I just finished a review of the NixieKits.eu IN-12 clock for TubeClockDB.com.  You can read the full review here or you can just buy the clock here Jürgen Grau is the deigned behind this device  and he sells this clock as both a kit and fully assembled. The kit costs €149 and the fully assembled [...]

I just got my IV-17 Four Letter Word generator.  It has a dictionary of 5,400 words including common acronyms and a few proper nouns too.  For those of you keeping this at your office, it even has a word filter to prevent offensive words from being shown.  Be sure to check out the video and [...]

I just got my new IN-12 Nixie clock in the mail from NixieKits.eu and this thing is impressive.  I will be doing a full video review over the weekend and posting it on tubeclockdb.com.  Trust me, you will like this one… Tubes: IN-12 Nixie tubes, 18 mm digit height, decimal points with flashing LEDs. Background [...]

These are seven segment displays. Each segment is painted a bright yellow and fluoresces under UV light. The segments do not actually draw any power except when they are moved. Behind each segment is a solenoid that flips the segment on or off. Several units are then daisy chained together to form larger numbers.

Next time, I will make the effect a little more subtle to prevent motion sickness…

I saw this sign while walking.  I have no idea what it means but it makes my head hurt.

My personal ratings.  Updated when I feel like it. Good Port * 8/10 Fonseca Porto Aged Twany Port 10 Year Old * 8/10 Noval Porto Special Reserve, 500ml * 9.5/10 Chateau Reynella – McLaren Valle – Old Cave Fine Old Twany Port Aged 12 years  500ml (Australia) * 9/10 Warre’s Otima Porto 10 year Twany [...]

Afrotech mods -  the website that bills itself as “ghetto hardware fun” has a great video up on YouTube.  It is a montage of components being destroyed by over voltage, current, or reversed polarity.  There may be some educational value…but it is just fun to watch.

A hacker PSA from what looks to be the early 90′s.  This looks like a winner!