Stuff for Nerds

Skil 6221 AA (Energy Line)

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The ‘Energy Line’ corded drill driver
The Skil 6221 drill driver is especially designed for the Skil ‘Energy Line’: good performance, better for the environment and the best working freedom. It has everything you need; it has a long 6 metre cord for extra freedom of movement and a half-metal 10 mm double-sleeve keyless chuck for easy accessory changing. For precise drilling the drill driver offers 20+1 VariTorque clutch setting. The two mechanical speeds and variable speed give you versatility and control over the job.
‘Energy Line’: good performance, better for the environment, best working freedom
Skil ‘Energy Line’ tools have a good performance, are better for the environment and they provide the best working freedom. Good performance means that these tools tackle all common DIY jobs in and around the home. They’re better for the environment because of their low-energy consumption, the limited usage of raw materials and their compact, lightweight design. Best working freedom is ensured thanks to the extra-long 6 or 10 metre power cord, which combines non-stop mains power and extra freedom of movement while working.
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RØDE M3

Heavy duty metal body, internal capsule shock mount, high level of RF rejection, on-mic selectable high pass filter @ 80Hz-12dB/Oct (-10 and -20dB PAD). Heat-treated high-strength mesh head, battery status indicator, 9V Battery Power, 24 or 48V Phantom Power. Includes wind shield, mic clip and zip pouch

The RØDE M3 is a highly versatile end-address condenser microphone, designed to be completely at home in the studio, on stage or on location. It is equally suitable as an instrument microphone for guitars, drums and percussion or even vocals.

Featuring a heavy duty metal body and internally shock mounted 1/2″ condenser capsule mounted for end-address, the M3 can be powered either via P48 phantom power, or an internal 9V battery.

A -10dB and -20dB level attenuator (pad), selectable from inside the battery compartment, allows recording of loud sound sources, such as a guitar amplifier or snare drum. A high-pass filter selectable on the microphone power switch introduces a filter at 80Hz to reduce low frequency sounds and handling noise.
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Garmin Montana 680t

The handheld GPS to go anywhere and everywhere

  • NEW GPS and GLONASS – faster and better satellite fix
  • 4″ outdoor optimised, dual orientation display – best visibility on Garmin’s largest handheld display, for easy readability under any condition
  • NEW Comes with great content preinstalled – Recreational Map of Europe, 250k geocaches from Geocaching.com and 1 year free BirdsEye Satellite Imagery1
  • NEW Adds new Track Manager for better user experience and more control
  • NEW 8MP camera – for high resolution geotagged pictures
  • Most versatile navigation everywhere – most versatile features, display and mounting
  • Barometric altimeter and 3-axis compass
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A toolchest upgrade


https://www.hbm-machines.com

Overall dimensions including wheels 620 x 330 x 800 mm. Overall dimensions excluding wheels 620 x 330 x 700 mm.
Dimensions of the upper 2 drawers 530 x 310 x 37,5 mm. Dimensions of the bottom 5 drawers 530 x 310 x 85 mm.
Shipping size 670 x 375 x 710 mm. Weight 28.5 Kg.

Is delivered including: Solid ball bearing guides. (Double bearing), Anti-slip mat in each tray, Rubber top mat, Raised edge around, Central lock, Sturdy handle, 2 castors with brakes, 2 Fixed castors, 2 Keys.

Accessories wishlist

Elektron Overhub (7x USB 3.0)
Elektron Overhub (7x USB 3.0)

Elektron Overhub: Connect up to 7 units to a single host computer for maximum productivity. A USB hub for the modern studio: Naturally, Overhub is fully compatible with all USB peripherals. And it works in the most convenient manner too as operation is completely driverless. Clever tech: Multi TT technology ensures ultimate USB data transfer performance. Every bit in its right place, at the right time. Overhub is a top performer. Feature highlights: 7 USB ports, supports USB 3.0, fully compatible with all USB peripherals, MTT technology for efficient merging of multiple USB Full speed (12 Mbit/s) streams, driverless operation.

Roland RH-5 over-ear headphones
Roland RH-5 over-ear headphones

The Roland RH-5 headphones are perfect for electronic musical instruments such as Roland’s digital pianos and V-Drums. Equipped with high-performance drivers and large-scale housings, these headphones provide quality sound and a comfortable fit. From musical-instrument practice to audio-playback applications, RH-5 delivers exceptional performance. Equipped with high-performance φ40mm drivers for dynamic, quality sound. Provides a natural, flat response that’s balanced across the frequency spectrum (10–22,000 Hz) Large-scale, lightweight design for secure and comfortable fit. Conversion plug (included) accommodates standard and mini headphone connectors.

M-Audio Axiom AIR Mini 32 Keyboard Controller
M-Audio Axiom AIR Mini 32 Keyboard Controller

M-Audio Axiom Air mini 32 Keyboard and pad controller is customizable with simple plug n’ play operation with all popular digital audio workstations via hypercontrol. 32 expressive, low-profile velocity-sensitive keys, 8 velocity-sensitive trigger pads x2 banks, 8 assignable knobs for immediate control over fx, panning, etc Packs big-keyboard features into a small package, octave +/- buttons, sustain, pitch bend and modulation buttons and dedicated transport controls.

Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Microphone
Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Microphone

The Behringer XM8500 dynamic microphone is a performer’s and home recording enthusiast’s dream come true! This professional-quality microphone is designed to capture your sounds with outstanding sensitivity and accuracy. With a cardiod pickup pattern for excellent sound source separation and feedback rejection, this ultra-wide frequency response mics is an excellent choice for any performing or recording scenario – and it’s rugged enough to go the distance! With an integrated shock mount system and spherical wind and pop noise filter, and coming packaged with a mic stand adapter and an impact-resistant carrying case, the XM8500 just may be the only microphones you will ever need.

Reaper license
Reaper license

REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for Windows and OS X, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset. REAPER supports a vast range of hardware, digital formats and plugins, and can be comprehensively extended, scripted and modified. REAPER’s full, flexible feature set and renowned stability have found a home wherever digital audio is used: commercial and home studios, broadcast, location recording, education, science and research, sound design, game development, and more. From mission-critical professional environments to students’ laptops, there is a single version of REAPER, fully featured with no artificial limitations. You can evaluate REAPER in full for 60 days. A REAPER license is affordably priced and DRM-free.

Hercules XPS 2.0 80 DJ Monitor
Hercules XPS 2.0 80 DJ Monitor

The Hercules XPS 2.0 80 DJ Active Monitor speaker system comprises 2 compact wooden satellites, designed to reduce clutter in your home studio. The front face’s curvature has been calculated to ensure a clear and balanced sound flow. Each satellite features a silk-dome tweeter, for sharp and pure treble. At the center of each satellite, a 4-inch woofer with a Kevlar diaphragm – a material offering consistent performance, that is less subject to deformation than other materials – delivers ample and homogenous medium and bass sounds. The front face features a dual port system to receive and assess all the bass frequencies.

MultiTrack Recorders

DIY nut files from feeler gauges


  • 010=0.254mm
    013=0.3302mm
    017=0.4318mm
  • 026=0.6604mm
    036=0.9144mm
    046=1.1684mm

GHSBoomers

From 1964 to now, the GHS Boomers® series has been the flagship set of GHS Strings. Used by musicians in every genre, the Boomers® have shown to stand up to any playing style. Now known as “The Power String”, GHS Boomers® continue to make their mark on music across the world. The roundwound guitar set is made with Nickel-Plated steel wrapped tightly around a round core wire. The combination provides the string with its bright characteristic and long-lasting tone.

TonePros Standard Locking Studs for PRS

TonePros locking studs provide 100% of the contact area of the bottom flange, 100% of the contact area of the stud top, no lean, and components that are completely locked solid to the guitar body. The SPRS2 Brass Locking Studs maintain the same locking and tonal features of the SS1 Style Brass Locking Studs, but add an attractive, larger stud cap that looks great with the AVT2 and similar style wraparound bridges.
Combining the Tonepro SPRS2-NKL (SAE 5/16 – 24 threads) and 2 mounting anchors for USA GIBSON® which are 13mm diameter that fits tightly in a 1/2″ hole, but because they’re 7/8″ (22mm) tall they stick out 2mm on a PRS SE Custom Semi-Hollow Soapbar Model.

Spidi Gradus WP Pants

Hi tech Cordura waterproof pants with insulating removable liner inside. Gradus is equipped with CE adjustable knee protectors, an easy to use belt and wide reflex areas making it a useful garment for adverse and cold weather conditions. The lateral zipper make Gradus quick and easy to wear. Winter, Touring, City

http://www.spidi.com

Introducing the Montana 610, 610t Camo, 680 and 680t

25 AUGUST 2015 @ 5:59 AM  / OUTDOOR BLOG /

680t

Today we’re excited to announce the Montana 610, 610t Camo, 680 and 680t, adding four new units to the popular line of outdoor handhelds. Featuring an updated 8MP camera for high-quality geotagged photos, the new Montana 600 series units now have GLONASS support for improved positioning and quicker fixes, as well as 250,000 preloaded geocaches and storage capacity for millions more. The new Montana 600 series feature a ruggedized design with multiple mounting and battery options, and support for a wide range of Garmin cartography, including a free subscription to BirdsEye Satellite Imagery on all units and preloaded TOPO US 100K on the 610t Camo and 680t.

“The new Montana units are ready and able to handle anything our users get themselves into,” said Dan Bartel Garmin vice president of worldwide sales. “From navigating lakes or waterways on your boat, trekking through the backcountry, cruising on your ATV, geocaching or receiving turn-by-turn directions to the grocery store, Montana has the mapping and versatility to handle what you need it to do.”
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The PRS Electric Guitar Book

ISBN: 9781480386273

A Complete History of Paul Reed Smith Electrics

PRS guitars today appeal to a growing number of musicians, from Carlos Santana to Al Di Meola, from Zach Myers to Mark Tremonti. This book examines every part of PRS history, with an in-depth story, beautiful photographs, and detailed collector’s info. Paul Reed Smith set up his first PRS factory in 1985 in Maryland and has devised guitars from the regular Custom and McCarty models, through the outrageously decorated Dragon specials and the controversial Singlecut, and on to recent achievements such as the Mira, Dave Grissom DGT, JA-15, and the S2 models. Dozens of guitars are pictured inside along with players, ads, catalogs, and rare memorabilia. A detailed reference section helps musicians and collectors identify and date PRS instruments, making this revised and updated edition of The PRS Electric Guitar Book a must for all guitar fans, by Author Dave Burrluck

Paul Reed Smith SE Custom SH Soapbar

  • Body
    Back Wood: Chambered Mahogany
    Top Wood: Maple Top with Flame Maple Veneer

    Neck
    Number of Frets: 22
    Scale Length: 25″
    Neck Wood: Mahogany
    Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
    Neck Shape: Wide Fat
    Inlays: Moons

  • Hardware
    Bridge: PRS Designed Stoptail
    Tuners: PRS Designed Tuners
    Hardware Type: Nickel

    Electronics
    Treble Pickup: Soapbar Treble
    Bass Pickup: Soapbar Bass
    Pickup Switching: Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Blade Pickup Selector

Fender Pawn Shop Offset Special

Fender PawnShop Offset Special 2 Tone Sunburst Thinline in perfect condition
Amazing sounding guitar, amplified and acoustic/unplugged, due to bridge and tremolo

Modifications: new bridge, topnut and proper set-up/tuning

Pawn Shop series: “Guitars that never were but should have been. With an adventurous spirit, these instruments are boldly creative, with a fascinating mix of diverse components”

Semi Hollow Alder Offset Body with belly cut and forearm contour, single f-hole
’60s “C” shape Maple neck with a very nice design/wood cut
25.5″ scale, 21 frets, Humbucking Jazzmaster Pickups (P90 style), GHS GBL 10-46 strings
Vintage Style “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece and Tremolo Lock Button
Mastery Offset Bridge (M1-KIT), Staytrem conversion Thimbles en GraphTech BLACK TUSQ XL topnut

First owner (Dec 2013), comes with original Fender Deluxe Gig Bag (and box, can be shipped)
Serial Number: MX12000810, made in Mexico

Rarely used, no buckle rash
First pic is Fender, second pic is Mastery, rest is actual guitar

Can be played on Vox ValveTronix VT40+ in Den Haag (right next to Central Station)
Take note: original neck pickup 15kΩ, bridge pickup 30kΩ, therefore loud 🙂

Guitar new was €700, bridge was €200
Serious guitar for a serious bidder. (is now sold)



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Onkyo HT-S6305

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7.1-Channel Home Cinema Receiver / 5.1 Speaker Package

Enjoy the Convenience of Packaged Home Cinema Without Sacrificing Quality
With the HT-S6305 (TX-SR508 7.1-Channel Home Cinema Receiver + HTP-638 5.1-Channel Home Cinema Speaker System), Onkyo offers a choice selection of today’s key home cinema features in a superbly integrated and user-friendly package. Four HDMI® 1.4a inputs take care of your high-def sources and provide compatibility with upcoming 3D video content. Other inputs include a Universal Port for Onkyo peripherals and the UP-A1 dock for your iPhone or iPod. Belying its status as a packaged system, the HT-S6305 brings master-quality HD audio to your living room in the form of lossless Dolby and DTS codecs. What’s more, if you complement the included five-speaker set with two extra satellites, you have the option of powered audio in a second room or the immersive “front height” channels of Dolby® ProLogic® IIz. During speaker set-up, a full suite of Audyssey equalization and roomcorrection technologies ensure a properly balanced soundstage and an enveloping presentation. And when you need to fine-tune A/V settings on the fly, Onkyo’s new overlaid on-screen display makes it easy and seamless. The bedrock underpinning it all is Onkyo’s hallmark high-current power supply and precision-honed WRAT amplification.
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RSS Blog Feed

If you like my website/blog but don’t want to read all items or are only interested in certain topics, you can easily use RSS Feed option to do so. Firefox for instance has a built in RSS Feed reader, for Chrome this description works well, so here are some examples links to follow:

Only want to read MoonBlogs, use this link: moonblog/feed/ Like the Baffo expressions, use this link: baffo/feed/

I don’t usually write reviews but simply link to Books or Movies I enjoy, follow these:
books/feed/ & movie/feed/ Except ofcourse when I do review/feed/

The same goes for tags you can find on the Menu page, like the ‘Another View’ series: another-view/feed/

Nederlands: nederlands/feed/ Astronomy: astronomy/feed/

Human Design: human-design/feed/ Ra Uru Hu: ra-uru-hu/feed/

Rave Cosmology: rave-cosmology/feed/ Ibiza 2009: ibiza-2009/feed/

Posts on or about Facebook: facebook/feed/

That which I think is Poetry: poetry/feed/ or Stuff for Nerds: stuff-for-nerds/feed/

‘abiding non-dual awareness’ with Jed McKenna: jed-mckenna/feed/ or read some Osho: osho/feed/

and ofcourse Reflector: reflector/feed/ & and Lunar Cycle: lunar-cycle/feed/

The structure is straightforward:
https://www.mcha.nl/tag/-name of tag-/feed or https://www.mcha.nl/category/-name of category-/feed/

simply add ‘feed/’ or ‘/feed’ after a tag or category that you find underneath a blog post or on the menu page. The feed number is set to the 15 last posts of that category or tag.

The full feed of the whole Blog is simply: https://www.mcha.nl/feed

How to Revive a Dead Laptop Battery

The same freezer that holds your frozen pizzas and TV dinners can often bring seemingly-dead laptop batteries back to usable (though not quite like-new) condition.

Steps:

Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Revive-a-Dead-Laptop-Battery

12 inch laptop (geen netbook)

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Xxodd XNI728T (Clevo M728T) volwaardige laptop
met Windows Vista Business NL 32bit (incl originele CD en code)
Drivers en Manual op originele CD

Brushed aluminium deksel, zwart

Intel Core2Duo P8400 (2.26 Ghz) 25Watt 45Nm
(en extra silent mode knop)
DVD-RW Sata
320Gb 7200rpm Hitachi Travelstar 7K320 Harddisk Sata
3Gb DDR-2 SDRAM (1024+2048) intern geheugen
12.1″ WXGA (1280×800) TFT LCD
Intel GMA X4500HD grafische kaart
Intel ICH9M Chipset, Realtek Audio
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Bresser Astro Set

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Bresser 10×50 Astro Set Binocular 10×50 with Tripod

Features (Binocular):

Prism type: Porro
Lens diameter: 50 mm
Field of view: 114 m @1000 m
Coating: fully coated (blue)
Weight: 780 g
Features (Tripod):

Tripod with swiveling lever
Adapter for binoculars (suitable for binoculars that have a standard tripod thread)
Weight: 1150 g