November 2008 – Wandering Samurai

Thomas Edison: How to Electricute an Elephant

See here for a video of an experiment Thomas Edision conducted in 1903 in an attempt to prove AC current is more powerful than DC current. The video after the…

pixel 11/28/2008

Electronics General Info Release Notices

USB 3.0 Released

USB 3.0 spec has been released! Varying reports, but it looks like USB 3.0 will have 10x higher data rates (4.8Gb/s vs 480Mb/s), higher current (900mA vs 500mA), and a…

pixel 11/27/2008

Perl Modules to Make Your Life Easier

These are some of my favorite perl modules. Config::General The format of config files supported by Config::General is inspired by the well known apache config format, in fact, this module…

pixel 11/13/2008

Electronics General Info

Lethal Electricity Explained

While searching for information on the lethal potential of electrical shock I came across an article by Zach Eveland that provides a clear and simple explanation. Play safe kiddies. "…it’s…

pixel 11/11/2008