Well, this weekend, I’m back at Dad’s condo here in Seattle. It’s nice to be able to come back here and have some quiet time once in a while. Though, it isn’t always full of food. So, I use my dining plan and buy some groceries to eat. It’s really convenient. Grab a pizza, some various other food type goods, and head back. Of course, there’s also the gallons of orange juice that I sustain myself on.
I also am planning on meeting the girl and a friend of hers, and friend’s uncle(?) for Mexican food later tonight. Hey, I’m not going to complain about a free meal. Then she and I will come back and have a nice quiet evening. It’s nice to have a bit of downtime sometimes.
I recently cleaned my fishtank. It was getting a little dirty, So last weekend I decided that I was going to clean it up. It’s looking much better now. The fish are all happy and healthy.
I’ve also recently learned of some interesting information concerning the electronics field. One of which involves lasers (Always Fun). The other involves radio tranceivers (also always fun).
Apparently if you get a dvd burner, and take the laser diode out of it, place it in a housing (to disperse heat and focus the beam) then connect it properly to a couple AAs then you can get it to burn stuff. This is definitely something I would like to try out if I can get my hands on a 16x DVD burner laser diode. Unfortunately while getting cheaper, these devices still run in the multiple tens of dollars. Right now, that’s a little out of my price range.
My good buddy, and fellow Technician Class HAM Radio Operator, happened to stumble across some plans for a very cheap (like nine bucks), very easy to build, CW (Morse Code (No, I don’t know why they chose CW.)) tranceiver. These devices should be able to broadcast somewhere around a hundred miles. With some slight tweaking, we believe we can get them to go just a little farther, and with some slight different tweaking, I believe that I can get it to transmit voice instead of just tone. I suppose we’ll have to see.
Anyways, That is what is up with me.