Mouser approved exception to the "You Must Own It" rule:



Just. Pure. Awesome!

Mouser approved exception to the "You Must Own It" rule:



Just. Pure. Awesome!

That is adorable! 

I think if I had that, I'd get the urge to decorate it at Christmas time, hanging a little wreath on it.

around here, old outhouses/toilets usually had a heart shape cut in the door (I have *no* idea why...)
I dont suppose you've any idea of it's origin Stephen?

That's an easy to answer question...light and ventilation.

I dont suppose you've any idea of the origin of the image Stephen?

http://www.tineye.com/search/0f2390ffc4e336d75fd7d1e6e003e74a590d9eff/

Quote from: app103 on January 21, 2013, 01:08 PM

Quote from: tomos on January 21, 2013, 12:51 PM

around here, old outhouses/toilets usually had a heart shape cut in the door (I have *no* idea why...)
I dont suppose you've any idea of it's origin Stephen?

That's an easy to answer question...light and ventilation.

but the heart shape... I guess it's sort of like spraying air-freshener after


PS I meant the origin of the image (but was curious about the use of a heart shape too!) - will edit previous post.

  Most all outhouses I've ever seen had a crescent moon on the door.  Never saw one with a heart.  This looks more like a closet where makeout sessions are held, you know, plug it in and all.  lol

^ yeah, the heart is a German(ic) thing. Crescent moon American.

https://pinterest.com/vickyjeanlogan/outhouses/

  Well then, that explains it! 

If you're going to moon at all it might just as well be in an outhouse… in fact better if it were.

Mini speakers like http://www.amazon.com/X-Mini-II-Capsule-Speaker-Black/dp/B001UEBN42/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359167189&sr=8-1&keywords=capsule+speakers

Not the best sound of course but it's decent enough for occasional, portable use.
Powered/charged via USB. Uses 3.5mm connection.

So, a friend got my ipad2 smashed up in december, in drunken stupor - we were using it for music (via spotify) at an xmas party, and it slipped out of his hands - bother. It still works, but has a bunch of cracks in the screen, and the glass has started cracking off in one of the corners. So I'm not going to be dragging that along and make matters worse. I'm considering getting the screen replaced, but the places I've found so far were a bit expensive. Tried snapping some pictures of the broken screen, but couldn't get the angle/flash right, so the cracks weren't visible >_<

So, the logical thing was of course to buy a new tablet. It seemed silly to buy a new ipad2, and ipad3 was out of the question because it's even heavier than the already heavy ipad2. I considered an ipad mini - same specs as ipad2 but smaller... seemed interesting, smaller screen means better pixel density. Still, the resolution itself (1024x768) is slightly small, and sometimes the ipad2 feels slightly slow (complex websites, mostly). And then there's all that about crApples extremely closed ecosystem, Calibre probably not working on iOS6, et cetera. Decided to check out the competition, and ASUS' Nexus 7 looked interesting - higher resolution (1280x800), much more CPU juice, a clean Android (without any of the "value added" junk), and DKK1254 (USD226) cheaper than the iPad mini...

So, after playing around a bit with a colleague's N7 this friday, I went out and bought one after work. So far it's been a really nifty experience. Back when I bought my iPad2, the android tablets felt cheap - not the hipster-lame "zomg this is sooo gaudy" kind of cheap, but the "I'm afraid this plastic will break" cheap, they cost about the same as the iPads, and were sluggish as hell. The N7 GUI is extremely smooth, it feels sturdy, and I by far prefer the soft plastic back to the iPad aluminium - it's nicer to the touch, especially in cold wintertime Scandinavia . Oh, and you're not stuck with Chrome, you can install firefox (and adblock!) if you want to. FREEDOM!

So, here's a few action pics:


The screen is slightly small for reading PDFs, but it works OK - and the higher resolution (and PPI) definitely makes them look better.

My post for today is an electric trash can.

I have one of these -- a big 18 gallon one, and I'm quite fond of it.  It looks nice and it keeps in odors and is hands free.

Now I have to say it's not without some annoyances and quirks, but after a few years of using it I'm still quite satisfied.  I'm not sure I would want one in rooms other than kitchen, because there is a slight delay in it opening and it wants to close soon after.  But for kitchen messes, not having to use your hands is a great benefit.

There are a bunch of different models and I have no reason to recommend one over the other.  Choosing your size is probably the most important decision to make.

Here's an amazon search page listing many:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dgarden&field-keywords=itouchless+trash+large&rh=n%3A1055398%2Ck%3Aitouchless+trash+large

Yeah there's a sensor on the lid -- when you stand in front of it, it triggers.  Battery (or ac adapter) powered.

Cute.

Here's another one from me, that I've written about before, the Dymo label printer.

They make a few different models -- I have the cheap old one (I guess closest new model is the model450 for $100 but you can probably find older ones on ebay cheap).  It's extremely convenient and easy to use.
http://sites.dymo.com/Solutions/Pages/Seg_cat_lndg.aspx?SegmentName=Office%28DYMO_US1%29&cat=Office_LabelWriterPrinters%28DYMO_US1%29



I'd recommend this to anyone who manually writes envelope address labels more than a couple times each month.