Year: 2009

Bulbdial clock

Bulbdial clock

Evil Mad Scientist Windell writes: Last year David Friedman published on his blog Ironic Sans an interesting design concept for something that he called The Bulbdial Clock. That’s like a sundial, but with better resolution– not just an hour hand, but a minute and second hand as well, each given as a shadow from moving […]

Advice on buying an o-scope

Advice on buying an o-scope

[The Tektronics 466 shown here] On the Reddit forums, there’s an interesting discussion going on about buying oscilloscopes: If you need to track the position of edges down into the nanoseconds you might appreciate watching Ebay for the Tektronics 2465. Broken ones sell for a couple hundred bucks, and if you decide to fix one […]

Craft Fail

Have any craft skeletons in your closet? You know that crazy experiment in paper crochet that never quite worked out? Well, it’s ok to show that off now! Heather of Croqzine has started a new blog called Craft Fail, featuring photos and stories of craft projects gone bad. Join in to share your own craft […]