I discover prototype boards

This is the go to solution after the bulky and loopy bread boards. The sound quality is a bit noisy, and I essentially do a poor job of describing them which it turns out was a prelude to a second rate job of using them.

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Glenbrook Merry Makers

Hear first hand the story of a group of locals and how they kept up the moral of country under siege.

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Life before US oil

This is a live broadcast of Denis Bainbridges's talk on eye poping mining in late 19th century

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Utter electronics despair

Hear the confused mind of someone who has a mystery disease laying low every level of board in the quest to make the ultimate teaching robot.

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My bad_ wire stripping to regret

The moral of the story is "don't use' single action wire strippers as they weaken the inner wire causing faults on an epic scale.

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Oliver Morton's Moon

I comment with some additional insights on Oliver Mortons book

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Arduino Dancing Duck

Salvaged from the research prototypes I have a rubber duck with a magnet up its rear end that looks possessed as it rap dances to music synced with a magnetic field.

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Quick insight on magnets

I didn't think much when I discovered what I learnt at school was wrong. I am surprised that the ideas of a dipole field having torque and force along a gradient is such a big step.

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The truth about magnets

Yes, you have probably been taught about magnetic monopoles, and yes you may have really like the teacher that taught it to you. Now you have the trauma of find out just how useless the whole exercise was. My heart goes out to you.

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Back on air

Away for a few days in Melbourne, getting ready to podcast again.

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