A bit about Thomas Schonenberger http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk A Bit Of This & A Bit Of That Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:50:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Free Universal Construction Kit. http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/free-universal-construction-kit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-universal-construction-kit http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/free-universal-construction-kit/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:11:34 +0000 admin http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=100 Hmmm -going to need to make that 3d printer…
Here is the original article in Richmond magazine: Free Universal Construction Kit.

]]> http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/free-universal-construction-kit/feed/ 0 Inspiration for my next car project http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/inspiration-for-my-next-car-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspiration-for-my-next-car-project http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/inspiration-for-my-next-car-project/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:27:09 +0000 admin http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=94 Finally i have a name for them – they are called RatRods. Forget restoring a classic – this looks like way more fun!

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http://www.kurzweilai.net/boston-dynamics-sand-flea-robot-jumps-10-meters?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fb052ffa48-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email

]]> http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/sandflea-robot/feed/ 0 My latest post at “The Marketing Donut” http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/work/my-latest-post-at-the-marketing-donut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-latest-post-at-the-marketing-donut http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/work/my-latest-post-at-the-marketing-donut/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:17:52 +0000 admin http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=76 I just released a piece about multinational seo:-minefield or piece cake
 at “The Marketing Donut” an expert advice panel that I write for.

]]> http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/work/my-latest-post-at-the-marketing-donut/feed/ 0 Repeating Sound Grid http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/repeating-sound-grid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=repeating-sound-grid http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/repeating-sound-grid/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:26:03 +0000 Thomas http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=51 Found this while stumbling. Rather mesmerizing:

Click away.

Repeating Sound Grid

]]> http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/repeating-sound-grid/feed/ 0 People are awesome http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/45/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=45 http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/45/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:16:12 +0000 admin http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=45 While looking for partner agencies I came across one of them sporting this video

I think it is awesome too!

]]> http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/45/feed/ 0 Project Smartcar http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/project-smartcar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=project-smartcar http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/project-smartcar/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:09:49 +0000 admin http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=35 Mate of a mate of mine decided any oil would do for the little company smart car (if not perhaps any oil at all.) The net result was a busted engine. So I took it off him as a project. I had space in the garage again after all!

Thanks to mates coming over we lifted the car off the subframe. Loosening the handbrake cables took as long as getting everything else off and out. Putting those back is going to be fun!

November 12, 2010 at 10:56
Fun on a Friday night. Found the culprit!

Bought the parts online at midnight, love this country for that! £12 for a valve,£1.50 for a valve stem seal, and £22 for a head gasket. Now to decide if I am going to strip down further to check the rings.they may be gunked up having caused this, but my intention is to sell the car….hmmmm dilemma

January 22 at 4:07pm
back from holiday – time to get stuck back into this project. Taking out a Sunday afternoon.
Fitting valve stem collets without the right tools can be quite a challenge!

February 06
Managed to put everything back together for now. Draining the oil with a suction thingy is an absolute nightmare – taken 4 hours so far. Ouch. But it is done. Keen to start it but needs new oil first.

February 09 at 19:15
Ok, thats good, smartcar starts immediately after having it’s guts out. Valves sound rather loud though. One of them is very loud.

Will take it for a drive, perhaps it will settle down, will be difficult to shift it sounding like this…

Nice, sounds much better. Seems fine now.

Smoking a bit, it wasn’t before… Hmmmmm smoking a lot actually.crap, no one will buy it like this. Wonder why… Running a bit hot, perhaps an airlock? I never did bleed it properly.

Ok, I think I have outdone you @louisventer. Putting power steering fluid in the brakes was good, but I managed to top up the fuel rail with water!

The manual said to remove the clip from the thermostat to bleed: even has pictures. What idiot engineer puts the same fixing right alongside on the fuel rail?

http://www.smartmania.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=701

Beware the fuel rail has the same bloody clips that he talks about

Car now starts again! What luck, fuel floats on water, so I dunno where the cup full I poured in went! Probably on the floor, considering I left the ‘thermostat’ off. Engine bay covered in petrol. The smell gave it away! No surprise the car wasn’t starting!

Ok, running again, whew! Another spin down the road… KAPPOWWW WHEEEZZZEEE, quick engine off.f#ck.
That was a bit of a strange kappowww. Car still starts and runs.managed to drive home.I think thre turbo must have poped a pipe on the boost side. Tomorrows job

]]> http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/project-smartcar/feed/ 2 Find Me On The Expert Panel at “The Marketing Donut” http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/find-me-on-the-expert-panel-at-the-marketing-donut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=find-me-on-the-expert-panel-at-the-marketing-donut http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/find-me-on-the-expert-panel-at-the-marketing-donut/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 10:23:19 +0000 admin http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=28 I have recently been accepted as one of the SEO experts at The Marketing Donut. (See my profile Thomas Schonenberger). This site is part of a larger group of sites run by BHP Information Solutions and offers no nonsense advice to the public about marketing their business. They are a source of articles, checklists, tools and general marketing information. They also have a panel of experts which businesses can draw upon if they have specific questions.

]]> http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/find-me-on-the-expert-panel-at-the-marketing-donut/feed/ 0 Shift happens. http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/shift-happens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shift-happens http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/stuff/shift-happens/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:44:19 +0000 admin http://thomas.schonenberger.me.uk/?p=15 This video (September 2009) is on one of my favourite topics. How privileged are we to be living today. Every now and then I am almost overcome by emotion when I watch these kind of things.

Original 2007 version

source: http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/

Another fantastic read is “The singularity is near” by Ramond Kurzweil http://www.amazon.co.uk/Singularity-Near-Raymond-Kurzweil/dp/0715635611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272015004&sr=8-1

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