Okay, it should quickly become obvious that I'm not camping in Enchanted Ground[*] ...

The latest American Science & Surplus catalog arrived in todays snailmail. "Oh, right," I thought, "they sell photovoltaic solar cells! I've been meaning to look up whether it'd be cost effective to get some of those for Pennsic."

Eep! On p.52, a panel ( Read more... )

Dear Lazyweb,

What's the proper lubrication for this type of AC motor (from a box fan)? I'm guessing that neither WD-40 nor olive oil, the two oils I have on hand, are correct.

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Today's QotD entry includes a little layout change, sticking a ( Read more... )

[... and a wee bit of experimenting with mirror-related layout]

Alrighty then, my body can stop playing this "crash hard only to be wide awake again an hour later not feeling rested" game, any time now, please. :-(

A thought I had earlier but didn't muster the energy to post ( Read more... )

Hmm. I shoulda seen that coming ...

When mirroring an LJ entry to GJ and IJ, if the entry contains an tag (e.g. examplename => examplename), the IJ and GJ copies of the entry will interpret the same tag as linking to a user of the same name on those sites. And similarly, if I try to link to a GJ ( Read more... )

Last night, thanks to Clue suggested by syntonic_comma, I was able to work out the rhythm notation problem that was keeping me from writing down the tune I'd come up with over the weekend. (And as I predicted when I first complained about being stumped, it turns out to look easy and obvious once it's finally written down.) Since anniemal suggested that it might fit ( Read more... )

Okay, the cable is connected ... 'lsusb' shows that the computer can see the printer ... I click "Print Test Page" in ( Read more... )

In case anyone is unfamiliar with the ( Read more... )

Long, long day yesterday. Tired today. I'll be asking for advice re: cars and inspection and risks in a little while, as well as trolling for a favour from a friend with a trailer, but I'm still collecting my thoughts ...

In the meantime, not having found any more of a hint as to ( Read more... )

So here's the video I was trying to turn into an animated LJ icon:
( ... and the animated LJ icon I've managed to create from it so far [Embedded YouTube video, followed by a tiny animated GIF] )