The Hitch Post
Observations about fluid power and other technologies, technical writing, and unrelated topics
Monday, December 12, 2011
Lessons in elementary fluid power
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A website based in the Netherlands has some great graphics showing how fluid power (hydraulic and pneumatic) components work. Visuals are ...
Thursday, December 1, 2011
A diesel-hydraulic motorcycle
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Bikers are a passionate group. So are hydraulics guys. So it shouldn't be surprising that an enterprising hydraulic system designer woul...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
200 countries, 200 years in 4 minutes
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I'm not into world economics, but this is an interesting video that follows world health and economics of 200 countries over the last 2...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
There's no momentum in sports
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While watching some of the 2011 World Series coverage, I noticed commentators talking about teams' "momentum." I don't kno...
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Would you rather be lucky or smart? Steve Jobs was both.
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Even before Steve Jobs died, media reports repeatedly referred to his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University . In his speech, Steve...
Thursday, October 20, 2011
A trip through the former East Germany
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A few years ago I was invited to a press tour by Bosch Rexroth , headquartered in Germany. I spent nearly a week with editors from four oth...
Friday, October 14, 2011
Did Steve Jobs change the world?
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Appropriately enough, my wife and I first got the news that Steve Jobs had died as an alert on her iPhone. Initial news reports mentioned ho...
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