Recent content by MojoLA

Are you still doing Phasers? Ever since I saw your post years ago I've wanted one. I was thinking today how cool it would be to light fireworks with a Star Trek phaser so I looked you up. Please say yes :-) It would really make my year.

Hmmm that seems like a really high price - CNI JUST quoted me $1500 for a 50mw 589 labbie. They did ask me if it was for personal or corporate use, would I be reselling it and what the use would be. Perhaps when I told them it was just for me and my little laser show, they gave me a lower...

Basically I want this color for my home made laser lumia show. I know this color will look great on the wall! High power isn't important, it's a bright wavelength so I think 10-20 mw would be fine. Adjustable power/focus would be nice, and yes, I know all this suggests a lab or tabletop laser...

I'm in Los Angeles and have an approx 10mw 473nm, which is pretty close to what you're after. Oh, it's also a lab laser, so you can plug it into the wall and just let it run 24/7. The emitter is also attached to a pretty big base, so it won't be easily knocked out of alignment. This light...

Oh and he just pulled the phone cable for MY apartment out of the box, not the whole building. I came home one day and my phone didn't work. Normally that wouldn't bother me since as you all say, I use my cell most of the time. But I need the phone line for my DSL! And taking away my Internet...

Speaking of loud music and annoying neighbors, this is sort of relevant... An appeals court in... Umm... Well I forget which state, I think it was Florida, maybe? Well it's not really important, but the court said that playing your music in the car so loud that it annoys everyone in a 3 block...

UPDATE First, to answer some questions and criticisms... Why didn't I do something simpler and cheaper, like snip the camera cables? Well, the short answer is TRESSPASSING. Jumping the fence to get into his yard just seemed like a very big line I didn't want to cross. Although he did it quite...

Yeah I think it's legal to put a camera pretty much anywhere but a bathroom. But legal is one thing, moral or acceptable is another. If the boss installed a camera in the break room, he should have sent out a memo and let everyone know why he was doing it. He's not obligated to, but it's...

So I did a little research and it turns out - unsurprisingly - that his taping of my balcony is not illegal. I guess it makes sense; if I'm standing out on my outdoor balcony, I don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, so while hidden cameras filming me isn't what you might call ethical...

Good observation, Rafiki, but what you're seeing is a bit of an optical illusion created by the zoom lens; when you go telephoto (also known as a "long lens") it compresses space, making it difficult to judge how far apart things are (a famous use of this is in scenes where someone is walking on...

I would have loved to have done the whole thing with just lasers, but there was no way to know if my 1W 445 Arcitc from 35' away was strong enough to do anything other than screw up the picture while it was shining into the lens. My guess is, from that distance, frying the sensor just wasn't...

That's a good point. I think worst case scenario is the camera will show me using a super soaker against them, and then a few days later a lot of bright, white light, followed by a loud "pop" and then total blackness. I have no doubt he'll "know" it was me, but his tape is not going to have an...

Are there no drivers the are designed to flash or strobe lasers? Not that they are the best company, but the wicked lasers 1W Arcitc has a flashing mode. They may not use the highest quality components in the world but I don't think they'd use a flashlight driver in it! Ok well I've pretty...

I'm certain this guy is on vacation or something. Haven't heard the dogs in two weeks, nor seen any activity in their back yard. One thing is certain, he hasn't checked the video log in a while! What do you think? When he discovers that his cameras had an accident, is he going to shrug his...

It's amazing what a 5mw eBay greenie can do!