I HAVE to stop pissing about on this forum... - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 02:01:56 am
content: ...And actually get off my arse and get stuck into a project. There are diminishing returns in readingeverythread here<rant at self>"I wonder what's new on the internet today?" Isnota productive attitude!</rant>Wish there was something I needed to do. Na. Wish I was motivated.Current stalled projects (the ones I remember at the moment!):MAME cabinet (halted due to large amount of solder joints required. got bored about 1/2 way)Android app (got banned from the play store)Setub websites after changing VPS providers (in part to re-host my android app)Electroplating experiments (waiting for chemicals)PCB etching experiments (not quite stalled actually, just got nothing to etch)IR thermometer reverse/repair (I suspect faulty transistor, now I'm stuck trying to decide which one of those ebay transistor testers I want)Cell phone LCD hack (a few kinds)Full colour POV clock/weather/twitter/whatever display (needs wireless power & comms & some hardware I haven't got off my arse and bought yet)Stirring hotplate (needs planning, and I want to use a cell phone screen)EL wire dimming/colour change experiments (this might be easier now I have a function gen)Rebuild favourite PC (using it in pieces in the lounge)Next cab off the rank? Not sure. My MAME cabinet will have a car audio amp in it and I'm thinking of some UV LEDs to highlight the speakers. a few sort of high/low pass filter, peak detect and hold things that monitor the frequency of their corresponding channels and PWM accordingly. Maybe. I'm sure it's been done a gajillion times before, but it sounds like it might fall within my skill set at this stage, so I could just jump in and see what I come up with.Sigh

author: TheBorg
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 02:06:00 am
content: I would read this but I have to finish some homework. Time to turn the wifi off!

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 03:00:10 am
content: Huh. I do homework with the forum open. I found myself thinking (-3)^2 = -9 the other day. Poor, poor choices.

author: nanofrog
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 04:53:13 am
content: This site is addictive, and lends itself well to enabling procrastinators such as myself.Should come with a warning label to appease the health and safety brigade.

author: Prime73
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 04:59:21 am
content: Quote from: nanofrog on March 16, 2014, 04:53:13 amI was thinking exactly the same

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 07:19:50 am
content: How many videos and/or designs do you think I could get done if it wasn't for this forum?

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 07:26:56 am
content: I'll also admit to loosing a few weeks worth of productivity to this forumThough for what i loose all the interesting topics tend to keep me one step ahead when shit hits the fan on whatever I'm personally working on.

author: magetoo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 10:32:51 am
content: I know the feeling.Would be great if there were a hackerspace in my town, or if I at least had a workshop / lab, just somewhere where you go todo stuffand somewhere separate from where you usually are when you're dicking around on the Internet.

author: ErikTheNorwegian
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 01:28:49 pm
content: This web site is bringing havoc to the productivety of many people in the Electronic industry all over the world. :)You will pay for this Dave, one way or another!

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 01:55:49 pm
content: On the flip-side I've recently have been given the opportunity to work on my very first "live" embedded project because of this forum! So from a totally unrelated day job with a night-time hobby of electronics things are really getting interesting; and I'm really looking forward to working on my night-time DMM project.

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 02:47:20 pm
content: I need to get off my ass and do some revision, got exams comming up SHIT!!!!!!!!!

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 03:41:41 pm
content: Quote from: electronics man on March 16, 2014, 02:47:20 pmWhat's the problem? Just listen to that vocal group on the forum who tells everyone that you don't need an education to work in electronics.

author: ErikTheNorwegian
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 03:45:15 pm
content: Quote from: Bored@Work on March 16, 2014, 03:41:41 pmYepp, listen to to them, why waste a lot of time on education when you gone end up and waste all of your time educated on this forum? Doubble waste of time!

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 04:15:47 pm
content: Quote from: Bored@Work on March 16, 2014, 03:41:41 pmyeah but im not going to work in electronics it is purly my hobby.

author: Rigby
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2014, 11:01:59 pm
content: Quote from: apelly on March 16, 2014, 02:01:56 amHow did you manage that?

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 01:10:12 am
content: I keep the forum open at work and read it during my morning coffee, before lunch, after lunch, afternoon nap, as I'm waiting to clock out, after I clock out...

author: Mr Smiley
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 03:01:03 am
content: I had to open the home made cider when i saw this today

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 03:23:56 am
content: Quote from: Mr Smiley on March 17, 2014, 03:01:03 amI had to...GET WORK DONE

author: apelly
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 03:31:34 am
content: Quote from: Rigby on March 16, 2014, 11:01:59 pmWell... I have a mate called Dawson. I wrote an app to text him random insults at the press of a button. It was called FoD - Fuck off Dawson. I thought it'd be funny to put it on the play store. And itwas! People from all over the world were texting him. This was a year or two ago and I think he still gets the odd one.Someone complained that it was bullying (something like that anyway). Dawson secretly loved the attention. I used to have the download stats pinned up in my local pub.

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 03:32:51 am
content: Quote from: apelly on March 17, 2014, 03:31:34 amThat is damn hilarious.

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 03:59:40 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 16, 2014, 07:19:50 amWhat, you'd get less done because the forum gives you lots of ideas for videos -OR- you'd get more done because you'd spend less time here?

author: Noise Floor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 04:18:56 am
content: Quote from: apelly on March 17, 2014, 03:31:34 amFor the topic on hand, I carve out time for projects and time for dinking on the 'net. I tend to be "all in" on either when engaging.

author: TheBorg
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 06:41:23 am
content: 12:40AM local time. Just gotta check up on EEVBlog before I go to bed...Gosh, whats wrong with me? In less than 7 hours I will probably be up checking for new stuff here AGAIN!

author: Vgkid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 07:07:03 am
content: I can't sleep, 3:05 A.M EST here.

author: hans
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 09:20:01 am
content: Oh dear, this all sounds so familiar.If I ever do any "work" (be it programming, reading datasheets or designing a board) after 9PM, I have basically given up on my nights rest. RIP sleep. I just can't. Or I have to watch a TV show and hope I fall alseep somewhere in the middle of it. TV has to be good for something right?If it's really bad (or I skip TV) it will probably take around 3 hours to actually get to sleep, because my brain hasn't shut it self off.Migraine headaches are slightly worse in that respect. The confusion effects can be so odd. Last attack this week I thought human language is basically an instruction setThese days I have a built-in timer that just suddenly closes all EDA's and IDE's at 9PM tops, and says to me: "Now you're either going to play some games or be really bored on the internet". What comes after that is usually feeding my youtube, forums & reddit addiction, GTA5 and/or LoL.I can't say hanging around on forums is bad. You should look at how much time I have spent on GTA5 since it has been out. Nowthatis pissing away time. But I can't help keeping myself just a tiny bit sane.Or wait.. GTA5 & sane, hmmTaking selfies with a fighter jet flown by a friend upside down in a tunnel is sane, right?

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2014, 09:59:34 am
content: Yeah the forum is bad but those games can suck away time as a big black hole.GTA5 was over for me after two weeks, i found the driving to the next activity too boring and spending too much time in the hospital to start all over if my Bugatti couldn't handle the corner with 300mph, rediculous in real life it would have been a piece of cakeBut Assasins Creed Black Flag took my life away the last two months, don't start with it. So now back to the hobbie, this weekend there was a electronics fleamarket here in holland and I ended up with 20 reels of new smd components for which i have no clue yet what to build. That is a new way of doing projects, first buy some cheap interesting components, then look up the datasheet and see what you can do with them and start creating a project. Try it, it is fun.