Category Archives: Random

Mah Laser

Posted on 2012-02-29 by Nigel VH

Been playing with some neat stuff lately, including a shiny (haha, get it? Shiny?) new laser Putting out about 1W of concentrated light.  More than enough to burn some stuff. Here’s some pics! Also, please don’t try this at home. … Continue reading →

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Rock Polishing

Posted on 2012-02-01 by Nigel VH

Over the Christmas Holiday, I was kindly given a small rock tumbler. Since it came with some polishing grit, and a bag of rocks to try it out on, I thought I would do exactly that. Unfortunately, I forgot to … Continue reading →

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Etching a QR Code

Posted on 2011-11-16 by Nigel VH

So, for a while now I thought it would be cool to etch a QR Code on a pcb. I finally got around to doing so, and here are some pictures from the process. You may even be able to … Continue reading →

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UPS Resurrection

Posted on 2011-08-26 by Nigel VH

Several years back now, I was browsing around a yard sale over on Whidbey Island. Apparently some guy moved out of his apartment and left his stuff. The landlord, as is their right, was selling it off. Anyway, to get … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Display Issue

Posted on 2011-08-08 by Nigel VH

So, for quite a while now I’ve off and on been getting an error on my computer (Windows 7 64bit) that says that the “display driver stopped responding and has recovered.” Most of the time this would only happen once … Continue reading →

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