We did a short article on Yi Yao a while back, noting that he definitely has The Knack. His homebrew frequency counter (above) confirms that he does. In a recent e-mail from him I also detect an inclination toward poetry. April is Poetry Month, so I thought I should share the latest from Yi:
Hi Bill,
I haven't gotten around to making my first rig yet. But,
after
listening to SolderSmoke since the beginning, it seems like the universal
rule
of homebrewing has been to avoid regens!
I've been focusing on
mechanical design for the last while. Having
spent 2 years in a heavily
electrical engineering oriented
environment, I decided to try something new.
Most of the smoke that
I inhale these days is from cutting oil vaporizing as
I turn something
on the lathe. Chips mean bits of metal that are created from
cutting
metal. Soldering is done with a torch. The common thread
with
electronics is the knackish pursuit of elegant design and
beautiful
construction.
I've been thinking about getting myself a copy
of SSDRA, but even
looking at online used book stores, this is costing in
the
neighbourhood of some of my university textbooks. There's no
shortage
of good information and ideas for homebrewing online though. I
think
that's what I will use.
Cheers,
Yi
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