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This Guru's Lair technical library offers unique and original Don
Lancaster content in the form of reprints, publications, and many
related resources. Plus selected third party contributions.

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The Abeja Shelf*        Bee's own collection of resources -- Arizona, crafts, medical, movies,        neat stuff, travel, books, weaving, more...

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Click here for Alternate Medicine book info.

The Adobe Acrobat PDF Shelf        Key tutorials and utilities to use and apply net-friendly Adobe        Acrobat PDF. Includes byte serving, url insertion, site analysis

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Click here for HTML, ASP, and JavaScript book info.

The Ask The Guru Shelf.      A major reprint archive of Don Lancaster's print publications.      Includes LaserWriter Corner , Ask the Guru, Circuit Cellar, more.

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The Auction Assistance Shelf.        Tutorials on surplus, eBay, and other auctions plus links to useful       auction access, tools, directories, and sites.

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Click here to view our Surplus Bargains.

Our Bargains & Surplus Shelves.       Our stock offerings of everything from quality Tek and HP test gear       to sensors to water soluble swimsuits to remote rural land.

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The Bitmapped Font Repository.*       A collection of hand crafted utilities to create small fonts of       exceptional legibility. For photo retouching, eBooks,etc....

Click here for a Precision Fonts tutorial.
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The Blatant Opportunist Shelf.       Tech venture and small scale startup help from Don's Blatant       Opportunist ezine. Real-world tactics and strategies.

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The Book Access Shelf.        Instant access to popular Don Lancaster books, plus more details       on those other titles Don recommends or has recently reviewed.

Click here for Pseudoscience website access.
Click here for Nikoli Tesla book info.

The Book-on-demand Shelf.*      The key tools and techniques for small scale self-publishing.       Extensive coverage of printers, binding, Acrobat, lots more.

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Click here for Patent Avoidance info.

The Captain Video Secret Mountain Laboratory Shelf.*         Tutorials on video, broadcast resources, NTSC, Calibars, and          Video toasters. Plus video links and newsgroup access.

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The Consultant's Network Shelf.*      Listing and directory of third party fee based consulting services      who Don personally knows and recommends.

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Click here for a Don Lancaster biography.

The Cubic Spline Shelf.       Bezier curves or cubic splines are the key to smooth graphic curves       and surfaces. Here's the secret insider info on how they work

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Click here for Acrobat PDF details.

The eBay Live Auction Shelf.      Your ongoing source for outstanding bargains in everything from      superb electronic test gear to water soluble swimsuits.

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The eBay Sources of Supply Shelf.      Create your own regional auction resource directory by      using this exclusive (and thoroughly proven) service.

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The Energy Awarenes Shelf.     Our latest and best alternate energy info is currently a     major part of our "Its a gas" hydrogen energy page.

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Click here for our GuruGram library.

The Electrical Engineering Shelf.*      Links to links farms and other major electronic and electrical      engineering sites, Chipcenter & Questlink access, more...

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Click here for Don's Non-Technical Links.

The Flutterwumper Shelf.         Flutterwumpers are low cost machines that chomp or spit. PC Drills,        CAD/CAM, animation stands, etc. Done with PIC's and PostScript.

Click here for Robotic book info.
Click here for Pushme-pullyou Hexapod links.

The Fonts & Image Postproc Shelf.        Power tools for ultimate screen legibility include true integral        anti-aliasing, image relettering, and fancy bitmap manipulations.

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The Gila Valley Day Hikes Shelf.       Ongoing series of Don's local travel secrets that even the       natives never heard of!

Click here for Hardware Hacker tutorials.
Click here for Partners & Associates info.

The GuruGram Shelf.        Collections of Don's unique technical ap notes.        Also the continuation of the Tech Musings series.

Click here for Hardware Hacker tutorials.
Click here for Partners & Associates info.

The Guru's Lair Shelf.        Collections of Don's articles and columns. Includes Popular        Electronics, RE, EW, Circuit Cellar stories and Computer Shopper.

Click here for PIC Microprocessor tutorials.
Click here for PIC Microprocessor book info.

The Golly Gee Mister Science Shelf*       Tutorials, files and annotated links of primarily scientific interest.        Includes extensive .sci hot linked newsgroups list.

Click here for Pseudoscience tutorials and links.
Click here for Pseudoscience book info.

The Hardware Hacker Shelf.       Electronic and computer fundamentals from Don's older Radio       Electronics and Electronics Now print columns & archives.

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Click here for Medical Website link info.

The Incredible Secret Money Machine Shelf.*        Support for Don's underground classic book on forming your        own small scale technical, artistic, or craft ventures.

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Click here for Webmastering book info.

The InfoPack Shelf.          Instant solutions to most any technical problem with Don's         "cash and carry" consulting service.

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Click here for Wavelet book info.

The Its a Gas Shelf.       Information on hydrogen resources for alternate energy and       transportation. Includes tutorials, links, books, newsgroups.

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The Magic Sinewaves Shelf.       Key resource collection for a unique billion dollar opportunity that       ups efficiency and simplifies virtually all power electronics.

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Click here PIC Website Links.

The Math Stuff Shelf.*        Tutorials and utilities on fundamental and applied mathematics.        Mostly by Don Lancaster or Jim Fitzsimons.

Click here PIC Microprocessor tutorials.
Click here PIC Microprocessor books.

The Navicube Shelf.*        Navicubes are three inch cubes that always know where they are.         Lots of info here on navigation, compasses, gyros, and GPS.

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Click here Robotic Books access.

The Non-technical Links Shelf.*        Don's annotated collection of unique and unusual website        links and related resources.

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Click here for Auction tools and tutorials

The Opportunity Shelf.          Become a Guru's Lair banner advertiser, sponsor, or participate in          one of Don's ongoing seminars.

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Click here for Bezier & Cubiic Spline info

The Other Neat Stuff Shelf.*         Well, iffen it won't fit anywhere else, I guess it will end up here.         More or less. At least some of the time. Maybe.

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Click here for Recently Reviewed books

The Patent Avoidance Shelf.        Avoid patent scams and ripoffs by using these tested and        proven real-world alternatives to patents and patenting.

Click here for Blatant Opportunist reprints.
Click here for Resource Bin reprints.

The Pick a Peck of PIC's Shelf.*        The PIC microprocessor is the hardware component of the        decade. Find out why these unique support tutorials.

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Click here for PIC Microprocessor books.

The PostScript Shelf.         One of the foremost resources in the world for use of PostScript         as a superb general purpose computing language.

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Click here for Acrobat PDF tutorials.

The Pseudoscience Shelf.         Fascinating readings on mesmerizingly awful "research" and on         related topics that "aren't even wrong".

Click here for Pseudoscience books.
Click here for Pseudoscience links.

The Resource Bin Shelf.         Don's "Where to go to get stuff" columns from Nuts & Volts.         Has everything from trade journals to robotics to auto electronics

Click here for Tech Musings ezines.
Click here for Blatant Opportunist ezines.

The Santa Claus Machines Shelf.*       The roast beef sandwiches still leave a distinct acrylic aftertaste,       but great things are happening in Rapid Prototyping these days.

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The Synergetics Shelf.*       Services, directories, and other product info from Don 's       Synergetics and Synergetics Press tech resource sources.

Click here for Test Equipment bargains.
Click here for Cost Effective Research solutions.

The Tech Musings Shelf.     Electroinic and computer fundamentals ezine that are a continuation     from Don's Electronics Now and Poptronix print columns.

Click here for earlier Hardware Hacker columns.
Click here for ASP & JavaScript book details.

The Third Party Shelf.       Unique submissions from other contributors. Includes       Jim Fitzsimons math and several other authors.

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Click here for Offshore Electronics book details.

The Tinaja Questing Shelf.      A collection of "just for" and humor items. Includes Gila Valley     Day Hikes and Mount Graham aerial tramway resources

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Click here for Patent Avoidance info.

The Wavelets Shelf.*      Tutorials, resources, and web links for wavelets, a powerful      new math tool for video compression and other major uses.

Click here for more Math Stuff.
Click for Bezier Curves & Cubic Spline info.

The Webmastering Shelf.*        Tutorials and key needed tools to start and maintain your        own personal or professional web home page.

Click here for Water Soluble Swimsuits.
Click for Kiss-Your-Ass-Goodbye nuclear memorabilia.

The Web Resources Shelf.*       Links to assorted tools and sites that make web access much       easier and more convenient.

Click here for Flutterwumper info.
Click for Santa Claus Machine resources.

The What's New? Shelves.      Find out our latest and best info, along with a historical archive      of what got added when.

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Acrobat .PDF editing tools    Acrobat .PDF text extractor/word frequncy gen    Bitmap Typerwriter (updated & improved)    Case Against Patents Classic Paper    Case Against Patents eBook    Degubbing Secrets      Dodges & Burns for your Digital Camera!      Don't Get Sick    Elegant Simplicity    Engineering Ratholes    Enhancing Your eBay Tactical Skills I    Enhancing Your eBay Tactical Skills II    Enhancing Your eBay Tactical Skills III    Fun with Fields    How to Bash Pseudoscience    Introduction to Magic Sinewaves    Investigating Brown's Gas    JavaScript Magic Sinewave Calculator    Length of a Cubic Spline & its Subdivision    Magic Sinewave Demo Hardware    Magic Sinewave Executive Summary    Math Behind Bezier Cubic Splines    Mount Graham Aerial Tramway    My eBay Secrets    My eBay Photo Secrets    Newbie's Intro to the Web    PIC PostScript Flutterwumpers    PostScript Insider Secrets    Power Measurement Fundamentals    Precision Bitmap Fonts    Real Time Acrobat Animation    Rebound Electromagnetic Field Solutions    Refurb Log    Refurb Thoughts    Saga of the Dripping Stalactite    Scamming a Student Paper    Secrets of Extreme Screen Legibility    Secrets of Technical Innovation    Some Energy Fundamentals    Son of eBay Secrets    Steplocked Magic Sinewaves    Step-by-step Image Prep    Successful eBay Buying Strategies    Successful eBay Selling Strategies    Supraluminal Dowsing for Brown's Gas in Roswell    Swings & Tilts for your Digital Camera    The Way Things Were    The Worst of Marcia Swampfelder    Thermodynamics Tutorial    Three Phase Magic Sinewaves    Ultra Fast Magic Sinewave Calculator    Ultra Fast Magic Sinewave Tutorial    Understanding Fourier Series    Universal .BMP Image Manipulator    Using Distiller as a PostScript Computer    Web Logfile Analyzer & eBay Theft Detector    When to Patent.

And here's some of our newest uploads...

GuruGram #72 -- What is the best eBay price?   GuruGram #71 -- Enhancing your eBay skills V   GuruGram #70 -- Enhancing your eBay skills IV   GuruGram #61 -- Book Cover Layout Utilities   GuruGram #59 -- Cubic Spline through 4 points   GuruGram #58 -- The Math behind cubic splines   GuruGram #57 -- Cubic Spline Circles & Ellipses   GuruGram #55 -- Improved keystone corrector   GuruGram #54 -- Perspective lettering utilities   GuruGram #52 -- Raw PostScript full transparency!   GuruGram #48 -- Flashing Text in Acrobat   GuruGram #46 -- Acrobat PDF Content Extraction   GuruGram #45 -- Word Frequency Analysis Tools   GuruGram #44 -- Arizona Auction Resource Guide   GuruGram #42 -- PS Array-to-Image Conversion   Your own custom Auction Resource finder   GuruGram #40 -- MagSin PIC Prgming Sourcecode   GuruGram #38 -- New Magic Sinewave Eval Chips   GuruGram #36 -- Logfile Reporter History Addon   Precision Ultra Legible Bitmapped Fonts Library   GuruGram #34 -- SigViewing of Magic Sinewaves   GuruGram #32 -- A Heap Sort for PostScript   Combined Magic Background & Vignette Utility   Combined Swingtilt & Whitefill Utility   GuruGram #31 -- Fast & Efficient PostScript Sorts   GuruGram #30 -- PostScript String & Array Hacks   GuruGram #27 -- Magic Sinewave Quantizations   GuruGram #24 -- Magic Sinewave Visualizations   GuruGram #23 -- Fancy .JPG to .PDF Conversions   GuruGram #20 -- Gonzo PS PowerPoint Emulator!   GuruGram #19 -- Reducing 8-bit Magsin Distortion   GuruGram #18 -- Power Curve Fitting Data Points   GuruGram #14 -- Exploring the .BMP data format   PS Image Utility -- .BMP Image Dodges & Burns!   GuruGram #16 -- PS Runtime Speedup Secrets   PS Image Utility -- Digital Camera Swings & Tilts!   PS Image Utility -- .BMP properties reporter   PS Image Utility -- .BMP white punchthru avoider   GuruGram #13 -- PS Disk Access Tutorial   Blatant Opportunist #73 -- Son of eBay Secrets   Magic Knockouts for fewer JPEG edge artifacts   GuruGram #12 -- PS Search & Replace Utility   GuruGram #11 -- Exploring the Acrobat 5 SDK   GuruGram #10 -- Internaldict & pdfmark Cmnds   GuruGram #9 -- PostScript Transparency !!!   GuruGram #8 -- Flate Compression Viewer   GuruGram #7 -- Overunity Batteries   Blatant Opportunist #72 --Fun With Stuff   Flutterwumper Library Upgrade   Blatant Opportunist #71 -- Energy Fundamentals   Autotracking Acrobat url link generator   New GuruGram library page   Acrobat Galley Slave thumbnail generator   Blatant Opportunist #70 -- Live Auction Scene   Using Cubic Splines for Image Interpolation   Hostess Twinkies Szechwaun Style   Guru Archive Reprints   Blatant Opportunits #68 -- Emergop 7   Blat archive 1-5   Bunches of new/improved PostScript stuff   Fractal Fern to Image   PostScript Font Path Grabber   PostScript Beginner Projects   PostScript Show & Tell   Revised & Updated Math Library   Revised & Hardware Hacker Archive IV (75-87)   PostScript Fractal Fern PDF and Sourcecode   PostScript Secrets eBook Archive   Blatant Opportunist #67   Blatant Opportunist #66   Fourier Series Magic Sinewave Checkplot   Parabola through three data points   JavaScript calculator user guidelines   MSCAL28Q.ASP New Magic Sinewave Calculator   DELTAPAT.PSL Magic Delta Sourcecode   DELTAPAT.PDF Magic Delta Demo   AAFONT.ASP Precision font & bitmap library   BLENDER.PSL Image/Map Combiner   ALPHAOUT.JPG Image/Map Demo   Aerial Photo of Pacman, Arizona   PDF-2BMP.PSL PDF to Bitmap PS Utility   PDF-2BMP.PSL PDF to Bitmap PS Demo   Galley Slave PS Utility   Galley Slave PS PDF Demo   Degubbing Secrets   Tech Musings #153   Tech Musings #152   Bouncy Bricks

And some of our PostScript-as-Language projects...

Gonzo PostScript Tutorial & Directory     Acrobat .PDF Content Extractor   Auto-tracking .PDF Web Links   Beginner Projects   Bezier Curve thru Fuzzy Data   Bionomial Goes Binary   Book Cover Layout Utility   Digital Camera Swings and Tilts   eBay Image Theft Detector   Elaborate Cubic Spline Manipulations   Fibonacci Sunflowers   Flutterwumper Utilities   Fractal Fern and Image   Free Font Collection   Galley Slave Thumbnail Touring   Gambler's Ruin Simulation   Gonzo PostScript Utiities   4x4 Linear Equation Solver   Logfile History Analyzer   Log Log Engineering Plots   Nonlinear Graphic Transforms   PIC PostScript Flutterwumpers   Pulse Monitor Software   Puzzle Solving with PostScript   Real Time Acrobat Animation   Ridiculously Better PowerPoint Emulator   Simplified Electromagnetic Field Plotter   Smith Chart Generator   Ultra-Legible Tiny Typography   Vignetting Image auto-backgrounder   Writing Complex JavaScript Programs   Word Frequency Analyzer

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