My trigatrons have finally arrived. According to the datasheet, they’ll switch about 160 kW at up to 10 kV (7.2 kV typical). Sadly this is not enough for the quarter shrinker, but I think I see a min

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I just got a new set of Moo cards, and boy are they sexy. Now with 106% more AWESOME!

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Who thought it would take so much work to make nothing at all? http://www.cae2k.com/howto.html

Celebrate Improbability Day (10/10/10, or 101010, or 42, depending on how you look at it) by doing something improbable. I celebrated by waking up at 10:10:10, wearing a towel, and changing

The talk went very well. There was much animated discussion, and electrical zapping was had by all. Thank you Ada’s for having me, and thanks to everyone who came out!

My buddy yoyojedi got quite the score at the last U.W. public auction: a 35 liter dewar, for only $150! The folks at Central Welding (our preferred purveyors of liquid nitrogen) had never seen