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» Desperate Times
Polarity
My friend Joe and I were working on cobbling together an iPod dock from plans he found on the Internet. As part of this, we had to hook a power supply up to the dock connector. Alas, the one he was going to use didn't have the polarity marked, and he didn't have a voltmeter. A dilemma.
However, he did have a drinking glass, water, and salt. So I filled the glass with salt water and stuck the power supply wires in there. The wire that gave off more bubbles would be the electrode producing hydrogen, and therefore the negative wire.
I was pretty pleased with myself, until we tried it and observed the electrodes giving off roughly equal amounts of bubbles. After an embarrassingly long time, we read the back of the power supply again and saw the text "5V AC."
We went to Radio Shack and got another power supply. And a voltmeter.
(Fri 16th Nov 2007, 22:09, More)
Polarity
My friend Joe and I were working on cobbling together an iPod dock from plans he found on the Internet. As part of this, we had to hook a power supply up to the dock connector. Alas, the one he was going to use didn't have the polarity marked, and he didn't have a voltmeter. A dilemma.
However, he did have a drinking glass, water, and salt. So I filled the glass with salt water and stuck the power supply wires in there. The wire that gave off more bubbles would be the electrode producing hydrogen, and therefore the negative wire.
I was pretty pleased with myself, until we tried it and observed the electrodes giving off roughly equal amounts of bubbles. After an embarrassingly long time, we read the back of the power supply again and saw the text "5V AC."
We went to Radio Shack and got another power supply. And a voltmeter.
(Fri 16th Nov 2007, 22:09, More)
» My sex misconceptions
Savage Love
Savage Love is a weekly sex advice column written by a guy from Seattle named Dan Savage. Lots of weeklies in the US run it, and I believe some in Canada as well, but I'm not sure if he's syndicated in the UK or elsewhere. Anyway, he ran a column a few years ago with readers' sex misconceptions. The boys' stories are here and the girls' are here. Enjoy!
(Fri 26th Sep 2008, 0:16, More)
Savage Love
Savage Love is a weekly sex advice column written by a guy from Seattle named Dan Savage. Lots of weeklies in the US run it, and I believe some in Canada as well, but I'm not sure if he's syndicated in the UK or elsewhere. Anyway, he ran a column a few years ago with readers' sex misconceptions. The boys' stories are here and the girls' are here. Enjoy!
(Fri 26th Sep 2008, 0:16, More)
» Best Graffiti Ever
Friendly sidewalk graffiti
Someone here stenciled a bunch of positive-sounding messages on the sidewalks a few months ago, like "YOUR EXISTENCE GIVES ME HOPE". Someone else didn't agree:
(Fri 4th May 2007, 9:07, More)
Friendly sidewalk graffiti
Someone here stenciled a bunch of positive-sounding messages on the sidewalks a few months ago, like "YOUR EXISTENCE GIVES ME HOPE". Someone else didn't agree:
(Fri 4th May 2007, 9:07, More)
» Why I was late
Not mine
But I wonder how this person came out in the end.
(Fri 29th Jun 2007, 22:01, More)
Not mine
But I wonder how this person came out in the end.
(Fri 29th Jun 2007, 22:01, More)
» Food sabotage
Wasabi
Maybe a little far from the topic, but a former boss once told me of the time he went out to have lunch at a sushi place with co-workers, including one person who'd never had the stuff before. The sushi virgin pointed at the little lump of wasabi and asked what it was. Boss says, "Oh, that's wasabi. You just pop it in your mouth and eat it."
I believe he left the company shortly thereafter.
(Thu 18th Sep 2008, 19:54, More)
Wasabi
Maybe a little far from the topic, but a former boss once told me of the time he went out to have lunch at a sushi place with co-workers, including one person who'd never had the stuff before. The sushi virgin pointed at the little lump of wasabi and asked what it was. Boss says, "Oh, that's wasabi. You just pop it in your mouth and eat it."
I believe he left the company shortly thereafter.
(Thu 18th Sep 2008, 19:54, More)