I need to get a headphone amp for my Sennheiser HD280 Pros – maybe this will be my next project. A headphone amplifier assembled “dead bug” style, then set in clear acrylic. Yes. I want one. Electronic engineers have been encapsulating or potting electronics in resin’s for decades usually for vibration dampening or moisture control its just [...]
Space Shuttle Discovery mated with SCA NASA 905 chase flight from KSC – VAB in the background. Source: NASA / Sheri Dunnette Locke
I’m still upset that Houston didn’t get one. Thanks for the words, Engadget:
Update: Edited the embed because the original video was removed. When commercial space tourism becomes attainable (but not necessarily affordable), I’m going to have to see this for myself.
Estimate the mass of an Airbus A320 at about 170,000lb, start the accelerometer based dyno tool on the iPod touch, and wait for takeoff! For the record, the estimation based on a 170000lb aircraft was 28596 hp 60′: 4.71 sec@18.5 MPH 1/8 mi: 13.89 sec@ 66.5 MPH 1/4 mi: 19.40 sec@94.2 MPH A rather poor 1/4 mile time that [...]
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Yelling at your servers can measurably negatively affect their performance. No joke. Make sure to treat your servers with respect, and keep it quiet in the datacenter! Perhaps there is a “brown note” for disks (“rust note”?) – some harmonic that destroys their performance; although based on what we think is happening (disk heads being [...]
After filling up my memory card with pictures of Supras after Supras, I gave up. Here are some pictures of the night meet later that evening.
Here are some TX2K11 pictures from this past weekend. Many thanks to Hennessey Performance Engineering, Lonestar Motorsports Park, and all the events sponsors for an awesome weekend. Pictures of the night meet and videos are coming soon!
Pictures of Joe Nemechek cars at HostGator.com’s Houston office.