Sod your work bench, what can you see from your window! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TopLoser
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timestamp: May 06, 2015, 10:52:52 pm
content: Busy bank holiday Monday!

author: sacherjj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 01:30:10 am
content: My lab is in the basement. I don't have a window. But I have a nice 30" monitor I can put pretty pictures on and make believe it is a window...

author: Stupid Beard
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 01:47:43 am
content: Quote from: TopLoser on May 06, 2015, 10:52:52 pmSomebody stole all your trees.

author: c4757p
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 01:59:41 am
content: Here, have some of mine.

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 02:45:22 am
content: My view is terrible:

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 02:47:54 am
content: I can see two hospitals from my window. One is a mental hospital. So whatever happens, help is near.

author: mtdoc
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 03:49:59 am
content: Nice Birds.Here's one from my window. And a winter shot.

author: tec5c
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 04:03:45 am
content: Uhh, everyone lives in the middle of nowhere?

author: SL4P
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 04:19:35 am
content: <grinch>The first OP post is a con.You can clearly see from the shadow, that he is standing out in the open on a ridge -the view is not from a building or window!.</grinch>

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 04:25:38 am
content: Quote from: tec5c on May 07, 2015, 04:03:45 amHa! Define "middle of nowhere"Me, I'm 6 miles from the closest pub and a 2.5 hour drive from Seattle. Close enough for me but I do pay the price with crappy 1 Mbps DSL internet

author: CrashO
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 04:41:38 am
content: Quote from: tec5c on May 07, 2015, 04:03:45 amI'l kick off with an urban view. from my window)And about 10m from my door

author: JuKu
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 10:29:39 am
content: No pictures, but from my attic office window I'll see pine tops, a piece of neighbor's roof and an occasional squirrel or two. From my basement lab window, I see small batch of sky and occasionally the mailman's feet.

author: smjcuk
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 11:18:20 am
content: Council housing and someone who appears to be fondling a tree (from gmaps as I'm actually away from home at the moment)

author: Len
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 03:44:24 pm
content: Quote from: Len on May 07, 2015, 02:47:54 amI found a nice springtime photo from last year:Springtime in Ottawa

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 04:28:48 pm
content: View from my window, if I popped outside there's a better view.Personally I think not bad for what's meant to be the second ugliest city in the country.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 05:04:43 pm
content: Well, this was from the window last week. got another mystery potted plant today, cost on clearance was $2, so I bought 2, one for me and one for the neighbour. The bird is in the bush outside, and the local ringneck lorikeet population are around pretty much every day in the trees eating the nuts and flowers. Then you have the vervet monkleys, the local geese, the ibis and the blue crane from the park up the road, along with those *&&$^& peacocks.

author: Mechanical Menace
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 05:22:14 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on May 07, 2015, 05:04:43 pmGot some around here, proper pains in the backside and stupid as hell.

author: TopLoser
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 05:30:52 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on May 07, 2015, 05:22:14 pmI once went to deliver some pinball machines to a guy who was rather well off (one of the co-founders of Pace Electronics). He had a fabulous collection of cars parked in his drive, all covered in horrible scratches. Turned out he had a garden full of peacocks that walked all over them, horrible sharp talons raking the paint off.At the top of sweeping stairs in his entrance hall he had a huge painting of him sitting on the wing of a pink Spitfire. I think his wife commissioned that without him knowing! Turns out he did indeed own the spitfire along with an airfield full of assorted planes and the gyrocopter used in one of the Bond films.

author: mtdoc
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 05:31:26 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on May 07, 2015, 05:04:43 pmDangerous neighborhood? or are you doing time?

author: free_electron
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 05:36:37 pm
content: i see my workbench from my window ! what other view do you want ? bunch of crazy people.

author: SeanB
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 05:37:31 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on May 07, 2015, 05:22:14 pmThose however are literal royal game, seeing as they roost in the JZ complex area. I stop for them in the road so they can cross.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 05:53:51 pm
content: Quote from: TopLoser on May 07, 2015, 05:30:52 pmIf that was around the Bradford area there's a chance it's the same flock, but for some strange reason there seems to be e few rich people with them around here. Can you remember if it was David Hood?QuotePink was used to camouflage them against cloud cover, and given Pace's history a liking for planes is hardly a surprise.QuoteDamn, I always wanted Little NellieQuote from: SeanB on May 07, 2015, 05:37:31 pmEven if they're African peafowl they aren't native to SA are they? Shouldn't you just run them over?

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 06:10:17 pm
content: QuoteGuy called Robert Fleming, Beckwithshaw near Harrogate.QuoteHe showed me a picture of a murky pile of wreckage, taken at the bottom of a lake in Germany. That was some very rare aircraft he'd just bought to salvage and restore. 'Shouldn't take more than a million to sort it out' he said...QuoteAll around his games room there were pictures of assorted aircraft. 'That's an interesting collection of pictures' I said. 'It's not just a collection of pictures' he said, 'I own all those aircraft'...

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 06:23:57 pm
content: Quote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 05:31:26 pmWell I mean't that to be funny but maybe it wasn'tSeriously though, I have conisdered security bars on my basement lab's window - mostly for the times we are out of town for several days. I live in a rural area but occasionally neighbors have had someone break into their place when they're away.What are others doing for lab security? Alarms?

author: kolbep
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 06:24:41 pm
content: Nope, not a Dangerous Neighborhood, a dangerous country.I live down in Margate South Coast of South Africa (about 120km from SeanB), which is considered the retirement city of SA.And it is the same here. In the past year we have had 7 break in's in our complex (34 Houses) surrounded with High Electric Fences.The 'shoppers' just hop over the fences like they are nothing.In South Africa, the Criminals are free, and we are the ones behind bars ;-)And this happened a few days, about 5km away from where I live :QuoteQuote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 05:31:26 pm

author: kolbep
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 06:30:46 pm
content: Oh, and here was the view from my workbench last night :(yes it is meant to be a black rectangle)For those of you who don't know, our (South African) Electricity provider is very clever,they cant make enough electricity, so they tell you to stop using so much of their product,when that does not work, they start charging more,then because you are using less, they make less, so they charge even morewhen that does not work, they do load shedding (meaning they switch different areas off for 2 hours at a time, to lower the load)I have never known a company that encourages you NOT to use their product.Now I just need to repair one of my inverters (went off with a BANG - Literally), and then I should be able to carry on for some time.

author: Mechanical Menace
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 06:38:45 pm
content: Quote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 06:23:57 pmI'm in England and well known as "that weird guy with the swords, shotguns and rifles." Haven't had a problem yet...Probably helps that it's the sort of area that's only had 1 break in in 8 years, and that was kids messing about. But my confirmation bias makes me think it's the weapons lol.

author: smjcuk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 07:10:37 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on May 07, 2015, 06:38:45 pmIt's the weapons. They know you're tooled up...Where I live the crims are numerous but pretty polite.I caught someone climbing in my back window a few years ago. We stared at each other for what felt like 10 seconds, then he politely apologised and climbed back out and walked off as if nothing had happened. Police sent me a letter saying 'sorry we couldn't attend' after calling 999. Typical.Glad I don't live in SA though. Biggest crime this month in my street was someone obviously with a pet tyrannosaurus or something leaving a massive poop outside my gate.

author: jlmoon
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timestamp: May 07, 2015, 07:38:06 pm
content: Quote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 06:23:57 pmA 130 - 150 lb well trained Dovie or Rottie comes to mind when I hear the term Lab "security"

author: rolycat
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 07:49:05 pm
content: Quote from: jlmoon on May 07, 2015, 07:38:06 pmI would use a Lab for lab security. No-one would dare enter for fear of being slobbered to death.

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2015, 08:09:25 pm
content: Quote from: jlmoon on May 07, 2015, 07:38:06 pmI've got a big dog and a 12 gauge so I'm not worried about a lab break in when we're around. It's when we're gone for 2 weeks during vacation that concerns me.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 04:14:55 am
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on May 07, 2015, 05:53:51 pmNot if they belong to the State President. They roost in his yard, and between there and District 9 there are a good few of them.

author: Fred27
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 08:47:37 am
content: Quote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 06:23:57 pmI use a NFC tag implanted in my hand.https://0xfred.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/my-nfc-implant/Yes - I know someone could easily smash that glass window. I got it 'cos I like the convenience and geekiness of it rather than because it secure.

author: Muttley Snickers
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timestamp: May 08, 2015, 09:36:11 am
content: We have a pet Galah (parrot) on the back verandah in a large aviary overlooking our rear yard, the cars, the boat and the workshop. He will notify us and carry on like a two bob watch if there is any activity in the vicinity of our property except for accompanied visitors and guests. He has particular sounds for various intruders and we know straight away whether is a cat, a fox, a possum or the local magpie's turning up for a feed.If the phone rings he mimics the sound and is a handy phone extension ringer, if visitors arrive he will notify us and then start a conversation with them, saving us the trouble, he can go through timber better than my chainsaw and strips upcable like nothing you have ever seen, he will swear at people that don't scratch him on the head and tell them where to go, this is probably where I got it from as he is a bad influence, anyway if I was on the computer I would post some pictures of our top notch security management system but he's gone to bed right now.Muttley

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 09:42:29 am
content: Quote from: Muttley Snickers on May 08, 2015, 09:36:11 amYeah right.You taught him those naughty words didn't you.

author: Muttley Snickers
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timestamp: May 08, 2015, 09:51:37 am
content: No, he was listening in on our phone conversation and got it all from you.Muttley

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 09:56:20 am
content: Quote from: Muttley Snickers on May 08, 2015, 09:51:37 amMust have been what I said in reply to your price offer on a certain Siglent product.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 03:06:36 pm
content: The view from the sole remaining window of my workshop is just the side of my other (unfinished) workshop about 5 meters away. And it's not a pretty sight. Probably a lot of eevbloggers have very plain suburban views. Maybe you should have asked for pics of people's favorite nearby place?Here's mine:http://everist.org/NobLog/20130704_day_at_miara.htmA really nice place a short drive away, that I like to go for a peaceful day now and then.

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 03:09:45 pm
content: (Well, Okay, technically that window's in my other half's side of the basement. There aren't any windows on my side. And yes, the window wells need cleaning)

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 04:20:09 pm
content: Quote from: ajb on May 08, 2015, 03:09:45 pmWow, that's grim. Have you thought of adding some animal skeletons to lighten it up a bit?

author: ajb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 05:43:15 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on May 08, 2015, 04:20:09 pmThere might be a dessicated toad or two amongst the dead leaves, does that help?Fortunately, the lackluster view is the only downside of the basement, at least now that we've taken care of the bizarre marble tile and faux-finished pink walls the previous occupant left behind.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 08:17:58 pm
content: Not much of a view here. A house behind us and an undeveloped wooded lot. I would show it but I have to get the curtains away from the windows. The house is facing east/west and the afternoon sun crossing the windows blinded me until I added curtains. It's just easier to leave the curtains in place. As far as security, a 70lb male Dobie mix and a 45lb female German/Australian Shepard mix-that adds up to 115lbs of dog. Actually, the Dobie is the scaredy cat, the Shepard is the more dangerous of the two, go figure.

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 09:40:37 pm
content: At uni

author: German_EE
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timestamp: May 08, 2015, 09:53:30 pm
content: What can I see? The next apartment block about fifty meters away and the roof of the building that houses the machines for washing and drying clothes. We did not get our apartment for the view. As for security, we live on the 4th floor. Anybody who manages to break through my workshop window and then climb out again is welcome to what he or she can carry.

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 10:02:00 pm
content: The view from my 'office' in Saudi earlier this year, reminded me of 'Black Hawk Down' every time I looked out the window!

author: Artlav
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timestamp: May 08, 2015, 10:02:47 pm
content: Well, it's your regular apartment area in Moscow.Wait, that's 3.4um.We need shorter wavelength...Ah, damn.No, 1.7um is still too much.And there should be narrow band separation.No, no, no, i'm pretty sure the red colour does not reach past 650nm...Right colours, but....Well, maybe i should just buy a camera instead of trying to make my own...?

author: SeanB
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timestamp: May 08, 2015, 10:09:28 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on May 08, 2015, 09:53:30 pmDon't take that bet with our local burglars. I have resorted to coating the drain and water piping with grease, so as to deter them from climbing up there. I only do it after 4m though, so as to make the dirty piping less objectionable. Some have climbed in through a small window 10 floors up, after walking out on a 2 inch drain pipe to get to it.Even the windows that do not open have burglar guards on them, small enough so that they cannot get a head through. If the opening is over 15cm then they send a child through to do the work.

author: tom66
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timestamp: May 08, 2015, 11:11:46 pm
content: Quote from: Artlav on May 08, 2015, 10:02:47 pmLooks like an interesting project - have you got any more info on it?One thing I've been wanting to play with for a while is using an SRAM or UV-EEPROM as an imaging device - the idea is to decap the device and the exposed memory cells will then respond to light. Could make an interesting sensor for some short-wave UV stuff, silicon is pretty sensitive in that region.

author: Artlav
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timestamp: May 08, 2015, 11:18:54 pm
content: Quote from: tom66 on May 08, 2015, 11:11:46 pmSure, all about it is here.http://orbides.org/photobot.phpA lot of it is dated (3D printed the mechanics, much better software, digital connection, no Arduinos, etc), but many pictures are recent.Quote from: tom66 on May 08, 2015, 11:11:46 pmMight be interesting.You will only get a 1 bit image, i suspect.Unless you use groups of bits as pixels, and average the erasures.I did an experiment of erasing a EPROM chip with an image under power, and seeing how it decays.Might be interesting to you -

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2015, 12:01:25 am
content: This was my view until about eight months ago.It is the Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park on the Thames in London. I moved to a slightly bigger place, the test equipment collection took precedence over a nice view.

author: nctnico
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 12:01:25 am
content: The moon:And a cat surveying the roof across the street:

author: TopLoser
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 02:02:31 am
content: Not the best start to a thead about cats, but somebody had to do it!i can't repeat the one review the book got!

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:36:31 am
content: I just rent the cats, though sadly the neighbours cat, Tatty, had to be put down last week, due to kidney failure.Still got one upstairs, it is an indoor cat, terrified of the big outdoors.

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 09:29:47 am
content: Quote from: Artlav on May 08, 2015, 11:18:54 pmI have a DRAM based camera for the BBC micro (Micro robotics EV1).Here is an article describing the idea, my guess is that the EV1 is based on that article:https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2007/fall/cs441/support/dram_sensor_1984_whitehead.pdf

author: VK3DRB
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 10:50:12 am
content: In the neighbourhood, outside an electronics engineer's home whose career had long ago shifted offshore...

author: ivan747
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:26:50 pm
content: Quote from: TopLoser on May 10, 2015, 02:02:31 amOne copy is selling for 500 bucks.Shall we sticky this thread?

author: Zbig
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:47:32 pm
content: The message body can't be empty, so here's mine.

author: 128er
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 06:54:05 pm
content: View from my bench and from another window . . .

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 08:02:12 pm
content: View from my home office is basically my neighbour's yard, and I'd look kinda like a creeper if I was seen taking a pic, same with the backyard, so here's a pic from my front window.This is what it looked like in January, and till around mid April:It actually melted pretty fast this year, but at a decent pace that it did not cause water issues. We usually get a foot or so around Mother's day but it looks like we're in the clear this year.

author: staxquad
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 08:25:30 pm
content: For now all I can see is indoor greenery at the window above the work bench.Using fluorescent lights instead of a reflective box to grow my tomatoes this year, 16 hours/day (on timer), plus Cupron wire heating pads and temp controller to keep the soil > 22*C (hysteresis is adjusted to 2*C).They grew so fast with the lights I had to re-pot them last week and they still need to be indoors 4 more weeks before planting them. One of them seems to be developing flower buds.(Crimson Cushion Beefsteak, Stupice, Black Prince Russian, Roma, Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, Manitoba, Yellow Pear, Red Pear, Bloody Butcher, Chocolate Stripes, Brandywine Black, Bonny Best, Delicious)

author: TopLoser
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 08:29:07 pm
content: 'Tomatoes'.. yeah right lol

author: Zero999
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timestamp: May 10, 2015, 08:29:24 pm
content: It's a shame this thread wasn't started a couple of weeks ago. There's a nice flowering cherry outside my house but the flowers have now gone.

author: Christopher
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 08:33:49 pm
content: The sea points to France. Not my window but a 10 minute drive awayOut of the office window... Well. 2 miles of open grass & some trees.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 08:42:25 pm
content: Quote from: TopLoser on May 10, 2015, 08:29:07 pmNo, real tomatoes. The other stuff looks a little like that, but is easy to tell apart. Looks like small marigolds when starting out, but after about a month the taller thicker plant is quite distinctive. I have to weed them out of the garden every so often, they tend to grow wild here.BTW I have a few marigolds in my window box, they are even flowering now. I am going to grow them to control the mosquitoes as they do not like the smell.

author: TopLoser
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 08:45:40 pm
content: Quote from: Christopher on May 10, 2015, 08:33:49 pmThat's moody.. I do like the sea and sky without people and animals cluttering the view. I guess it's just me being an anti-social bastard at heart. Or the Reggie Perrin lurking within me...

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 09:17:29 pm
content: Another ones I got on a park and a monument. That's a bit far away from the windowbut I guess it counts.

author: nfmax
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2015, 09:44:08 pm
content: If I turn 90 degrees to my left while at the bench here:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/whats-your-work-benchlab-look-like-post-some-pictures-of-your-lab/msg686366/#msg686366I see this:

author: briandorey
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2015, 11:59:28 pm
content: Quote from: Christopher on May 10, 2015, 08:33:49 pmIs that Sandown beach ? Had to do a double take as its very similar to Swanage beach and cliffs which i can see out of my workshop window!

author: Christopher
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 04:58:16 am
content: Quote from: briandorey on June 03, 2015, 11:59:28 pmYeah, shanklin/Sandown seafront. Bliss

author: Mr.B
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timestamp: June 04, 2015, 05:16:43 am
content: I can see half the pool pump house and on this particular day, the sun has just come out after the pissing rain stopped...(Normally I can just see sky.)The sun didn't last long. A photo 5 minutes later would have just been a big dark grey patch.

author: ivaylo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 06:03:09 am
content: Quote from: Mr.B on June 04, 2015, 05:16:43 amHow do you drive six monitors? Or is that not a single computer?

author: mian2zi3
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 09:00:00 am
content: I can see Rhode and Schwarz out my window. I want to go over and ask if they have, I dunno, prototypes they don't need...

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 09:18:01 am
content: Quote from: ivaylo on June 04, 2015, 06:03:09 amCheck out Mr.B's recent posts:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/whats-your-work-benchlab-look-like-post-some-pictures-of-your-lab/msg684921/#msg684921

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 09:24:54 am
content: @tautechI don't know why people seem so surprised at the fact that it is so easily possible... given a bit of budget...However, I still stand by the statement - "Because I can".

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 09:37:22 am
content: Quote from: Mr.B on June 04, 2015, 09:24:54 amI've used 2 for years, it's been enough, but ocassionally I've wanted both a schematic and a PCB AND datasheets available, then I yearn for more.I'll keep battling away with the 2 x 4:3 screens I have untill they die.....then look out...probably 2 x 24" 16:9.Anyway your setup rocks Mr.B.But your bench is WAY too tidy.And lacking in Siglent gear.........

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 09:47:20 am
content: Quote from: tautech on June 04, 2015, 09:37:22 amThanks.You should have seen it before... shameful...Recommend me a Siglent measurement unit that Ishouldadd to my collection, given the kit you saw in the lab photos... Open to suggestions for a "Semi Professional Hobbyist"...(maybe i am giving myself too much credit...)

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 10:10:33 am
content: Quote from: Mr.B on June 04, 2015, 09:47:20 amYou tease you.The obvious being a 4 channel DSO or MSO:SDS2304 300MHz 4 Ch + 8 Ch MSOhttp://www.siglentamerica.com/prodcut-db.aspx?id=25&tid=1&T=2Options: AWG, Decode, MSO & Power AnalysisSDG5162 160MHz AWGhttp://www.siglentamerica.com/prodcut-db.aspx?id=90&tid=16&T=2ISFEhttp://www.siglentamerica.com/prodcut-fjxx.aspx?fjid=404&id=-1&tid=1&T=1( alternative to Differential probes)Got a current probe?

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 12:38:47 pm
content: Well, this today's view from my workroom window, plus a slightly moodier winter picture.It reminds me of the Peco model railway backdrops from 50 years ago - which you can still buy!

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2015, 07:52:59 pm
content: That is nice, all I see is winter grass, dying from lack of water in the possible drought.

author: deephaven
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timestamp: June 08, 2015, 07:51:23 am
content: Not quite from my office window, I had to walk across the courtyard to get this photo.

author: matseng
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timestamp: June 08, 2015, 08:19:33 am
content: These are my views. First a shot from what I see from one of my desks at my home-lab in a suburb to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Then two pics from my condo at the "edge" of downtown Bangkok, luckily my view is westwardsgiving me a clear skyline, facing east I'd just stare into some buildings that are are taller than my 39&40th floor unit. :-)

author: Dinsdale
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 11:01:15 pm
content: The farmer left the near field fallow this spring. Usually has wheat or corn -- makes a better picture. But this is the first time this year you can see this without the massive ponds everywhere.

author: tonyarkles
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 11:30:35 pm
content: A view from today's "bench"The bench is in the basement, so when I have work to do that doesn't require soldering/scoping, I try to do it outside if possible. Helps keep the skin from being shockingly bright and helps keep the brain a little happier about the long hours.

author: smjcuk
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 11, 2015, 09:45:02 pm
content: Quote from: tonyarkles on June 08, 2015, 11:30:35 pmCouldn't agree more. Combats a lot of the bad things in life.Today's office (Kew Gardens, London)...£62 a year for outdoor office space 15 minutes walk away from where I liveOnly thing you have to worry about is bird shit.

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2015, 04:14:18 am
content: You have a window? My office has no window

author: Tinkerer
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2015, 04:37:33 am
content: One thing I notice is that many people here live/work in an area with nature/space. This is something I myself need and on thinking about it I suppose its a common theme here.Is it both true and ironic that people who are of a technical inclination need to be around nature to feel good with their lives?

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2015, 04:43:21 pm
content: Helping an old client out for a few weeks, this my view: Tower Bridge, the Shard and the Walkie Talkie.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2015, 05:33:13 pm
content: Quote from: Howardlong on June 16, 2015, 04:43:21 pmIs the London economy now so bad they can't even afford colour?

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2015, 05:52:38 pm
content: Quote from: coppice on June 16, 2015, 05:33:13 pmUsual miserable weather we have here, and possibly because I pressed the wrong buttons trying to take the photo, who knows!

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2015, 02:51:46 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on June 17, 2015, 12:19:40 am{Raises self-selected hand}My window views are crap, so no point posting. And if I started posting pics of bushwalking places I like, you'd all be bored by endless random scenery pics.Here's a compromise idea: Aerial view of your general neighborhood via Google maps or whatever, not actually centered on your own home. Here's my neck of the Sydney suburban 'woods'.Who has playedhttps://www.geoguessr.com/?If you hide all identifying text, url, etc on a static aerial view image, it could be quite hard to work out where in the world it is, to the point of being able to replicate the image on google maps.

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2015, 02:24:50 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on June 17, 2015, 02:51:46 amSydney and the river (and assuming the picture was North-orientated) was enough to find this one in about 5 minutes though.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 17, 2015, 11:23:38 pm
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on June 17, 2015, 02:24:50 pmSure. I wasn't suggesting my image would be hard to find. Especially since my address is on my website anyway.I meant others might want to play a 'find me if you can' game. Did you have fun looking around Sydney for my image?Added:Oh, check outhttps://www.zeemaps.comAllows groups to create maps with custom location markers.For instance here's onehttps://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1262583#for fans of the SSSS online comichttp://www.sssscomic.com/Maybe start one for eeevblog members? You don't have to mark your exact location, just vicinity.

author: Mike Warren
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 18, 2015, 02:46:03 am
content: This was the view from my bench in 2004. These days it's a car park.

author: 1xrtt
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 22, 2015, 08:38:34 pm
content: A sunny afternoon view from my home office (while I still have the view)...

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 01, 2015, 02:23:18 am
content: Not my window but my deck. I've been working way too hard recently but I'm off now. Sittin' in the hammock, sipping a Hefeweizen and reading EEVblog. It's summertime and the livin' is easy...Cheers!

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 02, 2015, 06:11:55 am
content: Ha, been there. Hurricane Ridge is on the glass, I take it.

author: mtdoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 02, 2015, 07:13:50 am
content: Quote from: aargee on July 02, 2015, 06:11:55 amYou've been to my house? ;-)Yes, on the glass and a short drive away...

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 02, 2015, 12:39:57 pm
content: I once had a window:But most of my career was spent in a dungeon like this:

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2015, 01:02:42 am
content: Been meaning to post pics for a while and now the weathers a little better, here we go:From my back paddock looking east to downtown Auckland(where the water can be seen)Looking west to OZOn a clear day the sea can be seen in each pic, that is completely across this part of NZ.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2015, 01:07:02 am
content: I think I can see Auckland's sky tower in the top picture or am I wrong?

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2015, 01:16:38 am
content: Quote from: nctnico on September 22, 2015, 01:07:02 amQuite correct.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 22, 2015, 01:32:11 am
content: @tautechStill keeping an eye out I see for that package I sent a few months back via the "favourable winds service", tide charts indicate that it's doing laps around Bass Strait so you should continue to hang about for a strong westerly.Quality takes time and I take longer.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2015, 01:36:26 am
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on June 17, 2015, 11:23:38 pm+1Dave this might be real interesting, the distribution of members around the globe.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 22, 2015, 01:39:00 am
content: Quote from: Muttley Snickers on September 22, 2015, 01:32:11 amStill looking........and waiting......here Snicker, Snicker....here Snicker, Snicker.

author: dv2600
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 10, 2015, 04:29:51 pm
content: From a window...[ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ]

author: med6753
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 21, 2015, 04:01:27 am
content: The front window. Typical Autumn scene in the deciduous forest of Eastern North America. Two nights ago we had a hard freeze which accelerated the leaf drop.The side window. Those are American Goldfinches in their dull Winter plumage.In March the male goldfinches will molt into their breeding plumage...

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 21, 2015, 12:26:51 pm
content: Med, I'm jealous. I am from NJ originally and now living in Flori-DUH. I miss the changing of the seasons. I do, however, get the benefit of the big oak tree in the front yard shedding all the leaves but without the beautiful colors.

author: med6753
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 21, 2015, 01:09:35 pm
content: Quote from: GreyWoolfe on October 21, 2015, 12:26:51 pmWhere in Jersey you originally from? I'm 75 miles (120 km) north of NYC in the Hudson Valley.

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 21, 2015, 01:56:10 pm
content: The view from my home office/lab during a winter storm last year:

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2017, 04:11:17 pm
content: Today dust from the Sahara swept up by hurricane Ophelia has cast an orange glow over the country and turned the sun into an orange ball you can look at directly:It is not cloudy but it is all dust in the upper atmosphere. BTW yesterday we had a nice summer day due to hurricane Ophelia pushing warm air towards us. The Irish are less pleased though

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 07, 2019, 10:37:06 pm
content: As some regulars may be aware, I moved a month or so ago. This was meant to be the view from my home office/lab/man-cave. After some discussion, somewhat inevitably she executed a land grab, and re-occupied the space for the dining room, with a <1% occupancy.So while she was away a week or so ago, I moved all my sh!t into her walk-in wardrobe, which now has a >90% occupancy, but a lot more shelving than I was going to offer had it been used as a clothing repository.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 07, 2019, 11:06:59 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on October 17, 2017, 04:11:17 pmAre you sure it's in the Netherlands?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 08, 2019, 05:28:14 am
content: This used to be my office.At least a I had an emergency escape door out of the basement.

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2019, 10:13:23 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 08, 2019, 05:28:14 amAt least you won "musical chairs".

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2019, 10:35:49 am
content: My work place (open space office) is in the basement.Behind me are some cabinets used to divide the space. In my front (behind the monitors) a view onto some colleagues desks.To the right, a half height movable wall used to divide the space.To the left, yes, there's a indeed a window. It offers a nice view to a corridor inside the building , sometimes people are walking there. And in the middle of the view the entrance door to the toilets.On my head a noise cancelling headphone. Just need to mount some blinders to the noise cancelling headphones.https://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=blinders

author: larrybl
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2019, 08:28:46 pm
content: Front door view from my Man Cave. Space X being noisy

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2019, 09:03:08 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 08, 2019, 05:28:14 amThat place had a rather nice prison vibe going.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2019, 09:12:33 pm
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on August 08, 2019, 09:03:08 pmIsn't prison chic the standard for engineering environments?

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 08, 2019, 09:16:45 pm
content: These are all taken out on the balcony.Long exposure of an ISS passSome birdSome awesome colors in the evening sky

author: med6753
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 09, 2019, 12:19:20 am
content: Holy thread revival Batman.When I contributed to this in 2015 I think I had under 25 posts.

author: 001
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 09, 2019, 03:10:15 pm
content: it's so amazing to see how sunny in the golden billion countries

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 09, 2019, 04:29:56 pm
content: Not my lab window but, walking a few steps, I saw this on a very cold morning a few years ago.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 09, 2019, 04:35:58 pm
content: Quote from: 001 on August 09, 2019, 03:10:15 pmYeah, but OTOH it's getting warmer and warmer these days. So enjoy your time in Antarctica while people in other parts of the world will start melting.

author: SparkyFX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 10, 2019, 11:19:58 am
content: @bsfeechannelRear window:https://nypost.com/2014/08/06/inside-the-real-greenwich-village-apartment-that-inspired-rear-window/

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 03, 2020, 06:37:54 am
content: Just about to get my first coffee of the day, and what do I see from my window?Another 15 minutes, and it was gone.

author: eti
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 04, 2020, 10:03:37 pm
content: What can I see? Well, if I'm outside looking in, I see my workshop...

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 05, 2020, 02:03:09 am
content: where is the picture of a brick wall with a boarded up window and trash in the alley?

author: Zbig
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2020, 05:38:03 pm
content: Well, not anymore but just an hour or so ago I could see three firefighting trucks, two inflatable jump cushions, a police negotiator and a fairly sizeable gathering of onlookers because an idiot living one floor above me called them and threatened to jump. Then he proceeded to yell at them, threatening to sue them all for unnecessary intervention

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2020, 01:27:51 pm
content: Working from home almost the whole time these days, I've moved a lot of my home working to the kitchen table view rather than being stuck in my windowless lab.It's meant I've caught a couple of unexpected events.Someone working on a construction project fell into the Thames, and a passing commuter boat made a diversion to fish the victim out, they certainly knew what they were doing and had already prepared rigging out of the side of the boat. This is tidal and the victim was being vigorously swept upstream at faster than walking pace, the police car and ambulance were following along.Rather sadly during the lockdown restrictions a small launch with four people and a skipper moored up outside and scattered the ashes of their loved one.