Recent content by WizardG

We've missed you .......and your drivers :)

About Hunter Biden's laptop. The FBI never had that laptop, only a cloned hard drive full of very obviously edited materiel.

Why? It was the most expensive ride to orbit ever. What was the maximum # of launches/year? It started out as a pretty decent design, then the military stuck their thumbs in the pie and cut it's capabilities in half.

My wife and I have some horseradish that's been growing untouched in our garden for 11 years. Should be plenty warm by now ;-)

Buck converter was pretty much what I had in mind. Maybe parallel a couple of VRMs used for CPUs? Would take a custom PCB but would be pretty efficient. My motherboard can feed my CPU well over 100A @ 1.25 volts so they could handle the load.

A linear regulator for this current @ only a couple volts is gonna generate a lotta heat. Well over 100 watts if you start with a 5V power supply. A switching regulator would be more complex but a lot more efficient.

IR is cheap.

Quite the bargain @ only $3200 for the 5 watt unit. But again, these are pulsed instead of CW.

Cute lil' thing. Wonder how the cost of throwing one of those away compares with reusable rockets from spaceX.

You can try carbonating tea but don't add any sugar before adding the fizz. The SodaStream instructions emphasize carbonating ONLY water; no flavorings or additives. I tried fizzing up a bottle with some of that Mio flavoring in it.....mistake. As soon as I unscrewed the bottle from the...

Soda Stream is cool but the pressure isn't adjustable. For maximum fizzy I put the bottle of flat water in the freezer and get it as cold as I can without freezing before carbonation. Cold water will hold more Co2 in solution.

$$ ouch. But of course, what are your eyes worth?

https://www.survivallaserusa.com/Eagle_Pair__190-400nm___560-640nm_Laser_Safety_Goggles/p1667092_12825348.aspx 555 is right at the edge for these, but they cover 573.

Metformin=glucophage. Dr. has me on glipizide too. Working pretty well so far. I only test once daily @ this point and my morning sugar is usually ~100. Things got outta hand back in November. Reported to the ER (eyes wouldn't focus) with my sugar @ 400+. Found out type II is one o' those...

Thanks for the reminder to take my afternoon metformin.