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Employment

Greg Needel — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:06:35 +0000

Thanks to all who have expressed concern. I can not go into all the details of what happened today, but I am still employed. I was offered an option which allows me to continue but it requires relocation to another facility. I will be making my decision over the next week and it is not going to be an easy one.

Right now my heart goes out to all of my other co-workers and friends who were not given this option. I hope all of the talented people who were let go today will find another position quickly at a company who is more employee centric. While I feel fortunate to have a choice I can’t feel anything but anger and remorse that this situation had to happen in the first place.

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Stanley Contest

Greg Needel — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:25:29 +0000

Stanley who makes high quality hand tools is having a contest to win an awesome collection of tools that I would love to have in my shop.

Check out http://www.aconcordcarpentercomments.blogspot.com/2010/02/stanley-tool-giveaway.html for information about the giveaway

And

http://www.stanleytools.com to see their complete product offerings

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New Discovery ad

Greg Needel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:00 +0000

Discovery channel made a new video, it features FIRST kids, and optimums prime very cool.

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Posterous Test

Greg Needel — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:54:55 +0000

Please bear with me I am trying posterous.com to update all of my social media and I suspect I will be getting double and triple posts in some places. i am going to try and sort this all out.

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Bonnaroo Media Continued…

Greg Needel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:06:25 +0000

So to my surprise I was not the only one with a gigapan at bonnaroo. It looks like one of the media pass guys also had one. His came out a bit clearer then mine but I am going to investing in some upgraded camera hardware to fix that issue. Here are his.

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Search McMaster in firefox

Greg Needel — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:01:02 +0000

I found the source code online and fixed it a bit so you can see the icon but now you can just put this file in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins and then you can search mcmaster from the search field in firefox. If you are like me an use Mcmaster-Carr daily this will really come in handy. download the xml file here (right click save as)

once you download the file just place it in the Mozilla search directory commonly located here C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins

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New Instructable – Guitar hero wall mount.

Greg Needel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:53:09 +0000

I got bored this Sunday, and while I have been in the process of trying to clean up my life I noticed my guitar hero controllers sitting in the corner. I decided to design and build a wall mount for them. It turned out pretty good and since I am all about sharing I wrote and instructable so others could make it also. You can see the instructable here

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Obama’s Press Conference

Greg Needel — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:54:01 +0000

I love that our president is internet savvy.

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xkcd – Useless

Greg Needel — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:40:41 +0000

Sometimes Life is just too hard for me to deal with in normal ways. Why is it so complicated?

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oh man! oh man!

Greg Needel — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:14:51 +0000

What a crazy month. I wish I had been able to post more but i feel like the last month was the equivalent to like 10 mins. Here are some highlights.

I am now a TN resident. This is the first time I have officially moved away from Maryland. I know it is probably just a technicality of paperwork but I have had the same address on my license since I was 17 and now 7 years later I now have a new place to call my home. The transition to the real world has been a strange one for me because I literally have had to start over. It is true that I still have many elements of my old live but ultimately I was able to re-invent myself once again.

Related to the above change I got my Motorcycle license, by taking one of the classes at the local Harley dealership. Having never driven or ridden a bike before I was quite nervous going into the class, but it was alot of fun. I still have problems with my clutching speed in the fiction zone but I am sure once I practice more I will get it. On the same note I am in the market for a bike now. I have picked out the one I want but am waiting for the right deal to come along. I am considering buying a new Yamaha FZ-6 sport touring bike.

I just got back from IRI, which was a blast. Seeing friends without all of the issues I was having in atlanta really re-started my engine as far as robots go. I became the videographer for the best robocentric classic rock parody band on the planet. All is well for me in the robot world.

The robot based video show botcentric is still in the works. I have decided it is better for me to take my time with it and produce a quality product then push it out the door prematurely.

My life is going to be getting busy over the next few weeks. Upcoming I think I have some friends crashing at my place along their road trip through the south. Christina is coming down to visit for a few days, which I am really excited for. I have a new online friend I hope to be hanging out with sometime soon. I am going to the International Woodworking show in atlanta next month. And my vacation to vegas for my fantasy football draft follows that in August as well.

Someone once said that the secret to life is keeping busy and loving what you do. I am living that dream.

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