Old Fashioned

So, I have been perfecting my ideal old fashioned, and here is what I have so far:

In an Old-Fashioned-Glass, combine ice with:

60 mL Makers Mark
30-40mL Turbinado Simple Syrup
2 dashes angora bitters
2 dashes orange bitters
splash of mineral water

Stir for 1-2 minutes, then let sit for an additional minute or two.
If you have orange rind, a nice topper is rubbing the orange rind on the rim of the glass before putting it in the glass.






What I am missing: The perfect ice-cube

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3D Printing

My self-proclaimed weakest link throughout all my electronic projects is mounting, building, etc. I decided to overcome this issue, and have recently purchased all the parts required to make a RepRap Huxley.

I will document my build process once I receive all the parts - both for your sake and mine as I inevitably will break it and having a build log is always nice.

I chose the Huxley over other 3d printers primarily due to its cost and size. I do not have a big place, and I am unsure how much I will use this, so a cheaper option is better. If I outgrow it, I can just print me a new one.

I hope mine look shalf as professional as the one on the left.

Print area: 6" x 6" x 4"

Power Supply Snafu

Yesterday, I went to turn on my power supply to power my latest tinkering, and I let the magic smoke out. Apparently at least 3 capacitors and 2 transistors blew from my visual inspection inside. It had lasted me many long years of tinkering, and I happened to have an extra ATX supply laying around from my last computer upgrade.

I opened it up, found that it already contained a load resistor across the +5V supply, something that I remember was needed for the power supply to work correctly.. A little testing and I found I had to drop the green wire to ground to get it to turn on. I drilled a few holes in the top to make room for my binding posts, wired one each to the -12 (blue), GND(black), +3.3(orange), +5(red), +12V(yellow) terminals.

In addition, I hooked up the brown (sense) wire to the 3.3V wire. I also decided to throw the whole circuit onto a separate switch on the top of the supply, so I hooked the green/black up to a SPST switch on top. I kept the wires long to allow easier future modification.

After turning it back on, I found out my rails were easily sitting within 5% of the advertised voltages.

The end result: My lab is now back up and running with my new power supply, and I now have a lot more scrap parts from my previous supply. Now back to making a pin-out of my nixie tubes for my clock (more on that later)


(Future upgrade plan: add a variable voltage from 0-24V using -12/+12 - drawbacks - space within the supply itself, possible add a small bot on top to host the circuitry. For now, I will use a small breadboard 4-25V, 1A variable supply. I have)

Welcome to my blog

I plan to keep a log of some of my electronic projects, as well as some of the interesting problems/solutions I run into at work as a Network Admin. Heck, I might even throw a hint of two about desktop computers. Maybe I will throw a few recipes out there (for those with an iron stomach).

Projects in progress/in the future:
- 3D Printing
- Fix ASA 5505 (no power)
- Build myself a new alarm clock - Nixie tube displays, mounted to my bookcase.
- Automatic Watering system for my plants (I am forgetful)