IanR
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50 years of building things from other peoples junk.
Yes I can see that being a potential issue, however, I've had less failures from bad crimps when I started doing it that way.
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Yes I can see that being a potential issue, however, I've had less failures from bad crimps when I started doing it that way.
My quick and dirty solution to this is to strip the wire, fold the stripped bit back and insert into the connector.
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
My quick and dirty solution to this is to strip the wire, fold the stripped bit back and insert into the connector.
Wow - great shot, looks like a 1930s magazine cover.
December 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Wow - great shot, looks like a 1930s magazine cover.
CEO positions are an obvious cost saving target for AI implementation .
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
CEO positions are an obvious cost saving target for AI implementation .
My understanding is that the physics package in a cesium clock has a limited lifetime. The Rb efratom FRS I have certainly locked up last time I used it and the Rb in the tymserve i have still works even thou the tymserve itself has gone wacko due to the GPS 11 year rollover.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
My understanding is that the physics package in a cesium clock has a limited lifetime. The Rb efratom FRS I have certainly locked up last time I used it and the Rb in the tymserve i have still works even thou the tymserve itself has gone wacko due to the GPS 11 year rollover.
The 1931 Frankenstein was influenced by 'Der Golem' which maybe skewed things a bit towards the creature, rather than focusing on the real monster, Frankenstein himself.
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The 1931 Frankenstein was influenced by 'Der Golem' which maybe skewed things a bit towards the creature, rather than focusing on the real monster, Frankenstein himself.
At work I modified a wall clock to step from alternate PPS from an old Civil Time Reciever. The annoying thing was getting it to the right time in the first place. I always had plans for an optical 'top of the minute' detector and drive circuit so it would at least auto sync minutes.
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
At work I modified a wall clock to step from alternate PPS from an old Civil Time Reciever. The annoying thing was getting it to the right time in the first place. I always had plans for an optical 'top of the minute' detector and drive circuit so it would at least auto sync minutes.
I'm pretty sure all plane crashes mark the end of a flight.
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I'm pretty sure all plane crashes mark the end of a flight.
We used PRBS generator/ recirvers for testing digital line systems. 2, 8,34,140 mbit/s. Not entirely sure how much use it would be outside a telco and Im not sure how much PDH they use these pdays.
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We used PRBS generator/ recirvers for testing digital line systems. 2, 8,34,140 mbit/s. Not entirely sure how much use it would be outside a telco and Im not sure how much PDH they use these pdays.
Is that a car radiator for cooling?
September 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Is that a car radiator for cooling?
So did you ever work in server rooms with Halon gas? Sounds like the same scenario.
August 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
So did you ever work in server rooms with Halon gas? Sounds like the same scenario.
A sad day, but I'm sure she had a great life.
August 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A sad day, but I'm sure she had a great life.
Part of me wishes they were hydraulic connectors.
August 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Part of me wishes they were hydraulic connectors.
Wow,that Deltahet's got to be rarer than your new RX. I wonder how many actually got built. Back from the glory days of RTV&H.
July 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wow,that Deltahet's got to be rarer than your new RX. I wonder how many actually got built. Back from the glory days of RTV&H.
I rekon you might get away with it in the bobbin, but on the needle side, the 'thread' gets pulled back and forth through the eye and bent a LOT. But you probably only need one conductor.
July 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I rekon you might get away with it in the bobbin, but on the needle side, the 'thread' gets pulled back and forth through the eye and bent a LOT. But you probably only need one conductor.
But what if you used 'O' gauge and built a giant computer controlled shunting yard, and stored all that stuff in open wagons?
June 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
But what if you used 'O' gauge and built a giant computer controlled shunting yard, and stored all that stuff in open wagons?
i.e. Ibsen's "An enemy of the people"
June 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
i.e. Ibsen's "An enemy of the people"
I always figure Yellow/White is actually iron powder ( Amidon #26 or similar) used for power supply chokes.
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I always figure Yellow/White is actually iron powder ( Amidon #26 or similar) used for power supply chokes.
Vintage tape recorder vibes.
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Vintage tape recorder vibes.
Congratulations. A well deserved feather in the cap.
May 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Congratulations. A well deserved feather in the cap.
Twin cab 'utes' are a plague on Aus roads. The ford ranger is the biggest selling 'car' in Aus because of tax breaks.
May 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Twin cab 'utes' are a plague on Aus roads. The ford ranger is the biggest selling 'car' in Aus because of tax breaks.
Nothing says '70s like electric blue electros. They had style then. Modern black ones are so boring.
May 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nothing says '70s like electric blue electros. They had style then. Modern black ones are so boring.