New EEVblog Lab! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:05:03 am
content: Dave is moving into a HUGE new lab!http://www.commercialview.com.au/3-minna-close-belrose-nsw/commercial-for-lease-details-7436307What should he do with all this new space?Virtual Tour!http://www.tourbuzz.net/public/vtour/display/147151?a=1

author: Isad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:14:04 am
content: Well a hacker space maybe and that gymnasium that Muttley Snickers saidkill 3 birds.idk what you could do with the other 2 floors XD

author: Taucher
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:19:25 am
content: Great one Dave!I suggest dedicating all levels to the DODO

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:21:41 am
content: Let's have a great big EEVblogFORUM meet, greet and buy/swap Electronics get together!It should be big enough for that!You could even make a nice youtube video of the meet up.You can now receive mailbag deliveries by the cargo container load.I had a massive container load of electronics goodies, gathering dust.Since I managed to find the delivery address of Altium, I've already sent it off to you. The shippers tell me it weighs about 30 tons.It should arrive tomorrow, I can't remember the date.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:24:30 am
content: 1. Laser tag course.2. Indoor autonomous aerial vehicle test course.3. Go-kart track (Needs ventilation)4. Dodgem cars (Doesn't need ventilation)5. Laser Interferometry6. Tear-down of 40 channel mixersinthe studio7. Bigger studio area - with lighting and green room8. BIG junk box9. Putyourdumpsters outside and label them as free e-Waste drop off (to assist with point 8 )10. Leverage your physical presence for more influence - to increase dumpster finds of the class of the Keysight scopes

author: hamdi.tn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:33:13 am
content: start a DaveCAD businessif only wasn't joke , it will be awesome O0

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:34:59 am
content: Is it big enough to store the next order of EEVBlog meters?

author: nixfu
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:36:41 am
content: Not fair....using the international date line as a weapon.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:36:45 am
content: You could have said that you had to keep it secret until now. But the Dicks Smith takeover has occurred, with your partners, and you needed the new bigger premises, to use as the head offices and centralized mail order centre.

author: rzeznicc
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:37:20 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 30, 2014, 01:02:08 am

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:39:40 am
content: He'd better be hiring more Dave's to crew up the space.

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:45:01 am
content: Nice, 251 car spaces! That's a different spot for each (working) day in the year.

author: torr032
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:53:40 am
content: Turn it into a some kind of school/teaching classes for electronics. Building is perfect for that. I bet peple from all over the world would come there, this blog has made you the most recognizible and the most popular electronics guru in the world. People trust you and that is the most important, they would also trust you in the selection of teachers.Second, continue selling blog labeled multimeters. Try to expand your offer to more models, including analog ones. If you could make blog branded oscilloscopes that would be perfect because that is the area where you really shine.

author: crispy_tofu
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:58:34 am
content: Quote from: nixfu on March 31, 2016, 11:36:41 amNot even Friday in Australia either, so it's definitely real.

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:07:12 pm
content: Both of the posts i posted to this thread have disappeared.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:10:00 pm
content: Quote from: MatthewMorgan on March 31, 2016, 12:07:12 pmThe Internet is playing up.

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:12:32 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 12:10:00 pmStrange? as that would be more like a mysql or are you hosting with a terrible host like hostgator?Why is the place still listed as available?

author: Wytnucls
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:15:01 pm
content: Lazy advertisers. Tell them to update their site.While you're at it, tell them to take down that ugly Altium sign.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:19:03 pm
content: Quote from: MatthewMorgan on March 31, 2016, 12:12:32 pmReal estate agents aren't necessarily quick off the mark in updating listings - unless its a new listing. Even if they do get inquiries on this place, they can offer alternatives. If an interested party has made contact, they'll not waste the opportunity!

author: sleary78
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:20:41 pm
content: Nice try Dave. It really was a good effort. Especially the twitter setup

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:21:16 pm
content: Quote from: Brumby on March 31, 2016, 12:19:03 pmInvestigating now, i traced it back to another estate agent.

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:22:39 pm
content: The broker appears to be shorecp.com.au but can not seam to fine the property they.Got a phone number but i am not in Australia.

author: ChunkyPastaSauce
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:25:23 pm
content: That is insane lol. Congrats!

author: optoisolated
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:28:19 pm
content: I see what you did there..

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:41:14 pm
content: Quote from: Brumby on March 31, 2016, 12:19:03 pmThey are awful at updating listings, truly awful, all the agents, not just a few.I've enquired about places that were leased more than year agoQuite frustrating when you are looking.

author: con-f-use
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:41:21 pm
content: Hey, google tells me it's not yet midnight in Sidney. You are early Dave! Sloppy!Although the virtual tour link is a nice touch.Btw. didn't I see a thread, where precisely that was joked about?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:43:24 pm
content: Quote from: MatthewMorgan on March 31, 2016, 12:12:32 pmIt's a dynamic allocation problem with the ether. Happens on days like this one.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:44:46 pm
content: It would take at least one FTE (full-time equivalent) person(s) just to manage/clean that building.Its a beautiful space, but not very practical for subdivision or more industrial uses like hackerspace or makerspace, etc.I didn't see any mention of an elevator or disability accessibility, etc.

author: Richard Head
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:45:48 pm
content: Yeh, right.

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 12:46:34 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 12:43:24 pmYou host it from your lab?

author: j.a.mcguire
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:09:26 pm
content: Looks bloody amazing. Have you considered turning it into a datacentre?

author: elliottveares
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:10:35 pm
content: Nice try Dave, First thing what gave it away is it was to good to be true.Second, Below!:

author: sleary78
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:17:09 pm
content: To be honest I might have been suckered if you'd said you'd got one floor of it. The whole building would bankrupt you even if you got the lease for free.

author: BoomBrush
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:19:28 pm
content: You sneaky bugger Dave! It ant even April 1st here in Brisbane. You got my all exited for nothing.I was going to ask about the possibility of fans coming down for a tour (I'm still sad) and putting the tour date next to the Sydney maker fair. On the plus side, it reminded me about that, I should probably set a reminder so I don't forget. I've done that 2 years in a row now.

author: m100
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:22:09 pm
content: With all thejunkstuff in your existing lab it'll take ages to move, possibly a whole year. Maybe completed by 1st April 2017 ?

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:27:55 pm
content: Dave has already admitted to it being a April fools in a PM.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:30:30 pm
content: Yes, so now spew it all over the place. That's the spirit.

author: AlxDroidDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:38:50 pm
content: Are you gonna do a teardown of that building?

author: TiN
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:53:11 pm
content: Sure, Dave.I think you hit the red button on this one, engineer's are not such a believer's

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 01:55:51 pm
content: Quote from: TiN on March 31, 2016, 01:53:11 pmHe did say it fooled the majority.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:01:47 pm
content: I think you should use it for the production of your newly announced line of EEVBlog solar road surfaces. It's truly amazing how simple the solution to the downfalls turned out to be.EDIT:Anyone have a clue why this only just turned up in my YouTube subscription feed maybe 10 minutes ago?

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:03:37 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on March 31, 2016, 02:01:47 pmHe can't. He is too committed to make a large quantity of EEVblog branded/recommended batterizers.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:04:50 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on March 31, 2016, 02:01:47 pmDon't be silly, everyone knows solar roads are stupid. I've done a deal with Batteroo to manufacturers the Batteriser given all the problems they have been having in China!

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:13:04 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 02:04:50 pmMight be useful if you are using a anonloug clock.

author: AlxDroidDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:16:02 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 02:04:50 pmI hope you ship them in pink anti-static bags. And if I buy 4+ Batteroos, I get a free anti-static wrist strap.

author: Mechanical Menace
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:18:27 pm
content: Quote from: AlxDroidDev on March 31, 2016, 02:16:02 pmOr a wireless one if you get 8+.

author: ChunkyPastaSauce
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:21:45 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 12:43:24 pmReporting thisglitchtoo lol

author: ChunkyPastaSauce
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:23:46 pm
content: Quote from: Mechanical Menace on March 31, 2016, 02:18:27 pmBetter still include the free 9V version, or ill beverydisappointed

author: magiccow
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:34:36 pm
content: I'm glad it's not true. I'd hate to see you going through your own dumpster.

author: frenky
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:36:59 pm
content: There:

author: sleary78
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:40:26 pm
content: Damn if you'd AfterEffects'd that in i'd have been suckered

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:41:34 pm
content: Turn it into a big place selling fried fish.or maybe a storage place for billions and billions of batterizers feeding the sydney power grid.

author: nixfu
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:49:53 pm
content: Every floor except the top one, will be full of stacks and stacks of not really useful old oscilloscopes and broken down Sincair C5's in about 6 months.

author: WattSekunde
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:58:01 pm
content: Nice

author: mswhin63
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 02:58:13 pm
content: Hi Dave,Nice find, I think you should latch on the Federal Government initiative on ideas and innovation boom. Maybe concentrate on the electronics industry giving startups a place to get stuff off the ground.Malcolm

author: AlxDroidDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 03:09:18 pm
content: Is the part about the building being vacant for the past 4 years true? It is really sad if that is true, because it is a really nice building.

author: Kamkut17
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 03:10:59 pm
content: Now you can finally carry on with your dream of selling solar roads, with batterizers in them for efficiency, of course!For real though, place looks insane

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 03:21:19 pm
content: The rent is one thing, but what about the coat of keeping the lights on?When Altium released you a few years back, I hope you said as you left "You just wait, in a few years I'll be running thisnplace!"

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 03:52:46 pm
content: Price for the 2nd floor only seems to be about AUD 385000, so the whole shebang probably goes for more than a million AUD.Youtube must be paying well, or is it patreon?

author: stmdude
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 04:00:28 pm
content: Quote from: Stonent on March 31, 2016, 03:21:19 pmI don't think Dave is going to turn on the lights or the heating. He'll take it apart instead.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 04:04:10 pm
content: Quote from: bitwelder on March 31, 2016, 03:52:46 pmI PM'ed him, and he explained how he paid for it.He managed to find 31+2=33 $15,000+extras Keysight scopes just lying in a dumpster nearby, and managed to either swap/barter them or sell them, to pay for the rent. That is why the Keysight prizes, haven't shipped yet.Lower down in the PM, Dave says "please keep this secret". Oops...Sorry Dave.

author: n3vti
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:00:39 pm
content: Nice one, DaveThough if I had the money, I'd probably move down there in a heartbeat.(I knew it was too good to be true, but would have been nice had it been.)

author: mxmarek
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:08:13 pm
content: Glass building. Fill with water. Place chicks swimming inside and let it be big april pool :-)

author: PapaKujawa
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:14:29 pm
content: Since it has a great view, convert part of the building into apartments? Use Kickstarted for funding the purchase and renovation?Convert part of the building and move your family in?

author: rollatorwieltje
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:22:47 pm
content: Quote from: bitwelder on March 31, 2016, 03:52:46 pmProbably those 3$ Shenzhen Special multimeters he sells for 300$ a pieceWhen the company I work for moved to a different location I looked into renting the old workshop area. Turns out with my budget I could basically just get a single parking spot in the garage. It was a cheap generic building in a shitty location. No wonder the vacancy rate of office/light industry buildings is so bad.

author: phamuc
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:26:25 pm
content: Hey Dave.,You can make it into a hack (not a typo) space.But I have feeling Dave is going to have "surprise expenses" this weekend and will have to immediately down-size again.ps. A good one Dave. You had me "hook, line" but not sinker. When it is tooo good to be true, I smell bullshit.

author: mikeys
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:45:02 pm
content: Made an account to say you fooled me at least. Forgot about the time difference between here and Aus, only realised when reading this thread.D'doi

author: ftonello
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 05:55:15 pm
content: Subrent for students, p&d developers, start-ups and u have a tech center!!!! Congrats... Sorry for been in the other side of the world (Brazil, where the only thing that happens here is bad politics), and just pass by to say congrats!

author: woox2k
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 06:15:03 pm
content: Don't turn it on, take it apart! (Joke or not, you can still make a teardown, only difference being that you don't need to put it back together)Even though it sounded too good to be true i automatically believed it for a sec and thought you must be crazy thinking you could use all that area enough to make it pay off. Only after checking my calendar and realizing the time difference i was like:Good one!

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 06:19:20 pm
content: Empty for 4 years? Hmm... what are the squatting laws like in Oz? We could have an international band of hippy electronics nerds shacking up in the place. Only rules of joining the commune are you bring lab gear, components, food, and your own sleeping bag. Yeah, some toiletries too. I can imagine all that nerd sweat stinking the place out.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 06:28:46 pm
content: Quote from: CrashO on March 31, 2016, 11:13:21 amAnd you justhadto put a spoiler in the very first post instead of just deleting it, right?

author: Ampere
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 06:32:38 pm
content: Excellent score, Dave!You should turn it into your very own chip fab. Then you wouldn't need to keep working on that chip printer.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 06:39:07 pm
content: Quote from: Macbeth on March 31, 2016, 06:19:20 pmIf anyone's hungry, don't worry.I will bring a plentiful supply of chips, bread(board), Banana(plugs), vitamins/minerals (such as copper(wire) and Iron(cores) ), and plenty of Raspberry flavoured PIes.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 06:39:22 pm
content: Did you have to pay extra for these guys? Or did they come with the building?I see there are plenty of folks in the virtual tour pics.

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:01:24 pm
content: Shame - I thought the April fool this year would be Dave getting one of the first Batterizers off the production line for tear down and review.Still, maybe you could do that next year

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:17:43 pm
content: I forgot OZ is a day ahead of US. Did anybody else have the thought of who the hell paints a building black in a hot sunny environment? No wonder Altium were hemorrhaging money. the A/C electricity bill alone must have been the GDP of a small nation in that place!

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:42:25 pm
content: Quote from: Neilm on March 31, 2016, 07:01:24 pmNah, nobody would have been fooled by that.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:49:59 pm
content: Black Rustenburg Granite, and what is not black granite is glass, probably not with an IR reflective coating of gold on it either. Must have a nice big set of Sulzer water coolers on the roof or out at the rear as well to dump the heat into the ambient. 2kW fan motor per unit, and a nice 2kW water circulation pump along with the 20kVA of compressor load as well.

author: Ghydda
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 07:51:25 pm
content: Quote from: nixfu on March 31, 2016, 02:49:53 pmI completely agree

author: Barny
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 08:40:22 pm
content: It would be funny if Dave really move to this plave and choose this date to fool us allThat would become a biiiiig rail way track (maybe a H0 based "tube post system"), manny new work benches and a imense pile of scr.... ahhh priceless antiques.

author: jitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 08:53:30 pm
content: Quote from: Barny on March 31, 2016, 08:40:22 pmCrossed my mind too, but unless he found himself a big sponsor (Altium, maybe), I don't think that's going to happen. But it would be a nice surprise, though...

author: Lamp
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 09:01:31 pm
content: Quote from: elliottveares on March 31, 2016, 01:10:35 pmHow do you see the tags of youtube videos?? I don't see tags there!

author: klunkerbus
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 09:01:55 pm
content: sublease space to Batteroo... They could probably use an office down under.EDIT: Now, THAT would be funny.

author: tri-be
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 09:02:42 pm
content: Logic says it can't be true.You would have to dumpster dive your own dumpster, which I don't think would work. Or at least would not be so surprising.

author: AF6LJ
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 09:25:06 pm
content: Quote from: tri-be on March 31, 2016, 09:02:42 pmThat means we would keep getting re-runs...

author: RobertoLG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 10:16:35 pm
content: rooms for rent???

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 10:38:04 pm
content: Quote from: klunkerbus on March 31, 2016, 09:01:55 pmI'm in talks with Batteroo about manufacturing them in-house for them, given all the problems they have had in China!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 10:40:39 pm
content: Quote from: Macbeth on March 31, 2016, 06:19:20 pmWell, for about 3 years they had a handful of Oz staffers still using it whilst still trying to rent it.Sad for a building designed for 300+No one wants that big of a building in Belrose.

author: MarvinTheMartian
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 10:46:54 pm
content: Had me going there for a while, quite a while -doh!Good one Dave.

author: ftonello
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:00:19 pm
content: Hey Dave. Did you deleted my post?

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2016, 11:36:25 pm
content: What are you talking about no one wants to be in Belrose???Wikipedia says Paul Hogan lives there! He's a national treasure!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belrose,_New_South_Wales#Notable_residentshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hogan

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 12:23:45 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 10:38:04 pmI will you send my resume. I have builtonebefore.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 12:30:35 am
content: Quote from: ftonello on March 31, 2016, 11:00:19 pmYep.As a limited time offer, killjoy posts get deleted.

author: edy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 12:50:36 am
content: Hey Dave, Great Score! Wait a minute...Nice one!

author: ftonello
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 01:44:29 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 01, 2016, 12:30:35 amSorry... It was not my intention, once the others discovered first...kkkk

author: Kelbit
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 03:14:41 am
content: He actually had me going there until he mentioned he got thewhole building. I was ready to believe he'd leased a quarter of a floor.

author: RickieSalad
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 03:44:23 am
content: If it were real you could do your own Sparkfun or Adafruit type thing. Fill it up with parts and design your own doodads to sell. I'm sure you could fit plenty of pick-n-place machines, ovens, and whatnot.I've been watching Dave since he was back in his garage. So it would be cool to see him go from there to that big building. I wish it were real, it would be cool. Maybe some day, Dave!

author: Len
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 04:26:53 am
content: Quote from: RickieSalad on April 01, 2016, 03:44:23 amNow I'm imagining Sagan and Huxley running the EEVBlog family business from that building.

author: boffin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 04:52:34 am
content: And here I thought you'd move (seriously) into something more like this:http://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-offices-nsw-castle+hill-501894990#Strikes me you get the advantage of lab+bunker+industrial/shipping type workshop to add to the office

author: Tothwolf
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 05:19:40 am
content: More space to store coffee tins filled with couch feet.

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 05:38:13 am
content: Hi,May be something like this:This is the garage where HP started.More photographs here:http://www.hpmuseum.org/garage/garage.htmJay_Diddy_B

author: DrGeoff
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 05:46:36 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 10:40:39 pmYep, lousy for transport as many have found out. The occasional bus and that's about it.And unless the Guvmint was planning on building apartments in Garrigal NP, the population density there is very low (which is the attraction of the area).Better off leasing it out as upmarket stables, as there are loads of wealthy horse owners in that area!

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 05:59:04 am
content: Still trying to figure out who in fact is the real person or company to have leased the building? (Yes someone has lased it according to Shore Commercial Property)

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 06:15:38 am
content: Using Google street view to look down the road where that Altium place is located, everything seems to be for sale or for lease. Must be a real black spot.

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 06:29:48 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on March 31, 2016, 12:43:24 pmMake sure to have a war room.Just to be able to say: "Gentlemen, you cant fight here. This is the war room."And have a room for the Microchip-Atmel integration team.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 06:55:11 am
content: We still don’t know if given the opportunity whether Dave would actually occupy the site based on the travel distance and perhaps other unknown factors, anyway one of my few luxuries in life nowadays is the forum and also a number of Youtube sites so today I took out a lottery ticket in case they decide to sell, not sure if four million will cover it but it should go close, so people just for luck cross your wires and hope for the best.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 07:37:32 am
content: I bet altium are pissed off, more pissed off than if it was for real. With the sister getting married and everything i forgot it was my birthday and april fools.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 07:43:47 am
content: Quote from: MK14 on April 01, 2016, 07:41:32 amErr, whats your problem ? I don't quite see why your launching a personal attack on me. Or is that strange humor ? never said i wanted a copy, just that I asked how much. Most people won't get the refference you know.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 07:51:06 am
content: Quote from: Simon on April 01, 2016, 07:43:47 amIt was an April 1st JOKE!But I agree, others may NOT get the reference. So I have removed the post, as a precaution.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 07:52:50 am
content: Quote from: Muttley Snickers on April 01, 2016, 06:55:11 amI don't buy tickets in anything under $10M now.You know, being Sydney and all.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 07:53:25 am
content: Quote from: MK14 on April 01, 2016, 07:51:06 amOh, yea bit specific. No worries. No need to delete posts, we've explained it.

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 08:06:57 am
content: Quote from: Simon on April 01, 2016, 07:53:25 amModern means of communications, such as emails and forums, make lots of opportunity for misunderstandings to arise.Also I tend to get the impression, that what we find funny/humorous in the UK, is somewhat different to the humor in the USA, and some other countries.

author: sleary78
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 08:58:11 am
content: Just given in to the dark side and started replying to people on YouTube that this is all true.I think my soul just escaped like magic smoke

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 10:12:51 am
content: IT'S A COUP! Unbelievable.Dave, sublet it to the Australian electronics R & D industry. It could become a EE technology park. Electronics only. No software only businesses, just electronics and firmware development companies. Get funded by the government too, as part of the so-called push to reinvigorate the electronics industry in Australia.I would be tempted to move down to Sydney from up here in Melbourne to run my electronics business there.Dave, you won't lose. (Except you might have a lot of lawn mowing to do!).Hang on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's April fool's day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 10:22:34 am
content: Quote from: Jay_Diddy_B on April 01, 2016, 05:38:13 amAnd that is how HP will end up. They lost the plot ever since Carly Fiorina took over.

author: dpeters
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 01:39:40 pm
content: Nice going Dave, you got me....that one day lag did it me in....

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 04:40:30 pm
content: Congratulations with your new building Dave! I hope you manage to grow out of it real quick!IMHO one floor should become a model railroad!

author: Godzil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2016, 05:29:49 pm
content: With all the unused space, you could build a monstrously HUGE fish tank!

author: larrybl
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 02:18:38 am
content: Hi Dave, Once you move in to the new Lab, We need to see a tear down of this

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 02:53:51 am
content: Dave could rent out space to electronic firms with the condition that Dave is allowed to make YT videos of their work. It would be a tremendous win win for everyone.

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 08:26:46 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on April 02, 2016, 02:53:51 amAdd also that all building dumpsters traffic has to pass through his inspection.

author: elgonzo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 08:57:50 am
content: Quote from: larrybl on April 02, 2016, 02:18:38 amDave would need to add a health hazard alert in large bold letters at the beginning of that tear down video: "Warning! Might contain Ghostbusters 2016 material."

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 09:26:45 am
content: Quote from: larrybl on April 02, 2016, 02:18:38 amSince when does a proton pack capture anything?

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 10:09:45 am
content: LAN parties?EDIT: But the old fashioned way with 10BASE2, T-pieces and terminators -- Spend the first 3 hours diagnosing connection issues until you get the shits and just solder the 50 ohm resistor directly onto the two end NICs.

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 10:49:38 am
content: This thread is sooooo funny. LMAO.The "just kidding guys" in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...........

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 12:29:14 pm
content: I guess we'll first have a video where Dave does a tour and shows his minions working in every department doing mailbag items (including the Dundee knife), dumpster diving, equipment teardowns (including Dave's coffee maker), skate boarding on solar roadways... did I forget something?

author: r3bers
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 07:54:27 pm
content: Was it joke or what ) ?

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 09:20:24 pm
content: Why would it be a joke? Dave has made absolutely millions from his Youtube videos, the monthly rental on that place is like pocket money for him! It'll just take him a few days to move everything in to the new space and sort the decorating out.

author: apis
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2016, 10:01:46 pm
content: Mwahahaha, too bad, that old office with the big windows looks nice.Quote from: Wilksey on April 02, 2016, 09:20:24 pmNot to mention all the money from the back alley deals with Big Battery!

author: Flump
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 12:08:44 am
content: well i fell for it , didnt even think about the dateso nice one dave well done

author: DrGeoff
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 12:26:06 am
content: Quote from: coppice on April 01, 2016, 06:15:38 amThat's because it's a business park built away from transport links and population centres. Apart from the hardware store in the area, everything else is pretty quiet there.

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 12:35:30 am
content: Quote from: r3bers on April 02, 2016, 07:54:27 pmOh course. There has been a long tradition at least in past electronic magazines of the past era to publish a realistic sounding story that was not so outlandish as to be totally unbelievable, but if true a real zinger of a story. This tradition has spread to the internet as magazines are pretty much a thing of the past.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 01:10:34 am
content: Who remembers when Dick Smith towed an 'iceberg' into Sydney Harbour?

author: tec5c
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 01:23:12 am
content: If this were intended as an April Fools joke, then posting the video on the 31st of March makes this an ultimate fail.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 01:30:51 am
content: Quote from: tec5c on April 03, 2016, 01:23:12 amGo learn some geography

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 01:46:33 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 03, 2016, 01:30:51 amHint: It passes between Russia and Alaska.

author: sean0118
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 01:59:18 am
content: With Sydney house prices at bargain basement prices how could Dave not afford that?

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 02:08:39 am
content: We didn’t win the lottery although we did manage to get three out of the six numbers correct on a randomly selected ticket called a quick pick, no prize at all unfortunately....At the risk of taking liberty and speaking for other here, I/ we promote only responsible gambling practices, beer and strippers are a different can of worm’s altogether....

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 02:22:03 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 03, 2016, 01:30:51 amie time zonesFYI you can set your forum "clock" under your profile to be the same time as Dave's. I found this to be more useful (maybe not fall for a date fool) than my own local time, so I just re-set mine to Sidney time.The problem with YT April Fools joke - is for years people will be driving to that building to meet Dave. I can just imagine how many will drive around it looking for a way to get in. And future occupants will have to post a sign about this.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 04:26:33 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 03, 2016, 01:30:51 amAustralia, not Austria. Dave is UTC+10, Austria is UTC+1 ;-)

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 04:29:26 am
content: For the purposes of this element of the thread - try UTC+12

author: nixfu
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 03, 2016, 02:56:47 pm
content: How long until more space is needed?

author: lowimpedance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2016, 11:53:26 am
content: Hmmm...didn't know Dave was into so much tube gear!!!, Love the pallet of CRO's though... classic

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2016, 01:23:32 pm
content: Quote from: lowimpedance on April 04, 2016, 11:53:26 amHe wasn't, but now that he has all that space to heat....

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 04, 2016, 03:44:06 pm
content: We moved to a new floor with 3 times more space. It only took about 6 months until we ran out of space again. No change in personnel count.You know, since you have all the space, you can run more projects. (no you cannot)

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 02:30:27 am
content: There are several variants of Murphy's Laws that have this common concept:"[Whatever the subject] ... expands to fit whatever space is available, so that more space is always required."

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 05:41:36 am
content: Calm down, everything is just going according to the Law [Thermodynamics, II]: entropy can only grow!

author: Barny
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 05:59:05 am
content: Quote from: rrinker on April 04, 2016, 01:23:32 pmDave is in Australia, not AustriaAustria = Big moutans + snowAustralia = Cangoroos + a big dessert like areaWinter in Australia is the time when Dave switches from bare feet to sandals

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 06:29:02 am
content: Quote from: Barny on April 05, 2016, 05:59:05 amIt's a lot worse than that. It's when I switch from shorts to jeans (mostly).

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 06:30:42 am
content: Quote from: retrolefty on April 03, 2016, 12:35:30 amMy favourite was the mercury filled speaker cables!I should try and dig that one out of the archives...

author: McBryce
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 08:00:33 am
content: Glad it's just an April fools. The dumpster dive videos would have become very boringMcBryce.

author: station240
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 08:05:29 am
content: Quote from: sean0118 on April 03, 2016, 01:59:18 amFor the benefit of our overseas visitors, this is mostly sarcasm. Sydney's house prices are amongst the most expensive in the world, relative to local income.

author: tec5c
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2016, 01:55:50 pm
content: Quote from: ez24 on April 03, 2016, 02:22:03 amI live in Sydney, furthermore, I live within 20 minutes driving distance of the old Altium building in the video.At the time of posting the video, Sydney was still in AEDT so UTC+11 which is only beaten by a few other countries, with the highest being UTC+14. So, posting this on the 31st of March UTC+11, it would have been live on the 30th of March in other countries.Why do you say for me to go and learn geography?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 11:23:44 am
content: Quote from: tec5c on April 05, 2016, 01:55:50 pmIt was already past midnight in Kiritimati when I posted, way past in fact. I'mverycareful about such things because I know the anal retentives like to complain about it.Kiritimati is currently 4 hours ahead of Sydney (3 back when we had DS)

author: McBryce
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 12:25:47 pm
content: All your Kiritimati fans will be pleased to hear that.... If you have anyMcBryce.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 01:02:29 pm
content: This Forum is global. Date and time issues between members is not a mystery.The original post was made at a time when the date was April 1,somewhereon the planet, which would seem to be valid for a global forum.Just my 2 cents.

author: tech5940
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 01:20:11 pm
content: Yes I agree, with a global audience you have to start somewhere.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

author: rch
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 01:32:20 pm
content: I don't know if I'm uniquely prescient, but around the last week in March I was strongly expecting April to occur soon. So when I saw unlikely-looking statements I definitely considered the possibility of April fool jokes. Anyone who didn't was proper fooled, and shouldn't complain!

author: MatthewMorgan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 01:54:24 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 06, 2016, 11:23:44 amYour near Sydney tho?

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 02:07:11 pm
content: Dave is about 25km (give or take) from the Sydney CBD.

author: Wilksey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 02:33:46 pm
content: Does it really matter when it was posted with respect to your local timezone? Friday was the 1st here in the UK, so it appeared a few days before, but you know that somewhere it will already be the 1st!

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 02:40:19 pm
content: It wasn't days before, just hours - and how many hours depended on where in the world you are. Fromminusa couple (for those east of NZ) to plus 20 or so for Hawaii.(It's late here - so apologies for not being more precise.)

author: Herr R aus B
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 05:43:19 pm
content: Quote from: mxmarek on March 31, 2016, 05:08:13 pmall chicks named april - of course!

author: Herr R aus B
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2016, 05:52:49 pm
content: Quote from: frenky on March 31, 2016, 02:36:59 pminteresting shot - "EEVblog" spells "Altium" when looked at it in a mirror... thats like vampires being invisible in mirrors? during the last 4 or more years i am following and loving the sydney messiah of the magic smoke, i always thought, there's something spooky about dave - now i know for sure! :-)anyway - i'll keep being stuck to this...regardsaxel

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 07, 2016, 12:14:49 am
content: I think your computer might have the Vampire Virus....That picture looks ok to me:

author: MarvinTheMartian
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2016, 12:39:18 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on April 07, 2016, 12:14:49 amSpooky!Did Dave just use the 'magic' within his finger to change the reflection? (perhaps he has absorbed too much of the released 'magic' smoke over the years!)PerhapsHerr R aus Bwas right?

author: McBryce
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2016, 08:46:34 am
content: Everyone knows that glass can be used as a delay line. It just took a bit longer for the text in the glass to catch up!McBryce.

author: wolf32d
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 08, 2016, 12:49:34 pm
content: Quote from: frenky on March 31, 2016, 02:36:59 pmLOL the reflection on the windows is nearly perfect

author: elliottveares
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2016, 06:04:37 pm
content: Quote from: Lamp on March 31, 2016, 09:01:31 pmI knows this thread is now old, but I use a Chrome extension called "Tags for YouTube™". You can also find them in the page's source code under keywords.

author: Herr R aus B
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2016, 09:24:07 pm
content: Quote from: Brumby on April 07, 2016, 12:14:49 amfraud!!!

author: MK14
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2016, 09:44:18 pm
content: Quote from: Herr R aus B on April 09, 2016, 09:24:07 pmIt's NOT a fraud.He has had to cancel the order/contract for the building, because he discovered that the height of the building is TOO low, for his later planned, equipment survivability from being thrown from the top of the building, test videos.A rumor is floating about, that he is trying to acquire a new, 300 metre high skyscraper, for later test videos. (N.B. this post may be a joke).

author: Godzil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2016, 10:23:57 pm
content: I would have renamed it to "Dave Tower" instead of an EEVBlog logo....

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2016, 01:24:22 am
content: Quote from: Godzil on April 09, 2016, 10:23:57 pmToo close to "Trump Tower"ororor

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2016, 04:48:56 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on April 10, 2016, 01:24:22 amWhy not "Davey Jones's Locker"?

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 10, 2016, 05:22:22 am
content: Is Dave a boating enthusiast?

author: aries1470
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2016, 09:52:47 am
content: Quote from: elgonzo on April 02, 2016, 08:57:50 amBut I loved the original GB's... I just hope it doesn't become like Star Trek©™ with their TOS, TNG etc...

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2016, 09:50:26 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on April 10, 2016, 05:22:22 amI'm sure he's not.

author: imidis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2016, 09:06:34 am
content: Ugh, I just watch on Youtube Via Kodi, I was waiting to see a tour of this massive lab! Aww man.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 02, 2016, 11:10:36 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on April 10, 2016, 05:22:22 amNo.

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2016, 12:06:53 pm
content: RattyQuote