On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:05:31 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:>Bill Sloman wrote: >> On Jan 4, 1:47 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>> On Jan 3, 3:52 am, John Larkin >>>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 18:06:22 -0800 (PST),BillSloman >>>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: >>>>>> On Jan 2, 6:52 pm, John Larkin >>>>>> <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 02:41:52 -0800 (PST),BillSloman >>>>>>> <bill.slo...@ieee.org> wrote: >>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>> news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>>> <snip> >>>>>>> The big question in a life is: is your intellect in charge of the >>>>>>> direction of your life, or are you ruled by emotions? >>>>>> Everybody is ruled by their emotions, and nobody can think entirely >>>>>> straight. Read >>>>>> "Thinking, Fast and slow" by Daniel Kahneman, ISBN: 978-0-374-27563-1. >>>>>> It's brilliant, if rather worrying. >>>>>>> It's funny that you pretend to be oh-so-smart, but in fact your >>>>>>> intelligence is distorted, literally rendeded useless, by your >>>>>>> emotions. >>>>>> No more than anybody elses, and probably less than most. I've been >>>>>> aware of Daniel Kahneman's work for some years now, and keep an eye on >>>>>> the distortions in my thinking - this doesn't eliminate them, but >>>>>> makes me think twice before I make decisions. "Rendered useless" >>>>>> strikes me as a gross exaggeration >>>>>>> If you were smart, you'd do something about that. >>>>>> I do. Probably not as much as I might, but fighting with your sub- >>>>>> conscious has its costs, and it often makes sense to go with a sub- >>>>>> optimal decision that is easier to live with. >>>>> So, not so smart. >>>> Don't take it personally. >>>> I've already taken Joerg's advice today, which has - unfortunately - >>>> exhausted my reservoir of credulity. >>> Oh come on, you have written a grand total of two sentences and uploaded >>> one photo. Why not go all out and complete the profile as best as possible? >> >> My wife came home and wanted to eat dinner. ... > > >Could have taken her to Brouwerscafe De Hemel :-) > > >> ... I should finish it today, >> but probably not until I've written this week's letter to my mother. >> > >That is of course more important but should not take ten hours ... > > >>> This stuff is IMHO seriously worth it and the effort is so small. Cost >>> is zero. What better marketing tool could there be? >> >> I completely agree with you, but I'm a slightly sceptical about your >> estimate of the number of potential customers. I've got nothing to >> lose, so I will get on with it. >> > >A proper web site is even more important than LinkedIn. Mine is >bone-simple but that was the very best marketing investment I ever did. >So now I _receive_ "cold calls". People inquiring whether I could do >this or that project.We get a lot of business from google searches. The trick is to follow up on inquiries, talk to the people about what they are doing (people love to talk about their work, usually) and see if there's some way to help. We get people who fly here just to brainstorm about their applications (but being in San Francisco never hurts.) We had one guy fly in a couple of weeks ago who wanted to pay *us* for our time to talk about his laser driver needs. He also didn't initially get that loaners are free. I like people like that. A web site with the right keywords and the right appearance is important. John
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On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:18:47 -0500, Jamie <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_@charter.net> wrote:>krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: > >> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >> >>>Bill Sloman wrote: >>> >>>>On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>>>><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>>> >>>><snip> >>>> >>>>>>>Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on >>>>>>>LinkedIn end at 1969? >>>>>>>If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. >>>>>>>It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. >>>>>>>Speaking from experience here :-) >>>>>> >>>>>>I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in >>>>>>1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I >>>>>>take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of >>>>>>members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I >>>>>>suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but >>>>>>the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. >>>>>>I'll have another look .. >>>>> >>>>>Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. >>>> >>>>So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date >>>>eventually. >>>> >>> >>>And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) >>> >>>Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. >>> >>> >>> >>>>>A photo >>>>>also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. >>>> >>>>There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, >>>>but it fills the gap. >>>> >>>>I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, >>>>but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I >>>>doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or >>>>at least not on anybody under 65. >>>> >>> >>>Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and >>>experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes >>>through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are >>>really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then >>>they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has >>>never wielded a soldering iron in his life. >>> >>>Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some >>>European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. >>>And that's where consultants come in 8-D >> >> >> Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the >> interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). >> Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. >> The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things >> like hair color anyway. > > They make stuff you can use now to remedy that?I know. She uses them. No, "roots" look stupid, even more so on men.> I see it on TV a lot, my wife told me not to long ago that I should >take notice. I don't know what she was talking about?Ny wife is just pissed that I *have* my hair. :-(
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John Larkin wrote:> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:47:57 -0500, "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" > <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: > > >>On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >> >>>Bill Sloman wrote: >>> >>>>On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>>>><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>>> >>>><snip> >>>> >>>>>>>Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on >>>>>>>LinkedIn end at 1969? >>>>>>>If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. >>>>>>>It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. >>>>>>>Speaking from experience here :-) >>>>>> >>>>>>I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in >>>>>>1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I >>>>>>take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of >>>>>>members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I >>>>>>suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but >>>>>>the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. >>>>>>I'll have another look .. >>>>> >>>>>Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. >>>> >>>>So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date >>>>eventually. >>>> >>> >>>And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) >>> >>>Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. >>> >>> >>> >>>>>A photo >>>>>also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. >>>> >>>>There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, >>>>but it fills the gap. >>>> >>>>I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, >>>>but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I >>>>doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or >>>>at least not on anybody under 65. >>>> >>> >>>Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and >>>experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes >>>through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are >>>really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then >>>they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has >>>never wielded a soldering iron in his life. >>> >>>Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some >>>European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. >>>And that's where consultants come in 8-D >> >>Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the >>interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). >>Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. >>The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things >>like hair color anyway. > > > My hair used to be grey, and it's not any more. It makes a real > difference in the way people treat you. > > John >Yeah, very manageable when you don't have any left ! Jamie
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:03:42 -0800, John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:>On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:47:57 -0500, "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" ><krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: > >>On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>>Bill Sloman wrote: >>>> On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>> On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>>> >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>>>>> Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on >>>>>>> LinkedIn end at 1969? >>>>>>> If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. >>>>>>> It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. >>>>>>> Speaking from experience here :-) >>>>>> I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in >>>>>> 1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I >>>>>> take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of >>>>>> members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I >>>>>> suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but >>>>>> the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. >>>>>> I'll have another look .. >>>>> Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. >>>> >>>> So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date >>>> eventually. >>>> >>> >>>And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) >>> >>>Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. >>> >>> >>>>> A photo >>>>> also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. >>>> >>>> There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, >>>> but it fills the gap. >>>> >>>> I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, >>>> but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I >>>> doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or >>>> at least not on anybody under 65. >>>> >>> >>>Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and >>>experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes >>>through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are >>>really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then >>>they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has >>>never wielded a soldering iron in his life. >>> >>>Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some >>>European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. >>>And that's where consultants come in 8-D >> >>Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the >>interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). >>Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. >>The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things >>like hair color anyway. > >My hair used to be grey, and it's not any more. It makes a real >difference in the way people treat you.Most of the obvious discrimination was before they knew what color my hair was. Some of it almost laughable.
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:59:04 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:>krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: >> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Bill Sloman wrote: >>>> On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>> On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>>>> <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>>>>> Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on >>>>>>> LinkedIn end at 1969? >>>>>>> If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. >>>>>>> It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. >>>>>>> Speaking from experience here :-) >>>>>> I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in >>>>>> 1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I >>>>>> take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of >>>>>> members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I >>>>>> suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but >>>>>> the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. >>>>>> I'll have another look .. >>>>> Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. >>>> So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date >>>> eventually. >>>> >>> And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) >>> >>> Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. >>> >>> >>>>> A photo >>>>> also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. >>>> There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, >>>> but it fills the gap. >>>> >>>> I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, >>>> but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I >>>> doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or >>>> at least not on anybody under 65. >>>> >>> Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and >>> experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes >>> through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are >>> really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then >>> they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has >>> never wielded a soldering iron in his life. >>> >>> Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some >>> European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. >>> And that's where consultants come in 8-D >> >> Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the >> interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). > > >Never had that. Then again the only time I was ever really interviewed >was 25 years ago.Sure, gray hair makes a consultant look more extinguished. ;-)>> Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. >> The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things >> like hair color anyway. > > >I don't have that problem, it's not gray but gone :-)I have my mother's hair. It turned color about the same age and she had a full head of it when she died, at 95. My barber comments on it every time I see him. It's gotten very fine and soft (fly-away) but it's all there. ;-)
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krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:> On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:59:04 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:[...]>>> Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. >>> The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things >>> like hair color anyway. >> >> I don't have that problem, it's not gray but gone :-) > > I have my mother's hair. It turned color about the same age and she had a > full head of it when she died, at 95. My barber comments on it every time I > see him. It's gotten very fine and soft (fly-away) but it's all there. ;-)Lucky you. Mine ended up in the Dutch sewer system. When I was around 22 it began falling out massively every time I showered. Sometimes so bad that it plugged the shower drain. My dad said not to worry, that his fell out when he was 17. But they went through WW-II and nutrition was not always that great back then, some days there simply was no food. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:49:39 -0500, Jamie <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_@charter.net> wrote:>John Larkin wrote: > >> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:47:57 -0500, "krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" >> <krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote: >> >> >>>On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:37:07 -0800, Joerg <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Bill Sloman wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Jan 3, 5:34 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On Jan 2, 10:11 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On Jan 2, 5:49 pm, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>On Jan 2, 2:03 am, Joerg <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>BillSlomanwrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>On Dec 31 2011, 7:05 pm, Jamie >>>>>>>>>>>>><jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1l...@charter.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Joerg wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Oppie wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"Spehro Pefhany" <speffS...@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>news:g3vsf7pfm1v2cbp1cmmp2lnd2jp4qugn1c@4ax.com... >>>>> >>>>><snip> >>>>> >>>>>>>>Ok, allow me one more question then: Why does your public profile on >>>>>>>>LinkedIn end at 1969? >>>>>>>>If you are seriously interested in working I suggest to fill that out. >>>>>>>>It can result in them calling you instead of the other way around. >>>>>>>>Speaking from experience here :-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I'm on LinkedIn because several of the people I worked with at EMI in >>>>>>>1976-79 are on LinkedIn - they were an unusually good bunch, and I >>>>>>>take care to keep in contact. I'm now also linked to a couple of >>>>>>>members of my field hockey team, one of my nephews and his mother. I >>>>>>>suppose I ought to take it seriously and fill in some more detail, but >>>>>>>the last time I tried that they seemed to want money. >>>>>>>I'll have another look .. >>>>>> >>>>>>Filling out your work history in the profile is free of charge. >>>>> >>>>>So it is! I've only pushed on to 1971 so far, but I'll get up to date >>>>>eventually. >>>>> >>>> >>>>And correct it to "... intended for the project ..." :-) >>>> >>>>Fill in the rest, that took me less than 15min. The pay-off can be huge. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>A photo >>>>>>also lends a lot of credibility if you feel comfortable with that. >>>>> >>>>>There was one on my hard disk. It won't add much to my credibility, >>>>>but it fills the gap. >>>>> >>>>>I suppose that I shouldn't advertise that I'm white and anglo-saxon, >>>>>but you are right in saying that a photo engages the reader,and I >>>>>doubt that I'll be jumping the queue on any tinted non-Europeans, or >>>>>at least not on anybody under 65. >>>>> >>>> >>>>Au contraire. Skin color, race or origin do not matter. But age and >>>>experience can really make a (positive) difference. When someone goes >>>>through the effort to slosh through LinkedIn that usually means they are >>>>really up the creek with some project and need help, prontissimo. Then >>>>they want someone who dunnit before, not some 25 year old Ph.D. who has >>>>never wielded a soldering iron in his life. >>>> >>>>Age discrimination often only exists in the minds of people. Yeah, some >>>>European companies do it. But afterwards projects often get screwed up. >>>>And that's where consultants come in 8-D >>> >>>Age discrimination is real. I've been discriminated against, during the >>>interview process, several times now (sometimes it's pretty obvious). >>>Sometimes to my favor but usually not. I don't get hung up about it though. >>>The ones I want to work for care more about getting the work done than things >>>like hair color anyway. >> >> >> My hair used to be grey, and it's not any more. It makes a real >> difference in the way people treat you. >> >> John >> > Yeah, very manageable when you don't have any left !"Comb" it with a wash cloth? ;-)
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 10:27:52 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com wrote:>On Jan 4, 12:50�pm, John Larkin ><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:05:22 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodb...@yahoo.com >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >On Jan 2, 9:50 pm, John Larkin >> ><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:32:41 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodb...@yahoo.com >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >On Jan 2, 2:16 pm, John Devereux <j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: >> >> >> John Larkin <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> writes: >> >> >> > On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:23:18 +0000, John Devereux >> >> >> > <j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> [...] >> >> >> >> >>Yeah, I keep forgetting to ask mine about my memory problems... >> >> >> >> >>Seriously, I know depression is no joke. >> >> >> >> >>You don't at all need to make a PCB, just a soldering iron and a piece >> >> >> >>of copper-clad FR4 is all I use for most circuits like that. Or even do >> >> >> >>it Jim Williams / Jan style "air wiring". >> >> >> >> >><http://www.linear.com/images/general/AnalogCircuitDesignCover.jpg> >> >> >> >> > Do it like this: >> >> >> >> >http://johnlarkin.yolasite.com/resources/HV_proto.JPG >> >> >> >> I would if I hadn't broken all the bits of my dremel! :) >> >> >> >Broken carbide drill bits are ideal, great for Dremelling out islands >> >> >in FR-4. Once upon a time snapping a PCB bit was a waste, now it's a >> >> >tool. >> >> >> >> I have started using strips of fixed-pitch pads, they work quite >> >> >> well. Pricy but one of them goes a long way. >> >> >> >> <http://uk.farnell.com/roth-elektronik/re1020/contact-strips-self-adhe...> >> >> >> >> You cut a double-row to some length then it has a self-adhesive backing >> >> >> so you can stick it down on FR4. >> >> >> >Handy. >> >> >> I have a Dremel tool that's a little toothed circular saw on the end >> >> of a shaft. It cuts nice slots in copper. I hold the Dremel down, >> >> horizontal and steady, and slide the board along under the cutter. >> >> >If you mean the one-piece high speed steel cutters, those are sweet. >> >I'm chicken. �Having quickly dulled many a HSS drill bit on FR-4, I >> >love my (one) HSS cutter too much to pummel it with glass fibers (!). >> >> >Or if you meant those mandrel-mounted HSS saw blades? �Those might be >> >good, and they've got 'em very thin too, ~0.010" IIRC. >> >> The one I use a lot is 380 mils dia, 50 mils thick, very rugged. > >That's this one, the 3/8" HSS cutting wheel > http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/dremel-burr-cutter/BLW03That's about it. Handy.> >> A thinner one would be nice. > >Here's one of those HSS saw blades I was talking about: > http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/dremel-steel-saw-blade/XML6-SS42SI have a set of those, but they are awfully big. The big radius makes it hard to carve short slots. John
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dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com wrote:> On Jan 4, 12:50 pm, John Larkin > <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 07:05:22 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodb...@yahoo.com >>wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>On Jan 2, 9:50 pm, John Larkin >>><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>>On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:32:41 -0800 (PST), dagmargoodb...@yahoo.com >>>>wrote: >> >>>>>On Jan 2, 2:16 pm, John Devereux <j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>John Larkin <jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:23:18 +0000, John Devereux >>>>>>><j...@devereux.me.uk> wrote: >> >>>>>>[...] >> >>>>>>>>Yeah, I keep forgetting to ask mine about my memory problems... >> >>>>>>>>Seriously, I know depression is no joke. >> >>>>>>>>You don't at all need to make a PCB, just a soldering iron and a piece >>>>>>>>of copper-clad FR4 is all I use for most circuits like that. Or even do >>>>>>>>it Jim Williams / Jan style "air wiring". >> >>>>>>>><http://www.linear.com/images/general/AnalogCircuitDesignCover.jpg> >> >>>>>>>Do it like this: >> >>>>>>>http://johnlarkin.yolasite.com/resources/HV_proto.JPG >> >>>>>>I would if I hadn't broken all the bits of my dremel! :) >> >>>>>Broken carbide drill bits are ideal, great for Dremelling out islands >>>>>in FR-4. Once upon a time snapping a PCB bit was a waste, now it's a >>>>>tool. >> >>>>>>I have started using strips of fixed-pitch pads, they work quite >>>>>>well. Pricy but one of them goes a long way. >> >>>>>><http://uk.farnell.com/roth-elektronik/re1020/contact-strips-self-adhe...> >> >>>>>>You cut a double-row to some length then it has a self-adhesive backing >>>>>>so you can stick it down on FR4. >> >>>>>Handy. >> >>>>I have a Dremel tool that's a little toothed circular saw on the end >>>>of a shaft. It cuts nice slots in copper. I hold the Dremel down, >>>>horizontal and steady, and slide the board along under the cutter. >> >>>If you mean the one-piece high speed steel cutters, those are sweet. >>>I'm chicken. Having quickly dulled many a HSS drill bit on FR-4, I >>>love my (one) HSS cutter too much to pummel it with glass fibers (!). >> >>>Or if you meant those mandrel-mounted HSS saw blades? Those might be >>>good, and they've got 'em very thin too, ~0.010" IIRC. >> >>The one I use a lot is 380 mils dia, 50 mils thick, very rugged. > > > That's this one, the 3/8" HSS cutting wheel > http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/dremel-burr-cutter/BLW03 > > >>A thinner one would be nice. > > > Here's one of those HSS saw blades I was talking about: > http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/dremel-steel-saw-blade/XML6-SS42S > > Thin, so good for slots. It looks harder to wrangle than the snapped- > carbide-drill-bit trick. A straight-edge used as a guide might fix > that. > > -- > Cheers, > James ArthurNice links! Ed
