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The new Dark Crystal series on Netflix makes me feel like a kid again 
The nostalgia clouds my judgement, but I'm pretty sure it's a good watch even without the nostalgia 
I had the movie (taped from TV) on VHS and I must've watched it every weekend, good old times!
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So, that must have been before Crystal Meth then ?
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I went from the Dark Crystal to Crystal Meth, but the worst was yet to come... Crystal Reports! 
My family gave my a choice: quit Crystal Reports or you'll never see us again.
I went into rehab and I'm sticking to the meth now 
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The movie's on Netflix too if you want to complete the set. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I have it on DVD as well, but it's been at least seven years ago since I've last seen it.
I might as well watch it again after this
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The Skeksis were very promising. Not quite ready for prime time evil yet, but they would have gotten far.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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They're not evil lasagna level just yet 
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You should try it some time.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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One of my favorite movies as well. And I have it on DVD.
Unsure a series could be made though. Like Highlander, it's really a stand-alone story.
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It's a prequel, so it tells how the Skeksis wiped out all of the Gelflings (except for Jen and Kira, of course).
Everything has to be made into a series nowadays.
Stuff like Fargo, From Dusk Till Dawn, A Series Of Unfortunate Events, LOTR, Marvel and DC both have at least five running series...
And then there are the hundreds of original series that aren't based on a book or movie.
Sometimes I'm reading about a new upcoming series and I can only roll my eyes and sigh...
In the case of The Dark Crystal it's worth it though
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Neeeeeerd!
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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I'm in IT... WHAT DID YOU EXPECT!? 
I'm not the one writing parsers for fun 
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Well i am a nerd too silly
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Hi All,
CodeWraith and I were having a discussion about level shifting found the thing from TI I have used in the past for level shifting: http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/txb0108.pdf Down side more IC's Up side easier interfacing...
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I have found this 8 bit bus transceiver[^], also from TI. It's very similar to the old 74XX245 bus transceivers that I have used for many years. I just have not found anyone who sells them yet.
Now I already have two reasons to level shift my data bus. The first was to interface a PIC32 as VGA graphics chip with built in video memory. The second is a USB interface for memory sticks. It takes care of the entire file system and offers a simple parallel 8 bit interface, again at 3.3 V. That would be all the SSD/hard disk this little computer will ever need, but I will also try to use yet another PIC as IDE port.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Farnell (whatever they are called this week) have them as surface mount...
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glennPattonWork wrote: surface mount
Soldering with a paper clip as the tip. I love it. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Weller do a "wave tip" for their irons, which allows you to solder SMT IC's with a single pass per row.
Ask me no more about it: Herself was the soldering expert, and could hand solder 304 pin 0.5mm spacing QFP ARM processors with two tacks and four swipes for prototyping. And they worked! 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wave tip? 
Do you have to hold the board above your head? Or does it have a built in vacuum?
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I see why you are married! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: hand solder 304 pin 0.5mm spacing QFP ARM processors
The chances of me doing that are just left of zero.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I could do it, but the chances of the chip or PCB ever working again are ... zero, or probably less.
I suspect that nobody told her it couldn't be done, so she just went ahead and did it. Impressive woman, honestly.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Kudos to her!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Well a bit of thick copper wire works better than a paper clip, I speak from experience !
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