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An oscilloscope can be an expensive piece of equipment, but not every measurement needs four channels and gigahertz sampling rates. For plenty of home labs, old oscilloscopes with CRTs can be found on the used marketplace for a song that are still more than capable of getting the job done, but even these can be overpowered (not to mention extremely bulky). If you’re looking for something even cheaper, and quite …

It’s June 1873, and Karl Marx has decided to send a copy of his magnum opus, Das Kapital, to Charles Darwin, and 150 years later, that unread copy is going back on display at Charles Darwin’s home. However, it seems that Darwin wasn’t that impressed with Marx, and not only did it take several months to send an uncharacteristically short thank-you message, but it’s likely that he stopped reading the …

launch-licensing process. “They’re looking at a pretty aggressive launch schedule this year,” he said. “They’re looking at, I believe, at least nine launches this year. That’s a lot of launches. If you’re doing modifications and doing them one by one, that’s a lot of work. We’ve been talking to SpaceX constantly around the clock, coming ... Read more

Following yesterday’s interview with Renske Mann about The Girl in the Green Jumper, the play based on her memoir, we now turn to playwright Gail Louw, who tells us more about how she formed a play from the book. The Girl in the Green Jumper forms part of a larger season of Louw’s work from... The post Preview: The Girl in the Green Jumper (Playground Theatre) pt 2 appeared first …

ALF Magazine was a quarterly magazine published Welsh Publishing Group. There were four issues published in 1989 and four issues published in 1990. In this post, I will give a quick write up on what was in the first issue and where you can view it online. Within these issues you would find ALF posters, multiple activity pages and letters from fans. In the premiere issue, the table of contents …

Bridging the Transatlantic Divide Over the past decade, access to data (A2D) in digital platforms has emerged as a significant challenge within the research community. Researchers seeking to explore data hosted on these platforms encounter growing obstacles. Public policy concerning such access must navigate through conflicting interests involving various stakeholders, including platforms, its users, competitors, the scientific community, and the public at large. While legal policies in the US have …

Interestingly this is SolidGoldFX’s second take on a 2-Stage VibraPhase pedal - where it originally had the Athena VibraPhase out back in 2019 - which seems to have been discontinued for a while now. I’m not sure how much overlap there is between the two - while the new Aurras seems to be more of a carte blanche re-development than a straight-up evolution or iteration. The text for the Athena …

Not sure how a couple of these images will show, but you'll get the gist if you're not already familiar with the set, which I thought we'd looked at here at Small Scale World, but we haven't, or I can't find it, it may have been in One Inch Warrior magazine, and it may not have been my penmanship or photography on that occasion, while today Jon Atwood has helped …

Imagine a lake that's six miles across flanked by dramatic mountain peaks reaching heights greater than 10,000 feet. We're in California, so it's got to be Lake Tahoe, right? But it's not. It is the lowest and driest place in North America, and the hottest place in the world. It's Death Valley. And big lakes are not a normal part of the scenery here. Badwater Basin is normally a dry …

By Yolanda Wessels Situated near Stanford in the Western Cape lies Panthera Africa, a non-profit company and haven for exploited animals. This 40-hectare environmentally friendly sanctuary is home to animals that have all been rescued from exploitation in one form or another – circuses, zoos, breeding facilities, canned hunting, cub petting facilities, the tiger and lion bone trade, and even private homes where they were kept as pets. Panthera Africa …

The Architects’ Journal Is specialisation the way to succeed in architecture? Does focusing on one sector impose an unwelcome straitjacket or is it the key to architects being treated more like other professions, asks Toko Andrews The post Is specialisation the way to succeed in architecture? appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Simon Aldous

Through the Storms by Rita Potter Released: Feb 23, 2024 Genre: Action / Adventure Why this book and why now? I LOVE disasters! A disaster heightens the intensity of everything, including emotions. Plus I’m one of those odd writers that love to do research, so I was itching to write another book that required heavy research. I could go on for days about all the fascinating things I learned, but …

Konami’s Tokimeki Memorial may have pioneered the concept of all-ages dating sims back in 1994, but it was Koei’s in-house developer Ruby Party who dared to ask if a romantic game with a similar tone might find critical and commercial success if it was not just marketed to but explicitly created for women. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de (I’ll refer to it as HaruToki from this point on, for convenience’s …

It's comforting to wake up on a Friday morning to find two immediately wonderful freshly released albums waiting for me. Like birthday gifts on the doormat. Laetitia Sadler's Rooting For Love which I've already reviewed. And this, the latest from Hurray For The Riff Raff.Alynda Segarra HFTRR's alter ego, has maintained an excellent hitting record in recent seasons which immediately led to my antennae rising in anticipation of the arrival …

curtvilescomic:Moon Knight #37 cover by Michael Kaluta