10
Jun
2017
Storage
232/365 My latest hard drive, a 4TB Seagate portable. Four terabytes in the palm of my hand. The first drive I ever used, the Acorn Winchester Disk 130, needed both hands to lift it and stored 30MB. That means you’ve have needed more than 130,000 of them to give the same capacity as the drive […]
13
Feb
2017
Pedal to the Metal
Igor’s posts about putting together a guitar pedal kit inspired me to buy myself one for my birthday. I chose the Britannia pedal, a Vox AC30 simulation circuit from runoffgroove.com. I found that Jed’s Peds, a UK supplier, were selling a Britannia kit including a PCB and pre-drilled box, which was very handy. I’m pretty good […]
8
Feb
2017