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Written by Evan
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
 Desoldered and resoldered chips I got a chance to play around with a hot-air rework station today. The station is the CSI-825++ from Circuit Specialists Inc. I just desoldered a bunch of chips from an old modem, and then tried soldering some back on.It was surprisingly easy - removal was as simple as grabbing the part with tweezers, and going over it with the air for about 5-10 secs and it popped right off. Soldering a chip on was not much more difficult - apply some liquid flux, hold the part in place, heat it, and then just nudge the part to position it if needed. Still only takes 10-15 secs of heat. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 July 2007 )
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Written by Evan
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
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One of my recent brews, the American Pale Ale II kit from MoreBeer. 1oz of magnum hops for bittering, then hop-bombed in the last 15 mins with 4oz of hops for flavor and aroma. It came out great - the bitterness was rather harsh when I first got it kegged but after a week in the keg it really mellowed. Consequently, the keg is emptying FAST. Have to get my hefeweizen kegged, and figure out what I'm going to do with my Apfelwein. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 18 July 2007 )
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Written by Evan
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Sunday, 15 July 2007 |
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So, I've moved the site over to a different host. I'm paying not quite 50% more than I was before, but I'm getting 66x the storage space and 83x the bandwidth. Finally I can put all the pictures I want in the articles, and use more high-res images, without having to worry about space and bandwidth. With that said, because the site is based on a dynamic content management system, transferring to the new host was not as easy as just copying over some files, so it's possible that some things are broken - in which case, please contact me using the link on the menu at left if you run into any problems and I'll take care of them ASAP - at least I know the contact form isn't broken. (knock on wood) |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 20 July 2007 )
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