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Projects

I work on various projects pretty much constantly but only post things to this site in sporadic bursts. Expect to see a mix of electronics, craftwork, chemistry, and miscellaneous experiments on here.

	Date	Title
	01/12/06	AC Powered LED Glowlamp	Made from a lucite pencil holder, this lamp uses reactance to limit current from the mains line and power a chain of LEDs without the bulk of a transformer or dissipative waste of a series resistor.
	01/04/06	Growing Bismuth Crystals	Beautiful irridescent hopper crystals of bismuth metal, grown in my kitchen.
	12/17/05	Serial Pic Programmer	I've always wanted to be able to use PIC microcontrollers in my projects, but I never had a programmer. My senior project group needed a programmer for our PIC-based project, so I built this amazingly simple device that turns any PC with a serial port into an ICSP PIC programmer.
	01/01/05	Doodles with a Calligraphy Pen	A cheap calligraphy pen doesn't cost more than a couple dollars, and makes any doodle look amazing!
	01/01/05	"Cerenkov" Lamp	A tabletop lamp of glass and wood that illuminates with a lovely blue light which resembles the wonderful, mysterious blue glow of Cerenkov radiation.
	01/01/05	Engraved Bone Jewelry	Deer bones + dremel + microwave oven + sandpaper + dremel again = a handful of engraved pendants and bone sewing needles.
	01/01/05	Leatherbound Book	My first and possibly last attempt at making a handmade book.
	01/01/05	Illustrated Worry Stick / Wand	Short pieces of cured and polished wood bearing burned-in illustrations and decorative scorching.
	01/01/05	Nocturnal Frisbee	A frisbee that lights up bright orange for use at night.
	12/14/04	Experiment: Can ultraviolet LEDs be used to erase EPROM chips?	LEDs purported to be active in the near UV region have recently become available at my budget level. Can these devices erase EPROM memories, potentially eliminating the need for dangerous, expensive, and less efficient UV lamps?