Category Archives: Techy

How stuff works.

Electronics

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Shades

I was about David’s age when I got my first electronics kit for Christmas. It was made by Philips and all the components were discrete. Most of them were provided loose but the transistors were soldered onto a small square … Continue reading →

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Every picture tells a story

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Shades

A tryptich of photos today. A black tie event last night- incidental music and carols by the West Yorkshire Police Brass Band “Ten Piece Team”. Then we woke up to a cold house- our boiler was not well. It sounded … Continue reading →

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Old and new flying at the National- part 2, the new

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Shades

The new system control desk is a lot more intuitive than the old and uses 2D & 3D graphics to great effect. It has two physical controllers but virtually there are six and a paging arrangement means that the flyman … Continue reading →

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Old and new flying at the National- part 1, the old

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Shades

I had a very interesting technical visit to the National Theatre last Tuesday morning, including a visit to the grid 27.5m above the Olivier stage. The Olivier is an open stage in an ampitheatre style and the fly tower is … Continue reading →

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Spare parts

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Shades
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