PlanetZac
Zac Hester's Brain Dump
Current Projects
Desktop CNC Mill
2010-05-27
3D Gingery Machines
2010-06-04
Plog
Test Fitting
Posted 3 months ago.
I have a majority of the mechanical framing components finished. Right now, I'm mostly just working on finish work and the driv ...
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Tool Mount
Posted 3 months ago.
I made accurate measurements of the Proxxon IB/E tool. So, I designed the mounting parts to connect the tool to the Z-axis sub- ...
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Breaking Coverage
The New Job
Posted 3 weeks ago.
It's been a while since I updated this, but things are starting to settle back down into normalcy. The last time I updated th ...
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Job Quest: The Final Chapter
Posted 1 month ago.
If you've read this blog before (a statistical improbability), you might remember a somewhat pessimistic post a couple weeks ago ...
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Pedestrians Unite!
Posted 2 months ago.
Okay, so I'm a pedestrian. I walk far more than I drive. I used to be like everyone else: driving to every destination farther ...
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Touring the Classics
Posted 3 months ago.
The Black Hills is a fantastic travel destination. Taking your out-of-town visitors hiking and climbing in the Hills can be a r ...
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Job Quest
Posted 3 months ago.
Caution: This post might be a bit of a downer. But, since Google Analytics says almost no one reads my web site anyway, that's ...
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Safety on the Rocks
Posted 3 months ago.
If you climb, I'm sure you've been asked why you climb. The immediate assumption of many flat-landers is that climbing ...
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Intro to Climbing
Posted 4 months ago.
Are you a double-black-diamond skier? Perhaps you enjoy paddling through Class V rapids? A lot of outdoor activities that requ ...
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South Dakota: World Class Climbing
Posted 4 months ago.
Two years ago, I was asked by the Rapid City Journal to write a weekly column about rock climbing--specifically climbing in the ...
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Updates
Posted 5 months ago.
The spring has been busy so far, so here are a couple quick updates while I have a few minutes... First, I'm kinda proud of t ...
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Couldn't Sleep
Posted 10 months ago.
Last night, I had one of those nights where I just lie awake, my mind buzzing. Not that that's entirely bad. From doing a li ...
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FreeBSD Part 3
Posted 10 months ago.
Now, I need to install the desktop applications that will make the laptop useful. I should probably go over a few basic require ...
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FreeBSD Part 2
Posted 11 months ago.
Okay, it's Monday, and I haven't been babysitting any compilers lately, so it's time to make some progress on my laptop. In par ...
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FreeBSD Part 1
Posted 11 months ago.
To start this short series of articles, I'll give you some tips on what to expect if you decide to attempt this for yourself. ...
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FreeBSD 7.2 on a Dell I1100
Posted 11 months ago.
I have an old tank of a laptop. It's a Dell Inspiron I1100. I've put it through some rough travel, lots of time on the couch w ...
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1337 Online Gaming
Posted 1 year ago.
I've played my share of online games. I used to play World of Warcraft and other MMOs. Right now, I'm enjoying just messing ar ...
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Newegg Fail
Posted 1 year ago.
If you haven't guessed, I'm a bit of a technical person. I enjoy having the freedom to choose my desktop operating system, my p ...
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My Car Hole
Posted 1 year ago.
This probably won't be the last time I post stuff about my car ...
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Comments
Posted 1 year ago.
Commenting is now available on all news items, and a few web pages! I welcome your comments/observations/etc. ...
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SE Asia's Future on the Web
Posted 1 year ago.
As a network and server administrator, I've run into a lot of disruptive people on ...
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Now with RSS Goodness
Posted 1 year ago.
The news is now hooked up to a handy RSS feed for those of you who like that sort of thing. Maybe I'll make one of those cool R ...
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PlanetZac.com Begins
Posted 1 year ago.
This is a completely uninteresting story unless you're me... Some time around 1999, I started working for an ISP in Rapid Cit ...
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