Paul

First thing on the new bench: this tv test pattern generator. It uses a flying spot scanner - a CRT scans a spot across a transparency, and the varying intensity is picked up by a photomultiplier tube and becomes the video signal 🤯. In. Sane.
#electronics #1970s #retroTech

Where do you go when you want to buy name brand spatulas at a fraction of retail cost?

My ideal decongestant & antihistamine would be so strong as to:
- require a permit and a 5 day waiting period
- put me on numerous watch lists
- be condemned by the WHO, UN, NATO & PETA
- set off detectors at airports
- have its origins in WW2 era axis power labs

have I told you all how much I love the word 'Escutcheon'?

why yes, I do have to enter a description, the names of anyone who joined me, MY name, and the number of people to submit a receipt for a cup of coffee.
Yes, I have to hit enter after every field, and of course that doesn't bring me to the next field, nor will tab.
#thisIsDumb

The worst part about laptops no longer having removable batteries is you can’t just yank them out to kill a machine that’s pissing you off.