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Learning Electronics
Noting some resources I have found useful. Add Ohms: This is a series of entry-level electronics video tutorials. Short bits, nothing hugely in-depth. And nothing for code - just pure electronic components. Arduino Starter Kit: Comes with actuators, breadboard,...
Found a decent resource to explain the difference between so many different kinds of switches - both in text and visually: http://electronicsclub.info/switches.htm
WAMP Services not booting
Just came across an issue where I started WAMP, but the icon went orange instead of green. Hovering over the WAMP icon in the System Tray, I saw a message like this: local server - 1 of 2 services running Turns out that I had Skype running and it looks like the port...
Raw boot for a Yoga
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Yoga-Series-Notebooks/Yoga-3-Pro-Accessing-BIOS-boot-menu-and-System-Recovery/ta-p/1809313I recently purchase a Lenovo Yoga 900. To get to the BIOS, typically one would hit F2, F10, or some similar key combination on boot. However, the Lenovo Yoga 900 simply requires the press of a special button that usually means finding a paper clip. More...
In the world of art, design, and 3D - there are so many kinds of masks. With Illustrator, I came across two so far. The first is a clipping mask. This is a mask that works off of the object paths/shapes. The second is an opacity or alpha mask. This works off of...
Submitting to P4
Today, I've been having a problem submitting large-ish files to P4. Specifically, the two files in question were around 100MB. P4 would look like it was submitting, then eventually timeout with a network error (note: not explicitly a timeout error). Eventually, I...