My mail carrier was like Santa Claus today. I recently ordered a whole bunch of stuff to build a small Eurorack modular synthesizer, and a big portion arrived today in many interesting little boxes.
This rack will mostly act as a supplement to the synth gear I've already collected, to fill out the selection of modules and add some cool stuff that I've wanted for a long time. It's going into a modified Hammond chassis case with walnut end panels. I feel like a kid building Heathkits again, but with surface-mount parts this time around! Fun we are having now.
This rack will mostly act as a supplement to the synth gear I've already collected, to fill out the selection of modules and add some cool stuff that I've wanted for a long time. It's going into a modified Hammond chassis case with walnut end panels. I feel like a kid building Heathkits again, but with surface-mount parts this time around! Fun we are having now.
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Ah yes, but then I would need 40 relays instead of 10
I do use automotive relays (40A) to switch power in most of my amps though.
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I was wrong about that last part, they shipped from BC and I got them today (had to walk to drugstore with Canada Post outlet and lug them back, but a brace of 24" monitors is not too much to handle).
Mirabile dictu! Sweet mother of all that is holy, I can see what I'm doing!
Still no word from Staples, they have not acknowledged my order cancellation. At this point I don't care. I think next weekend I'm going to rent a car and pack up my stuff and haul a$$ back to NS until the office reopens. If the monitors from Staples are delivered I will accept them and return them unopened when their store is open for business. If not, they will eventually be returned by Canada Post, I assume.
BTW this old Dell Optiplex is nice, SSD for the OS and 16GB RAM and an Intel Core-i7, plus a 1TB hard drive and even a DVD drive!
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it’s always the same, ordering 99 parts from digikey and forgetting the 100th!
Hi Gareth,
Yeah, pretty much. I do that too.
Just ordered a USB stick / mem card playing thing for $15 from Banggood. Probably sounds like scrap, but I just can't believe they can sell this technology *- with remote -* for what they are listed for. There are less expensive ones too! You can get them with LCD colour displays for $3 some-odd US. They run on 12 VDC and so scream boat or RV use. For me, test bench use for music while I work might be nice.
-Chris
Yeah, pretty much. I do that too.
Just ordered a USB stick / mem card playing thing for $15 from Banggood. Probably sounds like scrap, but I just can't believe they can sell this technology *- with remote -* for what they are listed for. There are less expensive ones too! You can get them with LCD colour displays for $3 some-odd US. They run on 12 VDC and so scream boat or RV use. For me, test bench use for music while I work might be nice.
-Chris
Once upon a time, before Sweden became a member of EU, bringing home strong drinks (above 55-60%) from your holiday trips, was considered almost as serious as smuggling drugs. Green Chartreuse, 55% was the strongest stuff sold at our alcohol shops and I think that set the limits.
Today, you bring home any drinks you want.
It's not for drinking straight, that's for damned sure... Although i did it one day while I was ANGRY... "And it burns burns burns..."
Now they aren't selling it in the stores anymore, but you can still get it for "lab purposes" lol
EDIT: I stand corrected... SAQ still sells it for the time being.
Global 40 % | Product page | SAQ.COM
Now they aren't selling it in the stores anymore, but you can still get it for "lab purposes" lol
EDIT: I stand corrected... SAQ still sells it for the time being.
Global 40 % | Product page | SAQ.COM
