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April 30, 2003
The SR/F System - Fork Extractor
Storage Retrieval / Fork System
The major difference in our S/R machine design concept is the use of conventional truck forks mounted on a rotating and transverse shifting mechanism to handle the pallet loads. This is in contrast to a shuttle device used on conventional S/R machines that require cantilever stub shelf racks (to provide clearance for the shuttle mechanism under the pallet).
The SR/F Fork Extractor is Mounted on the front of the machine, which is counterbalanced and with no structure in front of the forks to restrict their freedom of movement. The extractor is composed of a rugged rotating fork assembly driven by an industrial heavy duty gear unit and traverses laterally on precision ways by a heavy duty industrial ball screw.
The advantage of this arrangement vs. the conventional AS/RS shuttle is the ability of the SR/F to handle any load/pallet that a fork truck or pallet jack can. The SR/F can pick up or deposit pallets from simple bolsters anywhere on the aisle or at the end of the aisle.
The SR/F has no special rack design requirement. Conventional or new beam racks as used by man ride fork trucks are perfectly suitable.
Posted by Lang Squal at 04:00 PM
Happy Birthday, Willie!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 09:44 AM
April 29, 2003
1 pixel per meter
Hey McFrozen, get your nerd on.
Posted by Mike at 11:24 AM
April 28, 2003
Henry Got Glasses
Posted by Mike at 05:29 PM
Happy Fun Entertainment
https://www.boohbah.com/zone.html
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 03:04 PM
I Hate
where I live sometimes....
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:58 AM
Beeeefcake!
Hey, I need help moving Thursday. Who's in? McFrozen, I know you owe me a move. Hoyt, I think I still owe you a move.
Oh yeah, I'm moving to The Castro.
Shut up.
Posted by Mike at 09:04 AM
April 25, 2003
Peeps Bus Sighting
There I was, working quietly all by my lonesome, when I happened to look out the window and see this. It's truly the oddest damn thing I've seen on the road.
And yes, life has been rather slow paced for me lately, thanks for asking. Think I'll take a nap now and recuperate from all the peep-citement.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 06:37 PM
A worthy effort
So I got this package in the mail yesterday from a dear friend. It contained a few CDs. But the most notable CD is called "Homework No. 2", released by a label called Hyped To Death, one of the coolest projects I've seen in a long time. They exist specifically to "present the best of indie punk, powerpop and DIY from the late '70s into the first few years of the 1980s. ...with brilliant sound and plenty of handy info at a reasonable price." Visit their site to learn more and to buy some of the best music EVER for $9 per CD.
Anyway, the reason that "Homework No. 2" was included in the package, and the reason that it's so incredibly cool, is that it includes a nearly forgotten and (I thought) lost forever Hugh Beaumont track called "Purple Things". This was recorded in early '83, just before our move to Austin and was released on the "Steelrok Presents" compilation tape. "Purple Things" refers specifcally to purple microdot acid, but it was a time of rampant and liberal experimentation by everyone involved with HBE, particularly MDA.
Here's the liner notes about the song from the CD:
Then there's the Hugh Beaumont Experience, perhaps the rarest and most sought-after Texas punk band. "Purple Things" appears here because it's from the obscure Steelrok Presents cassette, but you'd hardly know it was HBX. Drummer King Coffey [later in the Buttholes] explained: "The band (except the guitar player) stayed up the night before doing MDA at my house, listening to Pebbles compilations. We were convinced that if we ran David's one lone effects pedal through the entire song, we'd achieve some kind of psychedelic bliss. David was pissed that the stoned singer and drummer was telling him how to play, but there was little he could do to shut us up." There's a fine '93 LP of more typical HBX stuff that E.V. released just after vox Bradly Stiles' death in '93.
My recollection is about the same except for one thing: the pedal that was used to actually record the song wasn't mine. It was lying around the studio the day that we recorded.
We had written "Purple Thing"s as a funny little psychedelic pop ditty, and I had been turning up my stereo chorus to get the shimmery guitar like in "Too Much To Dream Last Night" (more or less successfully, but mostly less). But when we got to Rocky's studio that morning, somebody found a different pedal: a flanger (maybe an Ibanez Super Flanger?). It was determined (to my later chagrin) that finding that pedal was an omen because it was ... purple.
It was also determined that if some flange was good, more flange was gooder. I have a vague recollection of making some deal to record it both ways, but then we ran out of time before we could record it with the chorus instead of the flanger. I think by that point I didn't really give a shit because I didn't think the tape was going to amount to much and I had to get to my dishwashing shift at the Keg.
So enough already. Here's the song. It's a hoot. And big, big thanks to Hyped To Death. They're doing a very cool thing in a very cool way.
The Hugh Beaumont Experience - Purple Things (2.34 mb)
Posted by mccreath at 03:26 PM
I Saw the Cramps Last Night, They Were Good..
I also saw Ivy's underwear, they were red
Posted by Lang Squal at 01:09 PM
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Stpl Rmvr is sleepy.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 11:08 AM
April 23, 2003
The Cats Are Back
The original link died, but the cats are alive and well here.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 02:27 PM
April 22, 2003
Nina Simone dies
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:20 AM
April 20, 2003
Friends, Sad News
I've been out this week because my niece Jodi, age 11, died in a horse riding accident. This is my sister's middle daughter. If you'd like to read about her,
I know none of y'all ever met Jodi- Kong maybe you did- but she was very amazing and special. Her current favorite song is Traveling Soldier by the Dixie Chicks, and I was very proud and happy that we, on Jennifer's request, brought Jodi's bright green cd boombox- with a power puff girl sticker on it- to the grave site and played the song at the end of her committal service.
I certainly don't want to make any body sad because Jodi has always been one of the happiest people i've ever been around, I just want to let my friends know that it happened.
TTK your last post about kids, your son and niece, is of course very special to me. HUG 'EM!
Posted by Lang Squal at 02:50 PM
my son and niece
ahhh kids.
thumbnail: click for image.
Posted by tom at 10:48 AM
April 18, 2003
You're a country ...
What's your national anthem?
Posted by mccreath at 11:41 AM
April 17, 2003
Hot Dog Heart
and other delightful melodies...
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 01:29 PM
April 16, 2003
Checking In...
Dave, have you made the terror alert pillows like you promised.
Hoyt, when's your SF trip?
Tom, how're those grades?
Stpl, did you get that hug you needed?
... and whoever the rest of you are or claim to be, let's get updates. i grow restless.
Posted by Mike at 02:24 PM
April 14, 2003
the verities
mini golf with a five year old rocks.
Posted by tom at 04:33 PM
April 11, 2003
I am feeling so great today!!
Let's hug!!!!!
Posted by Lang Squal at 09:23 AM
April 10, 2003
Oh Thank Heaven
for Seven Eleven.... private label beer....?
At the very least they should have called it Big Drunk and served it out of a Slurpee machine.
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 09:46 AM
Wow, DEVO has really changed!
Posted by Lang Squal at 08:24 AM
April 09, 2003
P--- M- F-----
Posted by mccreath at 06:56 PM
https://www.protest-records.com/
Posted by Lang Squal at 07:24 AM
April 07, 2003
Times they are a-changing
"They showed her a picture of her son wearing a t-shirt that said 'Unfuck the world' on the front, and 'Dethrone the Bushes' on the back. They told her that was an un-American statement. She said, 'That's free speech,' and they said, 'Well, things are changing these days.'"
RollingStone.com: News: Army Questions Spearhead Mom
Posted by King at 12:38 PM
Some Monday Music For You
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 08:38 AM
April 06, 2003
Very Punny
Posted by Mike at 09:33 PM
New shirts
who wants?
Posted by Mike at 08:13 PM
April 04, 2003
The Opsound Project
Opsound is a record label using an open source, copyleft model, an experiment in practical gift economics, a laboratory for new ways of releasing music.
Full text from the site:
Musicians and sound artists of all kinds are invited to join the Opsound project.
Opsound is a record label using an open source, copyleft model, an experiment in practical gift economics, a laboratory for new ways of releasing music.
In its first phase of operation, Opsound is gathering material for an open sound pool which will be drawn on for the creation of a series of online and real-world microlabels. All material for the sound pool will be released under a Creative Commons license (the "Attribution-ShareAlike license "), a copyleft license in the spirit of open source software license which allows for all kinds of copying, remixing, use, and reuse while retaining an attribution to the original artist.
Anyone is encouraged to contribute sound files to the open sound pool, including field recordings, ambiences, incomplete improvisations, monologues & dialogues, spoken texts, unfinished experiments, detached soundtracks, vocal solos, strange noises, bedroom laptop, microsound, generative, glitch dub, idm, minimal techno, blip hop, hip hop, turntablist, downtempo, uptempo, reggae, ragga, raga, roots, breakbeat, basement punk, garage band, indy, shoegazer, psychedelia, noise, song, be-bop, free jazz, modern composition, avant-anything, etc. Sound files can be complete pieces of music, or elements intended be combined into something new.
DEADLINE: There is currently no deadline, and entries will be accepted on an ongoing basis. You are, however, encouraged to enter your material as soon as is conveniently possible.
HOW TO ENTER: Please visit the Opsound site at https://www.opsound.org, read the guidelines and faq, and then use the entry form.
Posted by mccreath at 07:26 PM
No damn sense of history
So we're working on a new application and need some phony data in a database to play with, right? So one of the guys finds a sample database with sales data for guns and dolls.
So I sez to him, "Guns 'n' Dolls? Sounds like Hansen and Slash formed a band." I crack up and the other five people in the room, who all heard the joke, look at me blankly like I'm speaking French Freedom or something.
Posted by mccreath at 06:28 PM
It's a dog-eat-dog world
According to reports, the winner of the 20,000-dog event -- a 3-year-old Pekingese named Danny -- is under investigation following charges that his precious little puss was hand-crafted by a plastic surgeon.
Posted by Mike at 04:17 PM
I've said it here before,
but it's worth repeatin'..
https://www.khyi.com is a real fine country station. Sure they play some stuff that's a tad "singer/songwriter-y" but when they're good they're great.
Today I heard a commercial "We don't play Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, or Metallica, because none of that is country music."
Happy listenin' and knee takin'!
Posted by Lang Squal at 03:32 PM
ouch
i think i've been liberated enough. you said it would feel good. well maybe it feels good to YOU.
now i'll probably end up with some grody infection.
Posted by tom at 01:55 PM
Inside Pictures
of The Lounge, for those without password access
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 11:26 AM
April 03, 2003
Random Meaningless Thoughts
1] I had bookmarked the Dallas Democratic Party website, and when I opted to delete it, the computer asked me, "Would you like to send The Dallas County Democratic Party to the recycle bin?" I answered yes.
2] A guy was just in the office talking about the Sixteenth Chapel.
That is all. Resume your jobs.
Posted by Lang Squal at 03:20 PM
April 02, 2003
We stand on the abyss
Stare into the gaping maw of the Gates of Hell. Thank goodness I am protected from this abomination by thousands of miles of Canada. Canada, I salute you!
Posted by mccreath at 03:08 PM
April 01, 2003
A damn fine weekend
Katie and I took Lola up Resurrection Pass.
Posted by mccreath at 12:43 PM
I'm Hongree
Weight Watchers recipies circa. 1974
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 11:37 AM
Another good Krugman column
Posted by Lang Squal at 10:59 AM
Like Computers?
Have far too much time on your hands? Build some of these!
Posted by Krayon Scribbel at 10:09 AM