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2005-08-10 by grantrichter2001
I love the new Dashboard in OS X Tiger. I think somebody should write a noise maker as a dashboard widget. How about a "Woggle Bug widget". ha, ha Incidentally, my father told me the word "widget" comes from the Wigginton Voltage Tester made by the Square D company. Wigginton was too long to say, and the electricians started calling them "wiggets" which morphed into "widget". Anyone else heard a similar urban legend?
2005-08-10 by grantrichter2001
Here is a picture of the Wigginton Voltage Tester http://ssl.linuxbeach.net/cgi-bin/LinuxBeach/R5008.html --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "grantrichter2001" <grichter@a...> wrote:
> I love the new Dashboard in OS X Tiger. I think somebody should write a noise maker as a > dashboard widget. How about a "Woggle Bug widget". ha, ha > > Incidentally, my father told me the word "widget" comes from the Wigginton Voltage Tester > made by the Square D company. Wigginton was too long to say, and the electricians started > calling them "wiggets" which morphed into "widget". > > Anyone else heard a similar urban legend?
2005-08-11 by Robair, Gino
Not quite a Woggle Bug, but it's leaning in that direction: http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/music/zzzannoyinggroove.html On 8/10/05 4:37 PM, "grantrichter2001" <grichter@asapnet.net>scribbled:
> I love the new Dashboard in OS X Tiger. I think somebody should write a noise > maker as a > dashboard widget. How about a "Woggle Bug widget". ha, ha > > Incidentally, my father told me the word "widget" comes from the Wigginton > Voltage Tester > made by the Square D company. Wigginton was too long to say, and the > electricians started > calling them "wiggets" which morphed into "widget". > > Anyone else heard a similar urban legend? > >
2005-08-11 by grantrichter2001
I can't think of a better form of advertising than to make a cool audio pacifier for dashboard. Specially if it was fun for kids and adults. Something like the "Spacebox" maybe? http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/DIY/Grant/Borg.html Use a game controller? I can pay in modules (ha, ha). --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Robair, Gino" <GRobair@p...> wrote:
> Not quite a Woggle Bug, but it's leaning in that direction: > http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/music/zzzannoyinggroove.html > > > On 8/10/05 4:37 PM, "grantrichter2001" <grichter@a...>scribbled: > > > I love the new Dashboard in OS X Tiger. I think somebody should write a noise > > maker as a > > dashboard widget. How about a "Woggle Bug widget". ha, ha > > > > Incidentally, my father told me the word "widget" comes from the Wigginton > > Voltage Tester > > made by the Square D company. Wigginton was too long to say, and the > > electricians started > > calling them "wiggets" which morphed into "widget". > > > > Anyone else heard a similar urban legend? > > > >
2005-08-11 by not known
--- grantrichter2001 <grichter@asapnet.net> wrote: I can't make out the print on the rear of the space box on my screen - is the jack on the right (when looking at it from the rear) labelled "external input"? if so, when are these being made and how much will they cost? ;-) --------------------------------- I can't think of a better form of advertising than to make a cool audio pacifier for dashboard. Specially if it was fun for kids and adults. Something like the "Spacebox" maybe? http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/DIY/Grant/Borg.html Use a game controller? I can pay in modules (ha, ha). hear my music here: http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=231479&T=9048 see my studio here: http://members.tripod.com/static_insect/ __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca
2005-11-30 by Robair, Gino
2005-12-01 by Chris Moser
----- Original Message -----From: Robair, GinoSent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:08 PMSubject: [wiardgroup] John Simonton infoFYI:
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PAiA Electronics, Inc.
3200 Teakwood Ln. H
Edmond, OK 73013 USA
www.paia.com
Founder and president of PAiA Electronics Dies at 62
In Memoriam: John Stayton Simonton, Jr.
June 24, 1943 Nov. 25, 2005
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to John and Eva Simonton, John Simonton grew up in New Orleans, LA graduating from the Sam Barth School for Boys and the Metairie Park Country Day School. In 1965 while finishing his electrical engineering and psychology degree at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA he met and married Linda Brumfield Simonton.
After completing his degree in 1967, John moved to Oklahoma to work for the first computerized jet engine test facility at Tinker A.F.B.
In 1968, John founded PAiA Electronics, Inc. in Oklahoma City, a company dedicated to providing synthesizer kits to the do-it-yourself electronic musician. John Simonton designed hundreds of products including the Gnome MicroSynthesizer, the SMPL System SMPTE / MIDI / Machine synchronizer and the PAiA Programmable Drum Set, which is credited with being the first commercially available user-programmable percussion box.
Many music artists received their first exposure to synthesis with PAiAs modular systems, and scores of engineers, scientists and technicians were first exposed to their professions through his many trade journal articles. His work with starved tube circuitry produced the TubeHead series of preamplifiers and his most recent project was PAiA's Theremax theremin.
A widely read author and contributor in the electronic popular press, John was also the publisher of Polyphony magazine, which was first published in 1975 and later renamed Electronic Musician. Electronic Musician eventually sold to Mix Publications of Berkeley in 1985. John was also the founding partner in High Technology, Inc. the first computer store in Oklahoma in 1976, which became the first wholesale distributor for Apple Computer, Inc. in 1977.
Deeply dedicated to doing what was right, John was a mentor and inspiration to many do-it-yourselfers. He not only encouraged them to pursue avocations and careers in engineering and music, but provided the tools that helped them realize their dreams.
He is survived by wife Linda Simonton, daughter D. Stayton (Staci) Craig, son John S. Simonton III (Trey), granddaughters Nikki Craig and Callie Simonton, and grandson Christopher Kai Simonton.
A memorial service to celebrate Johns life will be held at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Omniplex Science Museum, 2100 NE 52nd Street, Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the John S. Simonton Memorial Fund at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, PO Box 1146, Oklahoma City 73101.
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