http://mgx.com/blogs Pondering global affairs Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:53:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/23/open-letter-to-coos-county-commissioners/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/23/open-letter-to-coos-county-commissioners/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:59:34 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4362 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/03/23/open-letter-to-coos-county-commissioners/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/02/19/v-lim-launch-date-coming-soon/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/02/19/v-lim-launch-date-coming-soon/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:40:55 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4235 All this time I thought research and development and prototype design was the hardest part (and believe me it isn't easy), but the procedural side of launching a new product is pretty damned intense. The brain power required from conceptualization to production is not only extensive but the diversity required puts the old 'thinking ten moves ahead' in a chess game to shame.]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/02/19/v-lim-launch-date-coming-soon/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/02/07/the-world-does-a-nice-write-up-on-the-v-lim-wind-turbine/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/02/07/the-world-does-a-nice-write-up-on-the-v-lim-wind-turbine/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:03:02 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4216 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/02/07/the-world-does-a-nice-write-up-on-the-v-lim-wind-turbine/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/01/25/green-professionals-conference-tuesday-january-26-in-portland/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/01/25/green-professionals-conference-tuesday-january-26-in-portland/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:48:00 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4183 Keynote speaker, Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission heads off an all star list of movers and shakers in the sustainable futures field, in Portland. Also on the docket, gubernatorial candidate, Bill Bradbury.]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2010/01/25/green-professionals-conference-tuesday-january-26-in-portland/feed/ 2 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/12/12/v-lim-power-curves/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/12/12/v-lim-power-curves/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:31:37 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4118 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/12/12/v-lim-power-curves/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/11/30/v-lim-generator-testing-prepping-everything/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/11/30/v-lim-generator-testing-prepping-everything/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:23:06 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4104 Takes a lot of time to set up the load in order to test this generator. We are winding inductors, ordering resistors, locking the axle down tight to avoid torquing the whole thing across the building and borrowing meters, oscilloscopes and all matter of digital displays... ]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/11/30/v-lim-generator-testing-prepping-everything/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/11/05/the-v-lim-is-making-a-big-splash/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/11/05/the-v-lim-is-making-a-big-splash/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:06:49 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4060 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/11/05/the-v-lim-is-making-a-big-splash/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/10/30/a-peak-at-the-v-lim-generator/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/10/30/a-peak-at-the-v-lim-generator/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:46:46 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4054 Finally, we have the stator on the axle are balancing the rotor and shimming the magnets.]]> http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/10/30/a-peak-at-the-v-lim-generator/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/10/18/mountain-pass-rare-earth-mine-reopening-in-california/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/10/18/mountain-pass-rare-earth-mine-reopening-in-california/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:59:05 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4038 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/10/18/mountain-pass-rare-earth-mine-reopening-in-california/feed/ 0 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/09/30/econvergence-conference-in-portland-friday/ http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/09/30/econvergence-conference-in-portland-friday/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:22:03 +0000 magix http://mgx.com/blogs/?p=4005 http://mgx.com/blogs/2009/09/30/econvergence-conference-in-portland-friday/feed/ 0