Raw tobacco, for moth proofing, will put in cloth pouches then in closets, better than moth balls.
$1 for 200 grams.
Toughened glass as screen protector, and a back cover for a cell phone, it came as a gift.
$1 for 200 grams.
Toughened glass as screen protector, and a back cover for a cell phone, it came as a gift.
17.25 Imperial Gallons of 93 Octane gasoline @ USD 8.15/gallon for generators for likely hurricane Hermine. I buy 93 Octane so it can also be used in the cars. The generators (Honda and Generac) don't seem to mind too much about the quality though, they run well on stale gasoline as well 😎
Two packs of Garrett’s pop cornd (cheese and pecan).
components (smd) to Neutron Sound’s QVCA.
components (smd) to Neutron Sound’s QVCA.
Which I closed on today. It’s on the seller’s lot and set to be delivered to mine on the 27th.
And I signed the building contract today. Now that was a lot of money.
I still have a pair of Honeywell meter movements that I bougt new at a radio club swap meet in 1966. No idea when or if I'll ever use them. 🙂
I bought a Shure WH20 headset dynamic microphone of ebay for $25, shipped. It didnt have the XLR connector I need, but I figured I could handle the Shield = pin 1, Black = pin 2, Red = pin 3 rewiring to an on-hand connector. It works; Positive feedback left!
Picked up a MTX TD75.4 car amp for $10 at a yard sale today, apparently new in the bag. Hopefully the sale of which takes a chunk out of the other stuff I've bought this year. I could give it to my twenty-something son, but that would be like buying him a carton of cigarettes IMHO; he doesnt need 300W RMS in a truck cab...
Another yard sale gave me an HP12C (was so hoping it was an 11C when I saw it...) with a nice thick leather belt holder - probably worth more than the calculator. Picked a Mitsubishi DP-6 DD TT for $10 in only fair shape, a new-in-box Bose Solo powered speaker system I shouldnt have paid $40 for last week...
Picked up a MTX TD75.4 car amp for $10 at a yard sale today, apparently new in the bag. Hopefully the sale of which takes a chunk out of the other stuff I've bought this year. I could give it to my twenty-something son, but that would be like buying him a carton of cigarettes IMHO; he doesnt need 300W RMS in a truck cab...
Another yard sale gave me an HP12C (was so hoping it was an 11C when I saw it...) with a nice thick leather belt holder - probably worth more than the calculator. Picked a Mitsubishi DP-6 DD TT for $10 in only fair shape, a new-in-box Bose Solo powered speaker system I shouldnt have paid $40 for last week...
https://www.abt.com/Polk-Audio-Sign...Home-Theater-Pair-3003621400005/p/169216.html
Can't build something like this for much cheaper. Last pair until the logistics logjam breaks! I predict a price increase.
Can't build something like this for much cheaper. Last pair until the logistics logjam breaks! I predict a price increase.
Bought this Bluetooth adapter for my Sennnheiser cans. It plugs into the cable connection and just hangs there happily playing along.
Works well enough, range and battery life are good. This allows me to sit out on the balcony and stream from my computer in the living room. I’m enjoying it
Works well enough, range and battery life are good. This allows me to sit out on the balcony and stream from my computer in the living room. I’m enjoying it
This month:
- A new washer
- a new freezer
- a freezer-full of food
- an extra garbage-fee for the spoiled food
- a train ride
- a new roof
A train ride? How is that on the list? Last time I was on Amtrak it was <$50 (done Emeryville to Reno several times). But I certainly feel your pain.
No interesting purchases lately. A couple of cheap ball caps on Aliexpress yesterday.
No interesting purchases lately. A couple of cheap ball caps on Aliexpress yesterday.
Building a compact system right now, and around the fourth beer last night I came upon the 8" ultimax cabinet bundle. Another 12% off with the flash sale yesterday and today. I can't build the boxes for that price....threw 2 of them in the cart for a stereo pair, saved another $45 or so. Woke up not regretting it.
Bought a LINE 6 Spider IV 15 for $20 at Goodwill. Whoever owned it hadnt even peeled the display label off the grille cloth. Being an all digital device, I at first thought it was defective. Seems whenever you turn it on, all the controls come up to some factory preset values; you have to go across all of them "wiggling" their set position to get the amp back to your settings.
I guess I've never seen anything with knob controls behave like that! Ex; if you have the reverb control turned down to "off", reverb comes back on with the next power cycle. Must save a "power loss" signal and few lines of code to store the panel settings...it must have NV ram, as of course, its original programming code is stored. Or, its easy to think about such a feature, really hard to actually put it into the system...
I guess I've never seen anything with knob controls behave like that! Ex; if you have the reverb control turned down to "off", reverb comes back on with the next power cycle. Must save a "power loss" signal and few lines of code to store the panel settings...it must have NV ram, as of course, its original programming code is stored. Or, its easy to think about such a feature, really hard to actually put it into the system...
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Components för a VCLFO and a Step Sequencer, along with two CDs, Marillion and The Doves latest. Also a book by Monks - Arduino the next step.
Maybe the battery or cap for storing operation settings is run down...
Some PLC have a fixed memory, which not everybody can change, and a settings memory, for the job being done.See inside, as it was not used for a long time.
Some PLC have a fixed memory, which not everybody can change, and a settings memory, for the job being done.See inside, as it was not used for a long time.
Indeed, Google says that Line 6 uses a soldered battery to save settings in some of their models. Here's a good link on how to replace with a battery holder, which is what I would personally prefer:
https://line6.com/support/topic/36891-battery-replacement/
https://line6.com/support/topic/36891-battery-replacement/