This post is not about Databases or Small Talk. One is like Sql and another like C++. This Bleet is about Security of Information, Data, Verbal talk and events at Home; or Software and Databases at the Company level.

Workers or Servants, Near or Far, Big or Small. Even the CEO is the Servant of the Shareholders, Employees, Country and Customers.

You need to pay them well and be genuinely in good terms with them. They should be secure and content. While Hiring you have to encorage people who are peaceful, sensible, ethical and Hardworking.

If you take Monkeys and Pay them Nuts, like the old poster goes. You will be in Monkey Business. Most importantly the security of Small Talk to databases will be compromised. They may remain as spies for others who pay them better, just to pass information and cause trouble. Some people may readily work in a specialized firm only for that purpose.

So CEO to Office Boy; Hired Hands to Servants, they can be planted spies or trouble makers. Hire properly and pay sensibly/consistently and lastly be nice to them.

If you take a CEO who is very ambitious and promises very fast growth for a Niche firm in business for decades; he may make "Fast work" out of it. A Merger or Takeover, he will pocket a booty and move on.

I was able to install Xubuntu on a hp Pavilion which had xp. Now the computer is working very smoothly and very adroit.

This hp computer was giving a lot of trouble, HDD crash and CDROM, DVD problems. Only the motherboard was working well. I almost gave it a muli-organ transplant and it continued to move on xp.

Now on xubuntu and new parts including a SATA HDD, it is like a computer from 2022.

Lubuntu is a fast and lightweight operating system developed by a community of Free and Open Source enthusiasts. The core of the system is based on Linux and Ubuntu . Lubuntu uses the minimal desktop LXDE, and a selection of light applications.

Many people give up on Wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo after a few months of "Novelty". This is due to the chore of replacing batteries and also the cost and wastage (carbon foot).

Then i have long been suggesting, nineties, ferrite smps coupled charger docks. This is like RFID, but more like RF power transfer. One half of Ferrite E-Core is in the Gadget and the other half is in the Dock. When the Gadget is docked it is sensed and power transfer just like in SMPS. Rechargeable batteries in the gadget.

How-To Convert Wireless to Pseudo-Wired 

Now you got a Wireless Combo, it can be converted into wired yet wireless, it is simple the wires will now carry 3V power to the Keyboard and Mouse, so no batteries. A little gentle and smart drilling is needed for the Mouse.

Get a 5V Adapter, the ones used for charging phones and music players. If you cannot get 5V use a 7805 to derive a 5V from 6 or 9. Use two 1N4007 in series on the positive line to drop 1.5V - test out with a dummy load of 10K and 100uF cap. Now use this to power both the mouse and keyboard with thin dual-core wires leading to the battery terminals. Soldering this may be a delicate job. Now you got a Perpetual Wired Keyboard Mouse Combo. The Interface still remains Wireless.

Another way is use Rechargeable Batteries for both. The wires will carry exactly a regulated 3.3V from a LM317 circuit which can be tweaked. The Mains adapter can be any 6V or 9V raw DC. You can have a Connector for the power wires when you want it to be wire free. This may require greater Gadget Opening and Drilling Expertise.

Reuse - Be Earth Friendly - Keep your Carbon Footprint smaller than that of a Yeti. 

When your Bot has outgrown your Arduino, it wants to talk, an urge to communicate and Network(Social). A larger brain over the smaller control system is the need. Then a Networked Drove of Bots ! is possible.

Use the Arduino for emulating the role of the Spine and an Android System for the Big Networked brain. You can hack an Economy Android Phone to make your Robot an Einstein.

Now for Simulating the Soul, which even the most Advanced Robotic Scientist is unaware of; All you need is Cloud.

When you are thinking hard or working hard physically. Even if you are stuck in a difficult to solve or fix solution. Then .. if it is not an Emergency Situation, give short breaks within all kinds of work.

These breaks means .. get fresh air, straighten you spine, stretch your body. (naturally and slowly, like cats and dogs do when they wake up). Then get back to work, now you would be able to fix that berserk bot, make the Lathe go smoothly, write a small and powerful Energy Meter bluetooth interface code for your Arduino or even that Award winning Poetry.... Now break up.

A New Innovative Business Model or a Way of Thinking completely Transforms Established Legacy ways of Business or Lifestyle.
Be Agile and Adroit; Innovate, Learn or even Adapt to the new Methods; or else buy Ointment.

Bakelite, Thermosetting or Phenolic Knobs with or without dial; can be used to fix many kitchen utensils. These knobs are mostly used for Potentiometers and Rotary switches/encoders. You may find more of these in electronics surplus stores. Keep some handy. Ensure the knob has one or two Grub Screws (set screws). Fix the vessels that hold your Grub.

The Tea spilled on the Keyboard, all the full cup contents. I kept working, slowly the Keys became tacky, i still went on. Many Beeps later, random characters filled the editor. I shutdown. The keyboard was removed.

Now i gave a wash with water and then poured a solution with a Kitchen De-greasing liquid. Let it soak for sometime. Operated all the keys many times as it soaked. The keyboard was not opened. Washed again with clear running water operating all the keys many times. Washed till all soap and stains are gone. Shook and swung the Keyboard outside in the garden to get rid of all the water trapped inside. Let it dry in a shade for some hours.

After completely dry externally, kept in within the home in a very dry place for a Month. Now the Keyboard is as good as New.