.1μF
How can a place called Radio Shack not even have .1μF polarized caps?
I need five to build this MAX232 circuit because the level shifters from Spark Fun don’t work for some reason.
Bah. This is absurd.
How can a place called Radio Shack not even have .1μF polarized caps?
I need five to build this MAX232 circuit because the level shifters from Spark Fun don’t work for some reason.
Bah. This is absurd.
· Windshield wiper blades changed. (Pain in the ass.)
· Air filter changed. (Easy.)
· Tires at 32psi after cold weather. (Will likely have to redo with arrival sub-zero temps.)
· Chocolate chip cookies baking.
· Packages sent off to Australia and Scotland.
Now, to balance my checkbook.
Yay! The RS232 to TTL level shifters from Spark Fun arrived today. That means I can build what I hope will be a PC-based sniffer for the Honda Music Link.
But first? Dinner.
Hmm, someone writing an article on vehicular iPod integration for the New York Times just emailed me with some questions about the Honda Music Link. My answers may have been a bit much, but I hope he got what he is looking for.
The name the person who wrote is Jim Motavalli and he appears to be a fairly frequent writer of enviromental-type stories, with many contributions to the NYT. It’ll be interesting to see what the final story is like.

I sure didn’t expect to find that when I looked outside after walking upstairs. Looks like this area has received it’s first substantial snowfall. Yes, there was the weird squall a month or so ago, but that melted within an hour.
Actually, looking further, the all of this area is forecasted to get a good bit of snow.
I think tonight, after I’m done with some electronics work, will involve a bunch of hot Thai curry and a nice beer for dinner.
Oh, on a side note, would any of you be interested in buying my USB oscilloscope? It seems that I don’t need it. I want US$150 for it, shipped to anywhere in the world, via First Class mail (aka Airmail). Photos of it can be seen here (photo gallery retired).
Huh.
ALDI’s brand of Raisin Bran is just as good as any other I’ve had, and at $1-something for a 16oz box.
Also, the $2-something frozen gourmet-ish pizzas from there are good.
Thus far I’m pretty impressed with the store.
Server is back up. In short, I was using so much bandwidth that Waveform flipped my link back to 10Mb in an effort to cap bandwidth, then when that remained wholly saturated (nice to know that the to-internet link can saturate that, eh?) they turned off the port.
See here for a graph of it all: https://secure.nuxx.net/bandwidthd

Ah, I finally ordered a lock picking set. Southern Ordinance’s Outlet has blemished 14-piece (MPXS-14-O) set for just over US$30 after shipping.
Now I can stop screwing with bent paperclips, T-pins, and screwdrivers when playing with lock picking.
Digital ICE on the Nikon Coolscan V ED works rather well.
For example, here is a single frame scanned both without and with Digital ICE, set to remove dust and scratches. The negative wasn’t removed from the scanner between scans, the option was simply turned on and the frame re-scanned:
· Without ICE. Note the dust on the mountain, and small scratches on the house at the right side of the frame.
· With ICE. Aforementioned dust and scratches (and other bits) are just simply gone.

Here’s the lazy mushroom and cheese quiche I made today. Here’s how I made it:
· Chop an onion and some garlic.
· Put 3 tbsp of butter in a pan, along with the onion, garlic, and a good size pinch of oregano and basil. Add some black pepper.
· Sweat things together until the mushrooms are just beginning cook. Pour it all in a strainer over the sink to allow the liquid to run off.
· Whisk together four eggs and 3/4 cup of 2% milk. Add a tablespoon or so of Clancy’s Fancy and some salt.
· Put the mushrooms and such in a thawed, docked pre-made pie crust. Stir in a handful or so of shredded cheddar cheese.
· Pour the egg mixture on top. Add a bit more cheese.
· Bake in a ~375°F oven for ~45 minutes, or until the top is just beginning to brown.
· Remove from oven and allow to cool down before cutting and serving.