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Light Activated Switch
Posted below are a couple of videos of me testing a photo detector circuit that I’m making for a project. The circuit is based of the design by Rob Paisley.
FYI – The two videos were shot using my iPhone 4 – the first one is available in HD on Vimeo.
Label Maker Ripoff
Is there a legitimate reason why label makers leave such a huge margin between the text and the ends of the label; no matter how much text is printed? I’ve seen this on every label maker I’ve used. The one used to make the labels pictured is a Brother PT-1000. You can configure the PT-1000 to use a smaller margin but it still prints the same 1″ tail on either one side of the label. The only thing setting a smaller margin (either 1/2″ or 1/6″) does is print dots as a guide to cut the excess label off.
Seems like an awful waste and a good way to keep label refill sales going strong.
Update: July 27, 2010 – I added an image showing how a label comes out of the PT-1000 with the smallest (1/6″) margin set and corrected an error in the above text.
Do you know how many Jelly Belly Beans I could buy?
From: Jim
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 2010
To: Adam
Subject: HUGE Japanese Maple (about 10 foot wide) – $50
Since, when dug up, it may well die I’m not willing to pay anything. However, if you have no takers and simply want it gone I’d be willing to do the work and remove it on Saturday.
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