Click image, maybe it gets bigger.It's here! It's here! UPS just found my new house in the heart of the Great Boreal Deciduous Hardwood Forest and tossed the cardboard box on my porch!
It's a kit -- fuck Plug & Play, which murdered my beloved Heathkits -- so now I have to hunt for my soldering iron, my electronic solder (DO NOT USE PLUMBING SOLDER!), my needlenose pliers, my diagonal cutters ("dykes," no jokes, that's just what we Electron Heads of both genders call them), and my wire strippers. (At the moment I have no teeth, up to now the perfect tool for stripping plastic insulation from electric wire, no matter what the dentist says.)
So uhhh like ... What is it? Guess My Gizmo! 6 Slices Pesto & Avocado.
Notice that I'll be adding 2 "mods" -- modifications:
* a 3-position switch, and
* an output signal that, somehow, I can plug into my computer. The computer display screen, pretending to be an oscilloscope, shows what the Gizmo should be outputting (the Good Lord willin' and the crik don't rise).
Here's a Hint about the first (and maybe the only) Hint I'll give you if you whine and beg for a Hint: I'll tell you how much it cost.
I am SO PSYCHED!!! Where the fuck are my electronic kit tools? I better have an Energizer Bunny 9volt battery around here or I'm taking the one out of the smoke detector.
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The Marvelous Toy
by Tom Paxton
When I was just a wee little lad
full of health and joy
My father homeward came one night
and gave to me a toy
A wonder to behold, it was,
with many colors bright
And the moment I laid eyes on it
it became my heart's delight
It went "zip" when it moved
and "bop" when it stopped
And "whirr" when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will.
The first time that I picked it up,
I had a big surprise
For right on its bottom were two big buttons
that looked like big green eyes.
I first pushed one and then the other,
and then I twisted its lid
And when I set it down again
this is what it did:
It went "zip" when it moved
and "bop" when it stopped
And "whirr" when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will.
It first marched left
and then marched right
And then marched under a chair
And when I looked where it had gone
it wasn't even there
I started to sob and my daddy laughed
for he knew that I would find,
When I turned around, my marvelous toy
chugging from behind.
Well, the years have gone by
too quickly, it seems,
I have my own little boy
And yesterday I gave to him
my marvelous little toy.
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head
And he gave a squeal of glee,
Neither one of us knows just what it is,
but he loves it, just like me.
It still goes "zip" when it moves
and "bop" when it stops
And "whirr" when it stands still
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will.
4 comments:
hmmmm the telescope you so much wanted?
Nope, Bob Is Assimilated Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T65NpyfPkQ)
GPS collars for dogs, RTFI chips for the cat, pretty soon the fridge will contact the store via the Internet when I run out of beer or ice cream (with or without my knowledge ?? ) Amazon sends me recommendations based on CRM data that acually matches my taste every now and then.
I mean, I can see the medical benefits of a new gizmo for diabetics but what irritates me is the Vleeptron is apperently psyched out about that. Shouldn't we be a bit more cautious when it comes to our privacy nowdays ? I don't want to spoil the fun for Bob, nosiree, but We Are Being Assimilated. Slowly , but we are. Or I am confusing something here or just too paranoid ?
hey hey hi hi hi ola ola despicableteacher!
telescope is a Great Guess!
but ... wrong. sorry. guess again.
A digital geiger counter ? Can I call someone ? Ask the audience or 50/50 ?
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