July 2010
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Beautiful wedding websites : Envow
Just launched and with an introductory 20% off!
February 2010
12 posts
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Koziupack font family « MyFonts →
If I was the kind of person who could justify a budget for buying type-faces, I’d own this.
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some limiter links
http://people.ee.duke.edu/~cec/final/node77.html
http://gilmore2.chem.northwestern.edu/projects/limiter_prj.htm
http://www.silonex.com/audiohm/limiter.html#
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_amplifier
http://www.datasheetpro.com/1009295_download_NE5532_datasheet.html
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Electronics
Courtesy of Make Magazine, this looks like it might be a great resource for a noob like me. I never got the opportunity to learn sciences or electronics at school so I’m working this stuff out as I go along, happily trying things until they work. Or don’t.
But blimey, if there isn’t a lot to learn.
I managed to get two piezos working on my guitar and tried it out...
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Pumpkin seeds
I’ve been a big fan of pumpkin seeds since my brother introduced me to them when I was little.
It transpires that there are only two rules to making your own.
1. Scoop out the visceral, stringy innards of the pumpkin with all the seeds in it and put the disgusting pumpkin guts on the top shelf of your airing cupboard.
2. Don’t let your wife find it.
The effort of de-husking them is...
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How to make salami | Life and style |... →
As well as the guitar, the digital thermostat and the in-ear-monitors. I also like cured meats.
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Piezo wiring w/ tone & volume →
So this is interesting - Jack in the second post suggests putting the piezos in series rather than in parallel.
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Nuts - how to cut the slots →
I might need this
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Piezo
So the Flatbed pickup arrived and sounds great, the top and bottom E strings don’t sound as clear as the middle four but still a great purchase. I emailed Ted himself and he suggested that it probably just needs fiddling with to get the best sound out of all the strings. Also the brass bridge bar needs notching.
I want to add a second disc piezo between the neck and the guitar but am...
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January 2010
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Hardware Hacks: Alarm Clock Overkill →
Useful for my central heating controller idea?
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Making Abraxas →
Momentum builds for making a guitar. Flatbed™ pickup still not arrived.
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Have just bought a Flatbed™ Pickup from Ted... →
There’s a risk I may be building a guitar.
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idea: arduino central heating control
Instead of a normal thermostat attached to the heating/water controls, we have a digital thermostat that has a good level of programability and we just leave the heating set to on and use the digital thermostat to tell it when to fire.
Only it’s bust.
I don’t want to fork out £40+ for a new digital thermostat. How hard would it be to replace it with an arduino? It can sense heat and...
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in-ear-monitors: first steps →