I finally got around to taking a few photos of my spark gap Tesla coil in action. It smelled like a thunderstorm for hours around the Unit last night. Enjoy!

I just registered for online access to Stephen Wolfram’s A New Kind of Science. As a regular user of Wolfram Alpha, I find it endlessly hilarious that the anti-bot captcha is a math problem. <img d…

<img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-447” title=”ballplasma” src=”uploads/2010/12/ballplasma-300x273.jpgCaroline Wurden…

<img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” class=”alignright size-medium wp-image-441” title=”snowflake” src=”uploads/2010/12/snowflake-300x258.jpgThis fun HOWTO f…

<img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” class=”size-medium wp-image-431 alignright” title=”31649” src=”uploads/2010/12/31649-300x175.jpg Philips designed an ope…

Phenomenal macro photos of various spiders, flies, and other insects. Watch in HD for full spider creep-out effect. Via Alex Wild.

<img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” class=”alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-421” title=”s12s” src=”uploads/2010/12/s12s-150x150.jpgCurious about a particul…

Who knew that studying plasma physics could be so stimulating?

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 mini…

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