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Plenty of tech Rako Studios got its start doing technical writing for clients in Silicon Valley. These clients included HP, TRW, Teledyne and a plethora of smaller companies. Accordingly the technical writing sections represent over 20 years of steady output. There is also the pre-publication copies of work for several technical magazines and websites, not covered by their copyrights. In addition to the work for clients, there is a large body of work done under the auspices of  Rako Studios itself. These range from movie reviews to rants to companies to political writing published here and in various online publications.There are videos as part of the various tech subjects, spread across the site. These videos are hosted on YouTube and embedded here. This is a much better way to do things as opposed to try and design and host some streaming mechanism out of this site like most of those billion-dollar publishing multinationals tried to do, with abysmal results. In addition to tech writing there are articles about the methods and characteristics of good tech writing. Its essential to be clear and concise in tech writing It turns out that helps in most other types of writing and videos as well. |
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Art, humor, music and movies In addition to the technical writing there is media such as art, humor, music and movies. Some of it created here, and other work aggregated from others. There are a few select articles by others that are so good they are re-published here.Media about motorcycles This site used to host a section about motorcycles, specifically Harley Sportsters, Those have been moved to a separate site, open-sport.org. The "open" refers to the open-source nature of old Harleys. The lack of the word Sportster is due to the wrath of the lawyers at the Motor Company.Product design and Strive Besides this media section the site has a large product design section. Some of the designs are the product of the consulting work we did, and others are proposed of special projects funded by Rako Studios. finally there is a journal depicting the day-to-day strive here at Rako Studios.The next sections are auto-generatedWe have programmed the website CMS (content management system) to add two media posts from each category after this column. You can click the title to see all category articles. |
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Art
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Engendered argumentA couple fighting, as if from Venus and Mars. Done for www.mrpicassohead.com.
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Bull in a Chinese shopAn abstract in primary colors looks at a bull's inhumanity to man. |
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Diamond-bullets
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Unwritten laws of engineeringWritten in 1944, this classic from the AmericanSociety of Mechanical engineers still endures.
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Understanding engineersFirst you understand management. A guest diamond by Ray Engelhardt. |
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Health
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Analog Diet, week 8I've lost 23 pounds in 64 days. This is three pounds under my goal of 170 pounds. Now comes the Analog Diet lifestyle.
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Humor
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Dear Mr. Ukraine PresidentA few depth charges could help restore the balance of power in Europe. Simply move your navy to the Baltic Sea.
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Ice-maker blow upSometimes shopping for a house has unusual comedic entertainment. |
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Keep-or-Toss » Keep
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Legacy bookmarksHere is a listing of bookmarks I have had on my site for 20 years. They are not organized and many are broken.
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Hansen socket traysI suffered for 20 years with a toolbox drawer full of miscellaneous sockets. Then I found Hansen. |
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Keep-or-Toss » Toss
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Toss: Ames hoe/cultivator comboThin cheap steel with welds next to a stress riser does not make a good garden tool. The Ace Hardware tool is better and cheaper.
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Samsonite is junkIt used to be that a brand name stood for something. |
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Management
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Purchasing bulliesDon't let purchasing or other ancillary departments run your company.
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The high-volume consumer product needle:efIts tempting to after high-volume business, but it might be a long-term mistake. |
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Movies
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Ahhh trek DohA scathing commentary about modern life. A short sweet art film.
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Politics
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Capped for oilAs the Gulf War raged, one graffiti artistin San Jose California told it like it was.
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Old-FCC_New-FCCThe old FCC cared about interference. The new FCC cares about money. |
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Suffering-with-software
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Movable Type 4-up archiveI make an archive page for the Journal section used to display the year's and the months of the posts with 4 posts per column.
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Adobe Photoshop 4.0 sufferingThis is just one data-point for why I banned Adobe products from my life. |
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Tech » Electronics
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Analog Aficionados 2019, Ron QuanAuthor Ron Quan took over 100 pictures at the 2019 Analog Aficionados party.
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RF power amplifiersBase stations and handsets need RF amplifiers with high linearity and good efficiency. |
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Tech » System-engineering
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Why Ford Escort cam belts breakFord Escorts introduced in 1980 had a severe problem with camshaft belts breaking. This would grenade the engine.
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Mission Motors electric motorcyleSlapping an electric motor into a motorcycle requires a lot of system engineering. |
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Tech » Teardowns
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Picosecond Pulse Labs 6110D teardownOpening up a reference flat pulse generator shows some old-school design.
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Creative Labs Nomad IIC teardownI opened up this old MP3 player in 2004, and the chips are huge. |
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Writing-tips
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Don't bury the ledeTechnical writing is an inverse pyramid since the important part is at the top.
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Storytelling vs tech writingTech writing gives you the goods right up front, storytelling delays gratification until the payoff. |
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