Comments on: Eat Your Heart Out, Rube! http://www.donaldedgar.com/2009/11/28/eat-your-heart-out-rube/ Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:43:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Donald http://www.donaldedgar.com/2009/11/28/eat-your-heart-out-rube/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Donald Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:57:27 +0000 http://www.donaldedgar.com/?p=157#comment-196 Heh, we cheated a little with the cell phone. When I built it, I didn't take into account the relative darkness of the floor, so when we placed it there on project day, it was too dark and the light was always on, even after adjusting the potentiometer (little dial that changes how sensitive it is). I could have easily switched out the pot with one that was more forgiving, but I didn't have one with me. So we put a cell phone near it with its flash on in order to pretend to have more light. Otherwise the thing on the floor is basically just a night light. When it gets dark enough, the LED goes on, but when light enough it goes off. And Joe's job is only in danger if I can work from PDX... Heh, we cheated a little with the cell phone. When I built it, I didn’t take into account the relative darkness of the floor, so when we placed it there on project day, it was too dark and the light was always on, even after adjusting the potentiometer (little dial that changes how sensitive it is). I could have easily switched out the pot with one that was more forgiving, but I didn’t have one with me. So we put a cell phone near it with its flash on in order to pretend to have more light.

Otherwise the thing on the floor is basically just a night light. When it gets dark enough, the LED goes on, but when light enough it goes off. And Joe’s job is only in danger if I can work from PDX…

]]> By: Susannananna http://www.donaldedgar.com/2009/11/28/eat-your-heart-out-rube/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Susannananna Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:50:13 +0000 http://www.donaldedgar.com/?p=157#comment-195 oh... ps... I sent the Youtube link to Joe and told him you're one step closer to taking his job. oh… ps… I sent the Youtube link to Joe and told him you’re one step closer to taking his job.

]]> By: Susannananna http://www.donaldedgar.com/2009/11/28/eat-your-heart-out-rube/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Susannananna Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:49:19 +0000 http://www.donaldedgar.com/?p=157#comment-194 Is the cell phone just reflecting a light? Or...??? I don't really get what's happening on the floor there. (if it's too complicated to explain on here, I'll learn to live without these details) ;) Is the cell phone just reflecting a light? Or…??? I don’t really get what’s happening on the floor there.
(if it’s too complicated to explain on here, I’ll learn to live without these details) ;)

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