diesel Engines
- Efficiency
- Energy Conversion Efficiency
- Shockley-Queisser
- Hydroelectric Power Generation
- PV Cell Efficiencies
- Electric Generator
- Fuel Cell Basics
- Fuel Cell Efficiency
- Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
- Fluid Mechanics Equations
Home Energy Efficiency Links:
- Glazing Your Home
- Tubular Skylights
- Insulate A Floor
- Building Insulation
- Where To Insulate Your Home
- Building Material U-Values
- Best Insulation Material
- Conservation of Energy
- U-Values
Support Imperfect on Patreon
Episode sponsors:
Lynda.com:Lynda.com is the easy and affordable way to learn where you can instantly stream thousands of courses created by experts in their fields of business, software, web development, graphic design and lots more. Visit the URL below to get a free 10-day trial. If you’ve ever wanted to learn something new, what are you waiting for?
Visit lynda.com/pragmaticto learn more.Igloo:If you’ve ever worked in a corporate environment, you know how painful intranets can be. Often times they are poorly designed repositories of stale information, and people wind up avoiding them by just emailing file attachments back and forth.
Igloo Software is an intranet you’ll actually like. It’s built with easy-to-use apps, like file sharing, blogs, calendars and task management, and it works on any device – from your laptop to your tablet to your phone. Best of all, you don’t need to hire a team of developers for just one small change. The drag-and-drop interface and WYSIWYG editor make it as easy to update as the consumer apps you use at home.
Sign up today - It’s free to use with up to 10 people.
Visit igloosoftware.comto learn more.1 hr 33 min
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Most people can look past the imperfections of everyday things in the world. For those that are unable to, this is for you.