Home Recording Artists, Engineers and Musicians

• All About Racks and Rack Rails - Everything you need to know about racks and rack rails for your home studio or pro audio studio -- especially if you're considering building it yourself.
• Custom DIY Studio Rack & Workstation Tips, Tricks & Ideas - Lots of helpful tips, tricks and ideas you can use when building your own custom studio furniture
• How to Build a Studio Rack - A step-by-step tutorial for building a custom studio keyboard stand and equipment rack on a tight budget with seventh-grade-shop-class skills, and without having to handle any dangerous saw blades.
• Recording Studio Workstation & Rack Plans - Studio furniture you can build yourself!

Alibre Design Users

Applications (These are direct links to content on the new site.)

• Dovetail Jig for Alibre Design - Model perfect dovetail joints in just seconds.
• Parameter Wizard for Alibre Design - Drive parameter settings across multiple files in Alibre Design.
• Point Import Wizard for Alibre Design - Import sets of points into a sketch as points, lines or b-splines in just seconds.
• Primitive Wizard (Saw Mill) for Alibre Design - Automate the repetitive task of building lots of similar six-sided primitives.
• Spline Wizard for Alibre Design - Quickly and easily mark the dividing points on b-splines by equal arc length or equal time.
• Text Import Wizard for Alibre Design - Easily import words or phrases in TrueType fonts while accurately representing both curve (spline) and polyline contours. This is the ONLY application that accomplishes this.

Tutorials (These are direct links to content on the new site.)

• Alibre API Programming Introduction - Getting started with the Alibre Design API can be tricky for a beginner. Here's some sample code in both VB and C# to get you started.
• Building a Console Application in VB for the Alibre Design API - An introduction to building console applications that use the Alibre Design API using Visual Basic.
• How To Import TrueType Fonts & Shapes into Alibre Design Models - Using my Text Import Wizard for Alibre Design, you can easily import text in TrueType or OpenType fonts into Alibre Design, while accurately representing both the curves (splines) and lines that make up the font characters.
• How To Make Dovetail Joints with Alibre Design - Using my DoveTail Jig for Alibre Design, you can easily cut or extrude dovetail joints in Alibre Design, a popular, easy-to-use and FREE 3D parametric modeling application. (The Xpress version if currently free.)
• Importing Points, Lines & Splines to Alibre Design - Using my Point Import Wizard for Alibre Design, you can easily import large sets of points as points, connected lines, or as a b-spline of configurable polynomial order on to either an existing sketch or a new sketch based on a design plane.

Programmers

• Alibre API Programming Introduction - Getting started with the Alibre Design API can be tricky for a beginner. Here's some sample code in both VB and C# to get you started.
• Building a Console Application in VB for the Alibre Design API - An introduction to building console applications that use the Alibre Design API using Visual Basic.
• CodeOnesie: Personalized Programming Baby Clothes - This makes a great gift for any baby who knows a programmer or who just wants to act like one!
• How to Generate Amazon Affiliate Product Links - Thwart affiliate hijackers by cleaning up Amazon.com affiliate product links or generate new links to Amazon products using the Amazon Associate ID of your choice.
• Parameter Wizard for Alibre Design - Drive parameter settings across multiple files in Alibre Design.
• PiShop: Your Name with Digits of Pi - This makes a great gift, t-shirt, mug, etc. for any computer or math geek, friend, child or baby! Write you name or message in up to 100,000 of the infinitely non-repeating digits of pi.
• String Tips & Tricks in C# - How to get the most out of C# strings.
• Trigonometry Functions with the PICmicro MCU - A simple solution for handling trig functions with the PIC Micro microcontroller.
• Understanding .Net Assemblies & References - An introduction to the nuances of .Net assemblies and references for anyone who's be bewildered by their intricacies.
• Visual Studio IDE Tips & Tricks - Copy & Paste Edition - Some helpful tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of moving text around in the Visual Studio IDE.

Woodworkers

• All About Racks and Rack Rails - Everything you need to know about racks and rack rails for your home studio or pro audio studio -- especially if you're considering building it yourself.
• Custom DIY Studio Rack & Workstation Tips, Tricks & Ideas - Lots of helpful tips, tricks and ideas you can use when building your own custom studio furniture
• Dovetail Jig for Alibre Design - Model perfect dovetail joints in just seconds.
• How To Build a Chess Board or Checkerboard - Building an heirloom-quality chess or checkers board with a surprisingly small amount of wood.
• How to Build a Studio Rack - A step-by-step tutorial for building a custom studio keyboard stand and equipment rack on a tight budget with seventh-grade-shop-class skills, and without having to handle any dangerous saw blades.
• How to Compost Sawdust - A woodworker’s guide to composting
• How to Generate Amazon Affiliate Product Links - Thwart affiliate hijackers by cleaning up Amazon.com affiliate product links or generate new links to Amazon products using the Amazon Associate ID of your choice.
• How To Make Dovetail Joints with Alibre Design - Using my DoveTail Jig for Alibre Design, you can easily cut or extrude dovetail joints in Alibre Design, a popular, easy-to-use and FREE 3D parametric modeling application. (The Xpress version if currently free.)
• Primitive Wizard (Saw Mill) for Alibre Design - Automate the repetitive task of building lots of similar six-sided primitives.
• Recording Studio Workstation & Rack Plans - Studio furniture you can build yourself!

Dads & Moms

Totally FREE online tools:

• CodeOnesie: Personalized Programming Baby Clothes - This makes a great gift for any baby who knows a programmer or who just wants to act like one!
• How To Make Perfect Mocha Syrup - It only takes a few minutes and a few simple ingredients to make a mocha syrup that's better than anything you'll find at Starbucks or in the store.
• PiShop: Your Name with Digits of Pi - This makes a great gift, t-shirt, mug, etc. for any computer or math geek, friend, child or baby! Write you name or message in up to 100,000 of the infinitely non-repeating digits of pi.

ESL Teachers

• Free ESL Flashcards - Two complete sets of ESL flashcards -- over 100 cards -- for free download.

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