Category Archives: Random

2015 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2015-05-30 by Nigel VH

Launch happened the morning of Saturday, May 30st. We had one launch from Moses Lake, WA, which reached nearly 26km in altitude. We were successful in recovering the payload string, and received good data throughout the flight. The flight carried a … Continue reading →

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Playing with Logic

Posted on 2015-05-03 by Nigel VH

I was recently speaking with a friend about my project from a while back, hooking up my GPSDO timebase into a Raspberry Pi to create a Stratum 1 NTP server, and he had run into the same issue I had, … Continue reading →

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Pacific Northwest Rust

Posted on 2015-05-03 by Nigel VH

Those of you who live in the Pacific Northwest, particularly along the coast, know that just about anything metal you leave outside will be rusted in very short order. The mild temperatures and moist climate tend to encourage such things. … Continue reading →

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Unspecified Updates

Posted on 2014-10-02 by Nigel VH

As noted a few posts ago, I’ve been trying my hand once again at not failing to keep a plant alive, and have been keeping a watchful eye on my Meyer Lemon tree. It’s continuing to grow pretty nicely, and … Continue reading →

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Bending Acrylic

Posted on 2014-07-20 by Nigel VH

I’ve had a large 2000VA UPS here under my desk for some time, and it uses an external battery pack. The problem is, some time ago I lost the top half of the battery pack, so the batteries and the … Continue reading →

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