Millett Hybrid Max, MIDIbox SID-NUXX, M-Audio MIDIspot 2×2/me grins hugely.
Yes, I’m a dork.
(Now, if I could only get SIDPLAY to feed the SID data to MIDI properly / at the right speed, or ASID XP to not glitch when alt-tabbing between other windows.)
290151976614: Just under 24 hours since listing and it’s been bid from $1 to $478 after 19 bids, and there are currently 78 people watching it.
This is amazing.
Wow, the Canon EOS 40D looks hot.
I’m also normally not too big on battery grips / wireless transmitters, but the new Canon WFT-E3 also has a wired connection and can plug straight into external USB disks and dump files there.
There’s also a live preview mode which allows full tethered shooting with live previews and triggering can happen via HTTP thanks to the network stuffs. Replaceable focus screens (hello grid lines / prism-type focusing), 14-bit RAW? Mmm…
I’m going to be really, really tempted to get one of these.
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x0xb0x #496 For Auction
Hey there… In case any of you are interested, I’ve listed x0xb0x #496 for auction. If you are interested, it is auction number 290151976614.
If any of you know anyone who might be interested in this, please do share. Thanks!
My x0xb0x auction will go live tonight. I plan on emailing the folks at matrixsynth about it, posting to the ladyada.net forums, and mentioning it here.
Do any of you have suggestions for other sites who might be interested in linking to the auction?
Also, I have the same question about marketing the P3. I’ll post to the aforementioned sites, and also the Sequentix P3-related Yahoo group. Any other ideas for where else to market it once that auction goes live?
I don’t want to linkspam, I just want it listed where people who are actually into that sort of thing may see it.
(I’ll post the auction links here, of course, once they are live. The x0xb0x will go at 10:30pm EDT tonight, the P3… after I get the auction written. Probably Tuesday night, or so.)
Thanks very much…
Rice PuddingHere’s some rice pudding that Daneille and I made based on a recipe from good eats.
It is good. To make it:
Cook one cup of rice in a rice cooker.
Put that rice in a wide pot with one cup of milk.
Bring it all to a boil, stirring regularly.
Add 1/2 a cup of heavy cream, 3/4 of a cup of coconut milk, and around four ounces of sugar.
Stir everything together, letting it boil gently and thicken.
Sprinkle in 1/4 teaspoon of ground cardamom and stir in thoroughly.
Place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap pressed tightly against the surface.
Put in fridge and allow to cool overnight.
Eat.
The recipe also called for golden raisins and chopped pistachios, but we didn’t feel like putting that in.
It’s thick, almost as solid as Jell-O, but with a creamy texture and amazing flavor. Mmm.
One other thing… I’m going to sell the x0xb0x I finished back in June, #496. Seeing as the last x0xb0x on eBay went for $845, I think it’s worth selling this one now. After all, I basically built it to sell.
If anyone is interested in snatching it up before it hits eBay, please let me know.
Oh, and if I can ask folks for a bit of help, here is the current draft of my x0xb0x auction. I’m pretty certain it’s complete, I’m just curious if some of you could skim it and see if it needs any drastic changes. I’m not looking for perfect grammer, case, or amazing thoroughness, just a decently worded auction that doesn’t scare anyone off.
Thanks!
Almost-complete… Just needs the top panel fitted.Two things accomplished tonight… For one, the Millett Hybrid Max headphone amp I’ve been working on seems to be working consistently. I still have to get the top cover fitted and make some custom cables, but that will all come after I’m certain the bias is stable.
As of right now I’ve got it running at 27VDC with each tube biased to 13.5VDC. The bias for the MOSFETs is as close as I can get to 200mV, and it’s all sounding good. I had it hooked to my crappy Yamaha player earlier and it was sounding good, but when I hooked it back up to the Playstation (as seen last night) I couldn’t get the PSX to read discs any more. I think the laser on it has gone, just like they did in so many others.
I’ve only owned it a week, but I sort of expected this. I’ll try and pick up a new transport and at the same time do some work on the audio out circuit. I may even hack up a controller so I can have Play/Pause, Stop, Next, and Previous buttons located on the top of the case.
Tomorrow I’m also going to try and get things set up so I can listen to chiptunes from a MIDIbox SID-NUXX on it.
Oh, and a few more of the decent inside photos showing the wiring for the various connectors and top panel and such can be seen here (photo gallery retired), if you are interested.
1) I should be in bed and sleeping.
2) It appears that I could resolve the inrush current problem by instead throwing a thermistor in place of (or in series with) the fuse. I just need to figure out how to spec out the appropriate part. Let’s see… 24VAC, no more than 1A in…
Now? Sleep.