Personal blog of Peter "Sci" Turpin – Page 4072 – Technology, art and personal faff

Twitter Updates for 30-07-2012

@ShemaLioness Heard back from the provider of thing for you, should have it tomorrow all being well :3 in reply to ShemaLioness 00:01:02, 2012-07-30
Apparently they're re-making Back to the Future series. With Zac Efron & Will Farrell. I'm going to go burn down a theatre. Or two. Dozen. 00:11:02, 2012-07-30
Twitter Updates for 29-07-2012 – Twitter Updates for 28-07-2012 – Twitter Updates for 27-07-2012 – Twitter… http://t.co/KzN7aM6g 00:37:59, 2012-07-30
Photoset: deletethestars: http://t.co/M6jpxk93 02:04:16, 2012-07-30
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/0AZQmQx4 TOMSKA'S EMPORIUM – Invade London 02:21:47, 2012-07-30
Photo: jaidefinichon: http://t.co/vlzL0NWe 13:19:51, 2012-07-30
Photo: http://t.co/sSRRnUWH 16:51:20, 2012-07-30
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I liked a @YouTube video from @vintagebeeflp http://t.co/DP1YWtTJ Steve vs. Steve – A Minecraft Rivalry – EP05 21:10:21, 2012-07-30
Photo: http://t.co/lcvGnecH 22:31:57, 2012-07-30
Video: http://t.co/HwLbptrU 22:35:47, 2012-07-30
Been incapable of doing anything today. Sleep soon. 23:00:55, 2012-07-30

Twitter Updates for 29-07-2012

Twitter Updates for 28-07-2012 – Twitter Updates for 27-07-2012 – Twitter Updates for 26-07-2012 -… http://t.co/lPoi4mRi 00:37:07, 2012-07-29
Photo: http://t.co/EQnBcCQz 01:20:09, 2012-07-29
Photo: queenston: http://t.co/JPOdyHin 15:19:54, 2012-07-29
Very disorientating.. dreampt I woke up and had a full day of getting very little done. Have actually woken up to find it's Sunday not Mon. 15:21:14, 2012-07-29
Overheard: Problems with being a male – Having emotions is seen as weakness Admitting weakness is seen as an… http://t.co/ic3h9sZB 23:23:03, 2012-07-29
Photo: › THIS IS THE BEST THING I’VE SEEN IN WEEKS http://t.co/uQRJ9Qwy 23:25:30, 2012-07-29
Photo: catp0rn: http://t.co/IR3a9VPB 23:31:57, 2012-07-29
There is coffee in my brain. :| 23:34:34, 2012-07-29

Progress

Productivity is still rather spotty, but I am getting things done in dribs and drabs. I think all current “projects” stuff is in the workshop again now, and a big pile has been thrown out.

The biggest single thing is commiting my mind to doing just one thing for a while, then I can get on with it.

Twitter Updates for 28-07-2012

Twitter Updates for 27-07-2012 – Twitter Updates for 26-07-2012 – @andrewhussie If you can’t spare the time… http://t.co/8q3KDMrt 00:36:37, 2012-07-28
Thumping club music and drunken discordant howling of "singing" coming from a couple of houses down. 00:42:03, 2012-07-28
New blog post: Progress http://t.co/VaeOJN5r 15:29:32, 2012-07-28
Progress – Productivity is still rather spotty, but I am getting things done in dribs and drabs. I think all… http://t.co/5Bmvuwhg 15:29:32, 2012-07-28
Obligatory Homestuck update comment – Does anyone else think Bec Noir looked a bit sad? Like, "But I wanted… http://t.co/mme00WOW 17:59:47, 2012-07-28
@PaulLewis No idea, but note that vaunted "man in a wheelchair" is still able to pin a fully able-bodied policeman to the bonnet of a car. in reply to PaulLewis 18:11:34, 2012-07-28
Previous RT is to remind people that deliberately misleading statements are available in both left and right wing flavours. 18:12:54, 2012-07-28
I don't understand Critical Mass it must be said. The idea that you want to be treated as "real" road vehicles by breaking the road rules. 18:15:59, 2012-07-28
I suppose it will do it though, albeit more likely by having bicycles legislated like cars as a result. 18:17:06, 2012-07-28
Breaking rules leads to stricter enforcement. If they start demanding licence, insurance and so on for bicycles, use will decrease. 18:18:11, 2012-07-28
Getting more people onto bicycles to increase common awareness of them is what will make them more treated as road vehicles. 18:18:50, 2012-07-28
Basically Critical Mass seems to be counter-productive to it's stated goal. 18:19:35, 2012-07-28
@Scaley_Jencen Steel will be worth negligible amounts, alum a little, copper a fair bit. in reply to Scaley_Jencen 18:44:31, 2012-07-28
@Scaley_Jencen Tempting, but really after something 10" wide right now. in reply to Scaley_Jencen 18:49:11, 2012-07-28
@Scaley_Jencen 10inch. trying to find to make a bell-jar for hackspace vacuum station. Any steel plate? in reply to Scaley_Jencen 18:59:10, 2012-07-28
Tested the 9 Meanwell PSUs I took from the big pile at the hackspace. 4 very dead (deeper than a blown fuse).. 22:12:23, 2012-07-28
..3 of the SP-320-5's power up with fan fine. 1 S-40-12 fine, one SP-300-5 powers up, but no fan. Later is temp-controlled though. 22:14:11, 2012-07-28
Will need to test for extended periods next, of course. But will need a static 5v load. 22:15:18, 2012-07-28
Some nice inductors and MOSFETs on the dead PSUs though, so may salvage them if individual components functional. 22:16:58, 2012-07-28
@Scaley_Jencen Well, enough to make the mounting plate on a 10" bell-jar, so something about 12" square and 5mm thick. in reply to Scaley_Jencen 22:36:04, 2012-07-28
@Scaley_Jencen Also some same thickness but two pieces but 14" square. in reply to Scaley_Jencen 22:38:09, 2012-07-28
@Scaley_Jencen S'okay, probably would have been a pain to collect anyway. :/ in reply to Scaley_Jencen 22:46:19, 2012-07-28
I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/DQlskcLb LONDON 2012 KICKS OFF WITH THE BEST OLYMPIC CEREMONY EVAR!!! 23:00:31, 2012-07-28
Note to self: Take match-pairs of motors to Hackspace to check for matching 3rd pulley. 23:54:14, 2012-07-28

Sun and warmth helps productivty.

Large ammount of scrap cleared out, several projects progressed, progress made on outstanding orders.

Due to the delays caused by this recent state, I think I’ll be offering a discount to those affected by way of an apology.