Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Shuji Nakamura -- Inventor of Blue LEDs -- Takes on Fusion Energy at Age 72

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This blog covered Shuji Nakamura at least twice before -- we reported on on how he had invented the blue LED:  https://soldersmoke.blogspot....
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Monday, December 1, 2025

Book Review: "Big Ear Two -- Listening for Other-Worlds" by John Kraus (1995)

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This book is kind of weird, but give it a chance.  The author seems too prone to describe the physical attributes of his colleagues, especia...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

California Typewriter -- Full Movie with Tom Hanks

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I think this one is a bit over the top.  They are way too interested in the old typewirters.  The artist who destroys the old machines to ma...
Friday, October 3, 2025

More Silicon Valley -- Apple, Microsoft, and IBM (video)

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  More interesting computer history.   -- Visicalc and importance of spread sheets. (I remember when I first learned to use one).  -- Amazin...

Silicon Valley -- The Hippies who Built the First PC (full video)

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Computers are not really my thing, but the discussion of California culture and how it led to the home computer revolution is very interesti...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

So hey, BE CAREFUL!

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  The vessel "Tally Ho" sailed into San Francisco bay recently.  They went to a very cool machine shop in Sausalito, where they fo...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

CuriousMarc Fixes the HP-182C Power Supply -- But More Fun to Come!

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I really like how Marc stops and gives an account of all the parts he has changed,  and that he HONESTLY talks about parts that he mistakenl...
Friday, May 2, 2025

John KN6FVK's FB Homebrew SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver -- Crickets Killed with Barkhausen-Be-Gone Spray!

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I went to bed worrying about this one. John KN6FVK had been having a lot of problems.  He had repeatedly reported hearing nothing (crickets!...
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Monday, October 14, 2024

Monitoring Maritime Radio Messages with YADD

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  Click on the image for a clearer view This is really cool and very easy.  Easy nerd thrills.   On Friday, Steve VE7SL, put up a blog post...
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Friday, September 6, 2024

Ham Radio in the 1970s (and earlier, with some cool Jazz). What favorite rigs do you see?

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Rogier PA1ZZ sent me this today.  I think I may have seen pieces of it before, but this restoration  is really nice.  But ham radio seems to...
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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Who can tell us more about Lovelock's homebrew shortwave radio?

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" Three years earlier, Lovelock had listened on his homemade shortwave radio in Finchley to the 'beep, beep, beep' transmission...
Saturday, May 25, 2024

Pete Juliano's Amazing Videos -- 318 of Them!

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Blogs come and go, but (hopefully) YouTube is more permanent and accessible.  This morning I re-found Pete N6QW's YouTube channel.  When...
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