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Making, baking, and (un-)breaking things in Southeast Michigan.

Free Stuff

July 7, 2006

I’ve got some things I’d like to give away. Anyone want them? My only rule is that you come pick them up somewhat soonish.

These things are as follows:

· Weller WP25 soldering iron, with two tips (screwdriver and 1/32″ conical), stand, and sponge.
· Two older, very quiet, Pentium 200 computers. I’ve used these as routers in the past, and can ensure that they come with enough NICs for you to do the same. Run Linux or OpenBSD just great.
· The microwave seen in this photo. It’s a good size for an apartment and is practically like new. I really never used it much, and it’s been sitting in storage for a while. I’d like a to trade something for this, maybe $20 or a nice dinner someplace or… Something. I’d just like it to go away.
· Two pairs of passive computer speakers.
· 10Mb hub, 24 port. HP J2601A.
· Netgear RP614 router / firewall thingie. Works, just isn’t needed anymore.

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IS&S

July 5, 2006


ISS Passing Overhead
(Click for full-resolution, giant image…)

For some reason I wasn’t able to spot STS-121, but I did manage to both see ISS passing overhead and get a photo of it. This was a ~20 second exposure just as it was heading towards the horizon. The exposure was actually long enough that the rotation of the Earth is evidenced by the slightly streaked stars.

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Stuff gets done…

July 5, 2006

Hrm. I got stuff done today. Personal stuff, but stuff none the less:

· MIDIbox SID-NUXX PCBs ordered: v1.0 S1 (photo gallery retired) (S1 means ‘set one’, as in, the first set of boards I ordered)
· MIDIbox SID-NUXX Bill of Materials mostly published to the forthcoming wiki, which will eventually become all of nuxx.net.
· Watched STS-121 lift off and reach orbit.
· Made more iced tea, and drank almost all of it.

Getting the PCBs to the state of ordering took a lot of time. Much of it involved manually looking over parts and ensuring things are exactly what I wanted, and that they fit. Then the documentation… Waiting for the online DFM check… Needing to eat… Writing a new CAM job… etc.

Anyway, yeah. Now it’s time for bed.

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MIDIbox SID-NUXX

July 2, 2006


MIDIbox SID-NUXX PCB (In Progress…)
(Click for 300dpi version.)

Ah. It’s finally coming along. I’ve redrawn the schematic (image no longer available) and laid out the board. Now comes the few days of tweaking and polishing and validating that everything seems to be right. Then… The scary part. That is, the day when I plunk down $80 or so to have five of those boards made. And hopefully I’ll have done everything right and they’ll work.

So, yeah. It’s coming along well. I’ve also got all of the basic parts here for the front panel, so I can begin laying that out. That will take a slightly different approach, because I have to fit this LCD, a rotary encoder (or two buttons), six buttons, and two LEDs in the front panel of something about the size of an external hard drive enclosure. Oh, and build a simple board so it can all be connected with a few simple cables.

If you can’t tell, yes, I’m looking forward to it. I really like doing this kind of stuff.

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Tonight’s Dinner

July 1, 2006


Tonight’s Dinner

So, here’s tonight’s dinner: Grilled Cheese w/ Grilled Tomatoes on Pesto Bread, Sliced Red and Yellow Peppers, Downey’s Potato Chips, Mint Sun Tea, and a Cameo Apple

I ended up forgoing the apple, as I was too full. Yes, that grilled cheese (muenster on pesto bread) was very filling, and the slices of bread are rather large.

And yes, I know the chips and peppers are out of focus. Oops. I was trying to hurry and eat more than anything.

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Ch-ch-ch-changes!

June 29, 2006

I’m going to be moving my personal website from static HTML to MediaWiki, possibly with Turck MMCache.

This is because I’m tired of not regularly updating my page because of the problems of dealing with static HTML and templates. A locked down, CMS-style copy of MediaWiki seems to do just what I want.

Anyway, if you’d like to take a look at a preview of the site, it can be seen here.

In order to maintain the ability to have a bunch of other subdirectories full of stuff, I’ll probably have things redirect from / to /wiki or something. But we’ll see about that…

Oh, and if you have any comments about how I can make the site better (besides a new theme) please let me know.

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