Electric Car Thoughts
In an electric car, you require a functional stereo. As interested in electromechanical systems as I am, there is nothing tremendously interesting about the whirring of electric motors. Also, I do suffer from so-called “range-anxiety”.
U2
Jalopnik recently ran a couple of articles on the U2 spyplane which are worth reading. The first covered the U2 itself, a sublimely elegant aircraft that was concieved of in that strange time where jet power was becoming common but satellite surveillance still required a canister drop of film from orbit. There’s something ethereal about [...]
IC day
That little device which changed – and continues to change – everything was first introduced this day in 1952.
Agilent don’t like Canadians? – update, yes they do!
I was looking at IEEE Spectrum online earlier, as is my wont, when I noticed one of the adverts by Agilent for some new kind of oscilloscope. By entering an email address they’d enter you into a competition to win a Agilent ‘scope, so I did so, then checked out the Terms and Conditions. Should’ve [...]
Rocket
Rocket, originally uploaded by CmdrFire. The Rocket (or at least, a replica of the Rocket in original form) is running in Hyde Park. Somehow they (being the Science Museum and I think the National Railway Museum) managed to get permission to lay 100m of track and they’re taking passengers on rides up and down this [...]
Spirit
Spirit has been on Mars for 6 years and three days now. For a little rover designed for a 90-day (or 90 sol) mission, that’s nothing short of remarkable given the harsh operation environment. Unfortunately, Spirit has been stuck in a sandtrap for a few months now (Free Spirit at JPL). If Spirit is not [...]
Enterprise awaits
Oh, my word, she is lovely indeed. (Virgin Galactic on Flickr) I’m glad to know that Burt Rutan echoes some concerns that are similar to my own though. Branson must know that you have to give your customers something to look forward to – hence yesterday’s roll-out. If Rutan had had his way, however, no [...]
Inside
cpufan, originally uploaded by CmdrFire. A shot of my current rig. The power supply I put in the case failed and is impossible to remove without complete disassembly, including mobo out; I’m lazy, therefore the replacement PSU is perched on the outside of the open case. I built this current setup in an old Akasa [...]
HTC Hero Hacking
I recently got an unlocked HTC Hero intended for the South East Asian (SEA) market. The device was running on firmware 2.73.728.5. This firmware is crippled; it lacks the Market app which means the device cannot access the Android Marketplace. As this is a rather integral part of the Android “experience”, it renders the additional [...]
Happy Moon Day
I think it’s desperately sad that, on the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, the only real notice given to it (in the UK at least) is a minor news item in the evening broadcast, and 30 seconds of Neil Armstrong’s speeches. For my part…
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