Tastiest Experience
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Repurpose
After watching recent Adafruit videos (1, 2, & 3) about IR and getting a neat new microcontroller which has a built-in IR transmitter, it looked fun to hack around with. I don’t have an IR receiver though. Then I remembered this old component video switch was in a storage closet. I tore it apart and easily got out the IR receiver. While […]
grasshopper
I bought the new Raspberry Pi Zero W along with the official Raspberry Pi Zero case. It’s really nice not having to worry about a wireless adapter. The addition brings my Pi family up to 7, which of course means it’s time for the letter G. Not a lot of pies starting with G. I ended up going […]
Survey Reward
Every time I get a survey, I ask myself, “What’s in it for me?” and 99.9% of the time the answer is nothing and it actually costs me my time. Finally a survey was giving out a pack of samples to the first 200 (I think?) responses. I made the cut. Can’t wait to try the […]
Remembering Arnold Palmer
Sunday at the Masters. I walked my first 9 holes of the year this morning with Alex, hitting some good shots. When I got home I brewed an iced tea and lemonade, also known as an Arnold Palmer. Now I’m going to relax all day. First up is watching the special “Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta: Arnold Palmer – His Last […]
Drive Style
According to the drive style analyzation of March done by my Automatic Pro (not to be confused with the m-a-double-t Automattic I work for) I’m an aggressive driver, but I’m cautious of others on the highway.
Electronics by Number
I’ve been trying to think of a good way to organize my 100+ resistors. After getting a cheap 1,000 piece ceramic capacitor kit, finding a better way to organize things became a priority. At the local Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft I found these bead storage systems, which contain individual cylinders with screw tops. They work great and there were enough […]
No Piggybacking
This sign was next to an outside door in a boarding area of the Austin airport.
DIY Spliced USB Cable
Even better than soldering the ends of a spliced USB cable is tearing apart an old cable to salvage the connectors and soldering your own wires. I only need power so skipped the 2 data wires. Hopefully using my own 22 AWG instead of the cheap stranded wires will be less resistant to a voltage drop as well.
Capacitors
A kit with capacitors from 1µF to 10,000µF. I’ll probably never use most of them, but it’s nice to have a variety on hand.
Nick Momrik 