I enjoy using my little Asus EeePC Netbook. If you are not sure what a Netbook is, Google the term and you will find a lot of information I do not need to explain. Let me just say it can be a low cost, albeit low power access to the internet for email, casual browsing and some text editing. I can do some picture editing with Adobe Elements. It is a fact that the Netbook...
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“Knock, knock…”
“Who’s there?” “Adoor” “Adoor Who?” “A door to build a boat upon.” I am building, actually going to start to build after I get the door, a rather large model boat. I need a flat building board upon which to construct the hull of this model boat. I have used a flat hollow core door to build model airplanes and wings very flat for many years. I think I left it in Ohio from the...
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I posted a link my new blog on my RoboBoat project in a comment in another post. That made the link buried fairly deep, sorry. The link is also posted in the right hand column. It’s going to be a “very nerdy techno-speak about networks and micro computers” type blog for awhile. The mission is boat control but I won’t be posting much about the vessel for some time. RoboBoatBlog.net
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Sorry not the TV cartoon Simpson’s. The Simpson’s I actually know, make the best electrical test instruments. The pictures below are of the Simpson 261 VOM (Voltage Ohm Milliammeter) and it measures high current too. This is what is know as an analog meter because it has a real meter movement with a needle. There is actually a long series of the Simpson 260 series of meters. They are still made today and are not...
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