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Official Birthday Friending Frenzy
I have decided to have a friending frenzy for my birthday today! If you would, kindly, pass this along to your lists and invite people over here to introduce themselves and chat. I'm all about meeting new people, and what better day to do it than on your birthday?
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YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE EVERYONE
THIS IS A VERY URGENT MATTER!
Please play this .wav file:
http://supak.com/simpsons/wavs/marge_simpson_mmmm.wav
While looking at this picture of my wife:
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Cooking geeks, behold!
So, this weekend I decided that I wanted to try my hand at a home-baked loaf of bread. We got some flour and yeast and, already having the other two ingredients on hand - water and salt - forged ahead with my plan. Many thanks to my friend Dave who, as a professional cook, had some sage advice about making bread. He gave me a really simple recipe ( Read more... ) -
Nixie Tubes!
Okay, I think everyone who has ever seen them will agree that nixie tubes are really cool looking. Up until now they have been difficult to work with - when you can find them - due to their high voltage power needs. The lovely folks at ArduiNIX.com have solved that problem for anyone interested in making something with nixies. Their new product ( Read more... ) -
Customer service FAIL
I am looking for a fairly specific relay for a project I’m working on. Unable to find it using the typical search channels on various electronics distributor’s sites, I have resorted to emailing the technical assistance people at several of the companies and asked for help. The first showed me pretty much exactly what I needed, but at $80 a piece ( Read more... ) -
A cry for help
I have a very good friend in the Washington DC area who is having a very hard time with recent unemployment. She is a charming and intelligent person, in the way of most of my friends, and her specialty is in the financial come and go of business accounts payable and receivable, and the sort of things that move money about and about which I know ( Read more... ) -
Calling all creative designer types!
I’ve had renewed interest in getting an electronics project going again, and I need some design help. I’m making a pocket watch that displays the time in binary using LEDs, and I’m looking for someone to help me design the watch face. Let me know if you have any interest in this project, and we can discuss details. Just an up-front full disclosure ( Read more... ) -
How ADD informs my life decisions
I have ADD, that’s no great mystery or secret, especially to anyone who knows me. I was diagnosed in fourth grade and ended up in a special ed class with my friend Erin, who also had ADD, for a few hoirs a day. You can probably imagine that this didn’t sit too well with me. Anyway…
Over the years I have alternately dealt and struggled with my ADD ( Read more... ) -
The Men Who Stare At Goats
So, I saw this book at Barnes and Noble, I think it was about four years ago. I wanted it, but was poor and begged off, thinking I’d get it later, cheaper on the internet or something. I never did. Now, watching Mythbusters, I see a commercial for a movie based on this book, and I think I really want to see this movie more than I want to see ( Read more... )
