Welcome to Don Lancaster's The Guru's Lair https://www.tinaja.com

Your online tech support service for readers of microcomputer
pioneer, researcher, and prolific author Don Lancaster's ezine
columns that included his Resource Bin,  Blatant Opportunist,
GuruGrams, Tech Musings, Guru's  Lair, and similar tutorials.

A definitive web resource for the spectacularly engineered
Prehistoric Bajada "Hanging" Canals, for our extensive Gila
Valley Dayhikes Guide, and our new Lancaster Classics USB
Library. Plus great heaping bunches of free eBooks.

Along with Don's eclectic coverage for Acrobat and PostScript ,
his Incredible Secret Money Machine, his guidelines to  Avoid
Patent Ripoffs, doing your own Book-on-Demand publishing, or
getting great surplus Live eBay Auctions and Test Equipment
bargains, or discrediting the Hydrogen energy ludicrosity.

Or mastering the secrets of Bezier Cubic Splines, other math
stuff, trashing Pseudoscience, going on a Tinaja Quest, exploring
Magic Sinewave ventures, learning  PIC Microcontrollers, or
exploring InfoPack research, superb Partnering opportunities,
Santa Claus Machines, Water Soluble Swimsuits, or Wavelets,
Books, Flutterwumpers, Fonts, and Webmastering.

Plus annotated links to many thousands of websites and related
resources. All based on the premise that if Don personally uses
them and is interested in them, others are also likely to.

Most library files require an Adobe Acrobat plug in for online
viewing. Offline, these may be accessed by an Acrobat Reader
or an eBook Reader or any other .PDF accepting program.

Included are hundreds of Don's unique .PSL sourcecode files.
These are ordinary textfiles written in the PostScript language
and are usually executed in Acrobat Distiller from the Windows
command line with a secret magic incantation of "//acrodist /F".
Alternately, GhostScript can be used. Some of these .PSL files
use Don's Gonzo utilities, per this sourcecode and this tutorial.

Copyright c 2018 and earlier by Don Lancaster's Synergetics,
3860 West First Street, Box 809, Thatcher AZ, 85552. A free
technical helpline is often available at (928) 428-4073.

All commercial content and media rights are ~fully~ reserved.
Linking welcome, but please do not mirror.

NEW: CSS & PS Web Friendly Colors
NEW: 404 Fixer Upper
NEW: Full Catalogs by file types
NEW: TTL Cookbook free eBook
NEW: Lancaster Classics USB! and sale!
NEW: "Director's Cut" of Tearing Method!

RECENT: PS Font Snooper and demo
RECENT: Simply Marbelous
RECENT: PS Empty Program Pilot
RECENT: Latest Blog
RECENT: Predictions

REVISED: Magic Sinewave Calculator
REVISED: Architect's Perspective
REVISED: Auto Backgrounder & Vignetter
REVISED: Bitmap Typewriter
REVISED: Expanded Gila Day Hikes!

HOT: Prehistoric Hanging Canals!
HOT: Free eBooks
HOT: Video Tutorials
HOT: JavaScript Banner Rotator
HOT: Tech Innovation Secrets

Here's an index and directory to some of our major site areas.
Click, scroll, and click again for direct file access...

For the latest in new files, use this What's New Link or else click
on through to our older Main Library or Site Map pages. Our
goal is to add new daily content, but these are often uploaded a
few days at once. So, please always check back for anything that
you may have missed.

DON'T MISS: Prehistoric Hanging Canals!
DON'T MISS: Marbelous Pancakes!
DON'T MISS: Heretical Field Secrets!
DON'T MISS: New Fat Tail Arrow Utilities!
DON'T MISS: PS Powerpoint Emulation!
DON'T MISS: Secret Insider eBay Stuff!

These on-site links will quickly take you to a few classic tutorials
and most of our Guru's Lair "second level" library access pages...

There are thousands of more links on the Guru's Lair. Most of
them are on our library pages of related interest. Such as these:
Acrobat, Bee's Favorite, Hydrogen, PIC, or Wavelet examples.

Listed below are the top hundred or more websites that I actually use
quite often and highly recommend. They are my "best of web"...

Please let me know your secret favorites so we can add them here.

Here's a convenient collection of web video sources. Some are
free, some include infuriating ads, and some are fee based. We 
try to keep these links free of scams and malware. Please report
any issues...

Our own YouTube video can be found here.

Answerable technical questions are often handled free of charge
by emailing don@tinaja.com or else by phoning (928) 428-4073
during reasonable hours. More complex needs can get filled by
use of our "cash and carry" InfoPack and consulting services.

Our technical consulting rates start at $137 per hour. Support
charges are $43 per hour.

Our secrecy policy: There ain't one! We don't normally do NDA's
or any classified work of any sort. Unless paid prearrangements
are specifically made, you can safely assume that anything and
everything you tell us can and will be disseminated to the widest
possible audience.

Any third party rotating banners are by invitation only and only
represent products that we genuinely support and truly believe in.
Associate arrangements or other considerations may be present.
Separately, we do offer one blockable Adsense top banner per page.

Please note that NO foreign sales and support are available!
Besides being something that we simply do not do, these sales
are prohibited by certain of our suppliers.

You can click here to...
Ask a Technical Question.	Pick up Surplus Bargains.
Download our Free eBooks.	Request a Lecture.
Explore Magic Sinewaves	Schedule a Canal Tour.
Find out what a Tinaja is.	Send an email to Don.
Get a Lancaster Classics USB.	Solve a Research Problem.
Hang with Marcia Swampfelder.	Study our Recommended Books.
Learn Patent Alternatives.	Take a Gila Valley Dayhike.
Look into Energy Efficiency.	Visit the Marbelous Pancakes.
Master Bezier Cubic Splines.	Watch a PostScript Video.
View our Classic Reprints.	Get a Hanging Canals USB.