The weather this week was horrible. It started out warm, humid and rainy and ended chilly. This is what I woke up to on Monday: I was actually looking forward to storms, because I bought a Senz Umbrella for $15 on Woot over the summer. Supposedly, its aerodynamic design makes it immune to flipping inside [...]
This year for Valentine’s Day I decided to get nerdy and make something electronic for Caroline. I first tried to make a animated LED heart with a “joule thief” and a single AA battery, but I couldn’t make a suitable air coil. So, I decided to modify this circuit to make a throbbing LED heart. [...]
Ok. If you don’t really care for computers or electronics, you can skip this post. Since the middle of this semester, Caroline and I have been visiting the “Computer Graveyard” where Columbia dumps all their old computers. Since then, I have accumulated a modest collection of old computer components. They pretty much take up all [...]
