I found a few cool misprinted minitron style 7 segment incandescent displays.  Essentially, they are numitrons that are in a flat pack.  As best I can tell, they were primarily used in the aviation industry because of their dependability and durability.  I’ll take some more photos of them in use after I figure out their [...]

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It’s six feed of Bubble Tape. If you grew up in the late 80′s or early 90′s, you will undoubtedly remember this classic campaign that rain continuously on Nickeloden and Nick at Night / Snick.  So long as you weren’t one of them – this was for you.  Gym teachers, lunch ladies, and school officials need not [...]

Against all odds, I managed to not burn down the apartment with this cheap Target brand portable grill. These things are so wobbly that I’m surprised that there are more accidents involving them and the Darwin awards. The cheap legs kept collapsing when I was trying to set it up. Not safe….but fun.

I found this great little RCA DR 2000 / DR 2010 tester on eBay.  For $4.99, it was worth every cent.  I cannot find much information on this device other than the markings on the markings on the device itself.  ”RCA Numitron Digital Display Device Demonstrator 1g1308″ The controls are pretty simple – the knob [...]