First blog post of the new year
Hope you had a great holiday!
It’s been a long time since the last of my blog posts because I was getting ready for the winter holidays. I figured I could take a long break since this website is pretty much automatic now, adding new posts from RSS feeds every 30 minutes or so. Thus, there is useful new content even when I’m not working on my website, which is wonderful for my visitors.
When I got back, there was a backlog of HiViz orders for me to fill. I had 5 circuits to assemble, something like 10 cables to assemble, and a whole bunch of kits to put together. Then everything needed to be packaged, and the shipping labels put on. I worked on the orders throughout New Year’s day (Saturday), stopping for lunch and dinner breaks until I finally finished all but two orders at 10 PM that night. Our usual Post Office container box for our orders wasn’t just filled to capacity, it was overflowing. Read more…
Installation, Maintenance, Repair, and Design of HiViz Circuits
In earlier blog entries, I described how I will be learning to install, maintain, repair, and design solar power systems. It just occurred to me that I’m doing exactly that with our little HiViz circuits. Since HiViz is my longest-held job (since 2004 and counting), there must be something about working with the circuits that I enjoy. I’m thinking perhaps it is the installation, maintenance, repair, and design work.
Installing Components
Every HiViz circuit is assembled on a breadboard from individual components that are kept in parts cabinets. I have to take the parts out, snip off the legs to the required length, and install them in their proper location on the breadboard in order to make a complete circuit. Joining the parts are wires that I also have to measure out to the correct length, and then I install those on the breadboard. The circuit requires inputs and outputs which come in the form of components connected to cables; I assemble those and install those on the breadboard also. Read more…
Categories: My Job Tags: circuits, design, hands-on, HiViz, installation, maintenance, repair
Working a green job
Green jobs are, in my opinion, the best kinds of jobs. They are good for the environment, usually have some element of social responsibility, and pay a living wage. There is nothing excessive about a socially responsible green job; you get enough to live by, you give enough back for others to be able to do the same. Everyone wins.
How to find a green job
More people than ever want to be at a job that’s friendly to the environment and families. Only a few want to be at jobs full of politics, corruption, and bureaucracy. So how do you find a green job at a time when it’s difficult to find any job? Read more…
My career working at home
I have a pretty good career as it is. I am a co-manager of HiViz.com, an online business that offers kits and assembles trigger circuits for high-speed photography. I perform the majority of the kit packaging, assembly, testing, and order packaging, as well as the web design. My husband does the customer support, shipping, and web content updating. We truly have a real work-at-home business that has grown practically from nothing into what it is now. Read more…
