Valve Amp for the Audiophile
There's a lot of buzz on the popular, tech blogs about the new T-2 amplifier from Neuhaus Labs. It's built on vacuum tubes and hand-wound transformers. I've got about 14…
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Idiots! Here Comes Book Burning
America's entire science-fiction history is full of stories warning of a dystopian future where books are outlawed, art is destroyed, and the punishment for reading poetry is death. Who thought…
How About a Nice Game of Chess?
Greetings Professor... This is cool no matter who you are. Nice chess set with vacuum tubes that apparently light up when they are placed into the sockets on the board…
Nixie Clock with GPS Accuracy
This is just plain cool no matter who you are. I love Nixie tubes. There's no shortage of retro clocks using those gorgeous nixie tubes, but this one's different. It…
Homemade Rail-Gun
Impressive... Take a handful of fat capacitors (probably 500uF to 800uF each) and hook them up to an electromagnetic coil; make a stylish weapon. Now, the typical muzzle velocity of…
Communist Heathens!
I was right! As warned in my previous post, the Russian's are proudly gearing up their Soviet attitudes, as evidenced in this year's Victory Day parade. This Soviet veteran (along…
Exponential Times
Fantastic video on the progression of information technology. Example: It is estimated that a week's worth of the New Your Times contains more information than a person was likely to…
Happy May 9th: (Soviet) Russian Victory Day!
Welcome back [Soviet] Russia! We missed you... May 9th, 1945 (Victory Day) - the day that Nazi Germany capitulated to the USSR. It became an official Soviet holiday in 1965…
Horology: Complex Clockwork Writes the Time
Got $342,275 USD to blow on a clock? Look no further than a wind-up clock that writes the time on a piece of paper. Bleeding-edge Swiss watch-maker Jacquet Droz invested…
Flame War: The Modern InterWebs
OMG, this is so funny. I love these College Humor guys, and this parody of Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" masterfully captures the modern internet. Also, I saw…