What did you buy today? Post your latest purchase!

[McBryce]

You guys! Why do you do this to me? Very cool historically nerdy decor. For how long can I resist not buying one?

I'll post a link later to the deep frames needed to mount these, so you have no excuse not to have some core memory on the wall

McBryce.

[Kjelt]

One of my good intentions of the new year was and still is, to only buy stuff that I use directly or on very short term.
I can't find any practical use in 1kB of magnetic core memory so I am safe in resisting 

[McBryce]

One of my good intentions of the new year was and still is, to only buy stuff that I use directly or on very short term.
I can't find any practical use in 1kB of magnetic core memory so I am safe in resisting 

Really? How many of your past "good intentions" have you actually managed to keep? My current score is zero. 

McBryce.

[TerraHertz]

I bought a second hand book from a US seller in Baltimore MD (via abebooks.com) It's Vol 2 for a Vol 1 I've had for years.
Nice price: US$ 18.79 plus postage US$ 8.98

The packing was ... strange.

The bookshop put it in what is effectively a brown paper bag. The paper is tough, but stiff cardboard it isn't. The bag inside surface has a tacky coating, so the book doesn't slide around and excess volume of the bag sticks to the other side. Overall volume is basically the same as the book. But there's no resistance to impacts at all.

They put a customs declaration and address label on that bag.

Then someone in LA CA put that in a giant USPS plastic sack, dimensions flat: 1m x 0.7m.  Wiretied the neck of the sack, with another address label. 'INTL SURFACE AIR LIFT'
That has a tick box for "Books/sheet music" but it isn't ticked.

And that's how it arrived.  A book in a bag in a giant sack. This goes up there among the oddest packings I've ever received.
The book is hardback and survived more or less, but is sort of 'rounded on the corners.'

The sack seems pretty useful. Light and strong. Maybe for beach/snorkelling gear. But why was it added?

[Kjelt]

Really? How many of your past "good intentions" have you actually managed to keep? My current score is zero. 
McBryce.

Since when are results of the past a guarantee for results of the future? 
BTW my score is not 0 , its about 30% best guestimate

[JaspaJami]

Agilent E3631A PSU

[Terry01]

Pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys! 

[Mr. Scram]

Pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys! 

Don't forget the rest!

[beanflying]

Driven small diameter front wheel what could go wrong 

My Dad some years ago now went over the bars on a Honda 4 stroke powered beast of very similar style, air ambulance ride to the big smoke, cracked ribs, damaged knee and far more skin removed than was available. Several Skin Grafts later he had me sell the toy for him.

Add Knee and Elbow pads to the helmet uncool as they may look.

[Specmaster]

Pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys! 

You must have far better roads in Scotland then we do, I wouldn't dare to ride that with our roads, hit a pothole with that front wheel and you'll be flying over those handlebars and be skimming along the road surface, so you had also better get some serious body protection just to keep your skin where it belongs, on you. 

[Gary350z]

Yup, they make a nice decoration when framed. Here's mine, probably from the same seller, that I bought a few years ago.
McBryce.
 

 
Putting the memory board on standoffs is a great idea. I was going to put it in a frame like a photo (smashed flat), but now I'll use your idea. Thanks

[McBryce]

Yeah, there are 10mm standoffs behind it, just enough to centre it in the frame. This also gives it a more 3D look from the shadow, rather than stuck flat to the backplane.

McBryce.

[Terry01]

Pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys! 

Don't forget the rest!

OHYA!!

Nice 1

[Terry01]

Driven small diameter front wheel what could go wrong 

My Dad some years ago now went over the bars on a Honda 4 stroke powered beast of very similar style, air ambulance ride to the big smoke, cracked ribs, damaged knee and far more skin removed than was available. Several Skin Grafts later he had me sell the toy for him.

Add Knee and Elbow pads to the helmet uncool as they may look.

I’ve ordered a new helmet and gloves and I have knee and elbow pads from before when I had the petrol ‘GO PED’  years ago.  I do believe this thing will be a whole other deal compared to the ‘GO PED’!!

I’ll let you know how I get on.... if you don’t hear in a few days you’ll know I died a happy man! 

[cdev]

The city of San Jose (which is very flat, no hills like SF) recently let a local company set up a system to allow people to rent (brightly colored, highly visible) electric scooters in the downtown area and drop them off at their destinations. Similar to the pictured but stand up, no seat. People can use them on sidewalks, legally. They have generally been well received, I gather. Saves people visiting a lot of time.

Pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys! 

You must have far better roads in Scotland then we do, I wouldn't dare to ride that with our roads, hit a pothole with that front wheel and you'll be flying over those handlebars and be skimming along the road surface, so you had also better get some serious body protection just to keep your skin where it belongs, on you. 

[Nominal Animal]

I've lusted after an EV4, an EV4 Off-road quad or an EV4 semi-recumbent, for years.  I'm just too inept to afford one. 

[Mortymore]

My latest purchase was a Siglent AWG SDG-1032X, later injected with steroids for 60MHz  (thanks to the good people in this forum)

A great 2019 for you all

[Kilrah]

Pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys! 

Nice, found those way too ridiculously heavy though... I have a nice etwow s2 booster (modded to "monster booster" aka going from 9s to 13s), 11kg and 40km/h, 20km average range. Easy to carry in public transport and do a few km to final destination.
Bought it nearly 2 years ago and about to reach 2000km on the odo.

[BravoV]

Omron AC 10A relay LY2 series + it's socket, for my AC inductive load soft starter project.

[Terry01]

Pulled the trigger on one of these bad boys! 

Nice, found those way too ridiculously heavy though... I have a nice etwow s2 booster (modded to "monster booster" aka going from 9s to 13s), 11kg and 40km/h, 20km average range. Easy to carry in public transport and do a few km to final destination.
Bought it nearly 2 years ago and about to reach 2000km on the odo.

Nice 1 on the etwow. 

I did think about the weight of the Viper which I guess is around 25-30Kg although the shipping weight is stated 20Kg on the shipping label. I hope the shipping weight is correct and I am wrong but I don't think so.
If it is too heavy I will bolt a couple small stabilizers on to the rear end so I can fold it up and then pull it more like a trolly sort of thing as opposed to carry it like a bag. We'll see.
I had the petrol "GO PED" years ago and it really was a laugh so I kinda know what to expect with this even if this will be so much more powerful and quite a bit faster top end.
The thing I found with pot holes and stuff with my GO PED was it would skim over most smaller stuff and the bigger ones were big enough to see long before you needed to get on the anchors or go around them. You do need to be very vigilant though, a seconds lost concentration could be the difference between a good day out or a skin graft.
The petrol GO PED I owned years ago had much smaller wheels than the Viper has and I found that to be ok so long as you didn't push yours or the machines capabilities to much beyond what was safe.

[URI]

Some time-nuttery stuff:

The the last model (2017-12-16) of a BG7BL GPSDO. (Look at the eevblog thread of BG7TBL GPSDOs.)

Some more (all together 10) OCXOs:
- Trimble 34310-T 10MHz 12V 50*50*38mm sine wave OCXO (double oven, I think)
- Trimble 65256 10MHz 12V 51*51*15mm sine wave OCXO (as a possible GPSDO spare part, see above..    )
- Oscilloquartz 8663-XS 10Mhz 12V sine wave OCXO
- Morion MV89A double oven 10MHz 12V sine wave OCXO

And a 10MHz rubidium reference, a Spectratime LPFRS-01 (like in this repair thread).
This unit is still well documented by its manufacturer, that's a big plus for me.   

[Calambres]

A couple of crimpers:

Crimper #1
Crimper #2

and a desoldering gun

[netdudeuk]

A couple of crimpers:

Crimper #1
Crimper #2

and a desoldering gun

Funny that you should show these as I’ve also just got a pair like those for ferrules plus another crimping tool for fork connectors and the like.

I’ve had a look around but couldn’t find out if my (fairly cheap) fork connectors are suitable for 240v (~5 amps) mains use though ...

[julianhigginson]

I've lusted after an EV4, an EV4 Off-road quad or an EV4 semi-recumbent, for years.  I'm just too inept to afford one. 

what do they even cost? website doesn't seem helpful in that regard. They look like fun!

[Jeroen3]

I recently also bought the ferrule and spade/fork/ring crimp kit. From china.
But the crimps all look shiny, and all other crimps I have ever seen are matte. This feels cheap, and I doubt the capabilities of them. They also weigh significantly less.

Buyer beware.