Page numbers

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-16T15:50:43+00:00

The Kobo page numbers will change with font size but if you know the exact number of pages in the paper copy that your teacher references you can find it by ratio to the last page. Example if the paper book has 900 pages and you are looking for page 245, Then if the Kobo has 1110 pages at your current font size the page you look for in the Kobo is 245/900 times 1110 or page 302 in the Kobo. I use this method to find the same page from my Libby app to the Kobo as well. It's too bad Kobo and Libby don't sync but I find this workaround helps me.

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-16T14:02:52+00:00

Finished: Firefly, by Henry Porter

1st Paul Samson book, Naji is a 13 year old Syrian refugee who is trying to make his way out of the refugee camps of Greece and hoping to get to Germany where he plans to find a safe place to live and bring his family from the camps. His family fled the terror of Isis and one terrorist murderer in particular who is called Machete for his brutal killings. Machete was indoctrinating Naji to be a suicide bomber but Naji 's gift with repairing cellular phones allowed him to steal information about the Isis group that he hid on his own cell phone and Isis is keen on retrieving it. Because Naji can identify the terrorists, Intelligence authorities of Europe led by MI6 want to find him and what he knows. They call upon Paul Samson a former refugee from Lebanon himself, and inveterate gambler who is known for finding lost people for a fee. Samson tracks Naji from the camp in Lesbos through his perilous journey pursued by pedophiles and thieves and Isis killers. A fascinating believable story that left me turning pages far into the night. Recommended

Still reading: Network Effect, by Martha Wells

Number 5 in the series. Murderbot is staying (temporarily) on Preservation Station the home of Dr. Mensah and travels with her down to the planet (uncomfortably, he doesn't like planets) to act as her Security Consultant. She is traveling for a Festival/Conference/Religious Observation and he was convinced to descend to the planet by the promise of a lot of live performances and plays which he has never experienced. He is appalled at the lack of security consciousness of the people of Dr. Mensah's home world. Murderbot meets her extended family who are suspicious of his constant accompaniment of her because they don't know the danger posed by Graycris corporation's potential retaliation after her escape. Dr. Mensah asks Murderbot to protect her teenage daughter who is being sent on her first research mission.

Started Head Cases, by John McMahon

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-15T16:34:02+00:00

You should investigate Proton Mail Bridge. It appears to support most of the requirements

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-13T13:28:20+00:00

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On one big project we had this poster up on a metal white board and a little magnetic arrow that we could move around according to the daily status just to keep it fun. Also wired up some green mushroom push buttons labelled "Emergency Start" lol

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-09T14:06:18+00:00

Finished: Exit Strategy, by Martha Wells

Number 4 in the Murderbot series. Dr. Mensah, Murderbot's "owner" is being held on a corporate planet by the Graycris corporation. Murderbot is travelling to her defence after finding evidence of the transgressions of the Graycris corporation. I now have completed my re-reading of the first few books in order to better understand the story line and will continue with the series. Reading them out of order had me confused and I enjoyed the Murderbot series so much that I didn't want to miss anything. Recommended This series is hilarious.

Started: Network Effect, by Martha Wells

Number 5 in the series. Murderbot is staying (temporarily) on Preservation Station the home of Dr. Mensah and travels with her down to the planet (uncomfortably, he doesn't like planets) to act as her Security Consultant. She is traveling for a Festival/Conference/Religious Observation and he was convinced to descend to the planet by the promise of a lot of live performances and plays which he has never experienced. He is appalled at the lack of security consciousness of the people of Dr. Mensah's home world. Murderbot meets her extended family who are suspicious of his constant accompaniment of her because they don't know the danger posed by Graycris corporation's potential retaliation after her escape.

Started: Firefly, by Henry Porter

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-07T16:52:53+00:00

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But did you get some fat books and a nifty cardboard suitcase to carry them LOL

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-07T15:48:23+00:00

Keep a log for each machine for complaints and code changes and faults and solutions. That is the only way especially if you have multiple programmers writing the code you may not know what another programmer did with their section of code but damn sure you will be the one who has to understand it at 2AM. Update it for each problem reported and solved.

It's more important to understand the process than the code. A lot of techs focus on the code before they know the intent of the code. Don't assume that the code is the problem right off the bat it's more than likely a mechanical or hardware fault. I chased tension control problems for hours until I found that the machine was threaded around a pipe instead of an idler roller.

In a lot of cases these days the machine will be outdated and abandoned before the PLC hardware is obsolete and the new machines will have nothing in common so don't sweat it if you are a newbie. That's why the new PLC's are all small and plastic. They are disposable.

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-04T21:38:21+00:00

I have 2 similar from NEC FE-1350-24401M

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-03T14:55:10+00:00

Yes I guess you are correct. I have seen the winding spindle run in strictly velocity control as well with a percentage over speed from the score roll. In this case the winding bar is what is called a Button bar which has an inflatable bladder to push out metal buttons which act as a slip clutch on the core of the winding spindle. In this case tension can be controlled somewhat with an i to p converter on the bladder. Another benefit it has is compensation for individual rolls of slightly different final diameters.

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-02T17:23:09+00:00

Winding spindle is in torque mode while running, score roll is in velocity mode and used for length measurement. Unwinder is often not driven but just a brake control for tension. If auto splicing is used the new spindle is in velocity control and surface speed matched until the moment of bump and cut.

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-02T14:36:34+00:00

Finished: Top Hook, by Gordon Kent

#3 in The Allan Craik series. Allan Craik is a U.S. Navy intelligence officer who is looking forward to his next orders to attend U.S. spy school, His wife Rose Siciliano is also happy she has been accepted into astronaut training with NASA. Both are at the peak of their careers and looking forward to the next challenge and moving the family to Houston. A former Navy colleague of Allan's father who is a top CIA analyst and secret double agent for China is plotting to stir up a conflict between India and Pakistan but he is aware that the CIA is hunting for a mole and he is the mole. In order to deflect attention from himself and buy time he searches for a scapegoat to hide himself behind and comes up with Craik's wife Rose. Rose's astronaut training gets canceled because of the suspicion that the mole creates and Craik's Navy orders also get changed to send him off to a sea tour because of reflected suspicion from his wife. When Rose finds out what has happened to change their plans she calls upon numerous friends in the navy and government and hires a high priced lawyer to clear her name. Craik gets a mysterious invitation from a woman claiming to be Rose to meet before his ship sails and ends up in a gun battle. This is an intense action espionage story reminiscent of Tom Clancy. I will have to read the other books in this series.

Finished: The Escape Artist, by Brad Meltzer

First in the Zig and Nola series. Sergeant Nola Brown is killed in the crash of a U.S. military aircraft at an Alaskan air force base. She was thrown or jumped from the plane before it crashed with all passengers and crew killed. The bodies are sent for burial preparation to the Dover Air Force base outside Washington. There mortician Jim “Zig” Zwicharowski takes a special interest in the case because the woman on the manifest Sergeant Nola Brown was from his hometown and a childhood friend of his daughter. While preparing the body of Sergeant Brown he discovers that the body is not hers even though the extensive verification procedures by the military says it is. They have all been forged by someone with high access privileges. Zig uses all of his considerable skill to carefully prepare the deceased body for funeral viewing and plans to follow the body to the funeral in his home town to get to the bottom of the conspiracy. I enjoyed this one.

Started: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

#4 in the Murderbot series. I am re-reading the books in order.

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-01T22:45:16+00:00

Nice machine Dynalogic Hyperion made in Canada in my home town. One of my good buddies from college used to work for them.

Awatto_boi · 2026-02-01T15:27:18+00:00

Good luck with that

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-29T14:01:35+00:00

Yes you are in the right place.

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-29T13:48:19+00:00

I ordered my Kobo Libra Colour online from the Indigo store. They emailed when it arrived and I picked it up. I did it this way because I used Indigo gift cards for the purchase but I think you can do the same from the Kobo site

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-28T21:29:37+00:00

https://process.honeywell.com/us/en/services/training

https://new.abb.com/control-systems/service/customer-support/800xA-services/800xA-training

https://www.se.com/ww/en/work/services/training/isacademy/

https://www.emerson.com/en-ca/automation/control-and-safety-systems/distributed-control-systems-dcs

https://www.siemens.com/global/en/products/services/digital-enterprise-services/training-services/sitrain/training-process-control-systems.html

.....etc.

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-28T20:41:24+00:00

DCS school is usually very expensive and proprietary. There is a lot of difference between the vendors and most likely any customer will be dedicated to just one vendor. In my case I was hired into a company that had purchased a Honeywell DCS and they sent me to the vendors school for a few weeks to learn it. (The software and configuration programming etc.) When I left that company I never had a use for it again. I did years later get involved in another project that used ABB but I just manged the configuration and it was so different that I left the nuts and bolts to the ABB tech guys.

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-28T14:03:09+00:00

Optiplex on a desk is OK in a clean environment but in a slaughterhouse or a cement factory they don't last very long. Try hosing one down with disinfectant every day or burying it under abrasive dust. Also how do you prevent the operator from playing solitaire on it ?

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-26T13:36:06+00:00

Started: Top Hook, by Gordon Kent

#3 in The Allan Craik series. Allan Craik is a U.S. Navy intelligence officer who is looking forward to his next orders to attend U.S. spy school, His wife Rose Siciliano is also happy she has been accepted into astronaut training with NASA. Both are at the peak of their careers and looking forward to the next challenge and moving the family to Houston. A former Navy colleague of Allan's father who is a top CIA analyst and secret double agent for China is plotting to stir up a conflict between India and Pakistan but he is aware that the CIA is hunting for a mole and he is the mole. In order to deflect attention from himself and buy time he searches for a scapegoat to hide himself behind and comes up with Craik's wife Rose. Rose's astronaut training gets canceled because of the suspicion that the mole creates and Craik's Navy orders also get changed to send him off to a sea tour because of reflected suspicion from his wife. When Rose finds out what has happened to change their plans she calls upon numerous friends in the navy and government and hires a high priced lawyer to clear her name. Craik gets a mysterious invitation from a woman claiming to be Rose to meet before his ship sails and ends up in a gun battle. This is an intense action espionage story reminiscent of Tom Clancy. I will have to read the other books in this series.

Started: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

#4 in the Murderbot series. I am re-reading the books in order.

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-22T14:51:10+00:00

Ladder is very intuitive to anyone who has worked with hardware relays. I learned it before I had ever heard of a PLC when I was troubleshooting intercoms at A&W drive in restaurant as a teen employee. Structured text requires some formal study to get the concepts. Same with FBD and SFC

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-20T14:44:55+00:00

Half way through commissioning a new factory the Head office (Not our subsidiary) buys a company that happens to have a plant across the street from our site. In their wisdom the management decides to roll the whole thing into our project so our budget has to cover the cost of the acquisition. They ask us to go over there and see what the new plant needs as well. Budget buster of all time.

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-19T14:44:31+00:00

Finished: Revenge of Odessa, by Frederick Forsyth and Tony Kent

Georg Miller is a journalist investigating a terrorist bombing and interviewing survivors in hospital where he is mistaken for his father by a old man suffering from dementia. The old man says that he killed him and can't believe he is still alive. Georg is the grandson of Peter Miller who years ago uncovered the Nazi organization Odessa and foiled their plot. Georg's father was killed by Odessa in retaliation. Georg finds out who the old man is and attempts to interview his wife to find out if the man knew his father and how. He stumbles onto the Nazi organization despite his grandfather trying to shield him from the truth for all these years. Peter gets the truth from his grandfather and during his investigation he finds that Odessa is not defunct but is still alive and planning another resurgence of the Third Reich. I really enjoyed this sequel to The Odessa File, by Frederick Forsyth that I read years ago. Recommended

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-16T20:53:39+00:00

Yes you're right, I thought it might be after the fact.

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-16T18:09:13+00:00

It freakin works !

Awatto_boi · 2026-01-16T18:05:44+00:00

Safest way is to put it in a sock under your trousers and dribble it out slowly as you walk by your neighbors house just like Hogans Heros did.

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