Jesse Clayburgh

Programmer & Student @ Stanford

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I built an Apple keyboard and trackpad case

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Last quarter I had the opportunity to take ME203: Design and Manufacturing. 203 is a core Mechanical Engineering requirement at Stanford and known colloquially as the “shop class”. The class consistes of a weekly lecture on physical manufacturing processes and methods and copious amounts of time in the Product Realization Laboratory (PRL). Students pick a product at the beginning of the quarter to manufacture and spend the 8 remaining weeks designing, prototyping, and manufacturing whatever it is they choose.

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I settled on making a case for my Apple keyboard and trackpad. I use the iMacs in the computer lab as external monitors and often carry my keyboard back and forth from dorm-room to lab. Over time the keyboard has gotten pretty beat-up and was beginning to lose some keys. I wanted to make a case that would be protective, but also have that sweet, polished aluminum, Apple look.

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BTC-E: How to add and withdraw Bitcoin

I’ve had several people ask me over the past few days how to either add or withdraw funds on BTC-E.com. BTC-E doesn’t have an overly complex UI, so adding and withdrawing is pretty quick. As of Mid December 2013 here’s how to do it:

Adding Bitcoin:

Login to your account and go to finances in the top right corner:finances.png

Like you might expect, you click on “deposit” to add funds:
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From here, getting Bitcoin in is super easy. Just send it to the address in the blue box. It will take around an hour, so don’t get freaked out if you don’t see it after 10 minutes. Note that all you need to send it to this address is the address in the blue box. No email address, phone number, etc..
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Withdrawing Bitcoin:

Withdrawing is also straightforward. Click on withdraw this time:Screen Shot 2013-12-09 at 12.39.30 AM.png

Now at the bottom of your screen you’ll see this box:

Simply just put the Bitcoin address you’d like to transfer to and the...

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