Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Measuring the 12 volt line on old PC power supply

I am using an old PC power supply for powering the monitor and other 12 volt things on a computer in stead of the usual wall-warts . I measured the 12 volt line and it was pretty low - actually a little below 11 volts . I figured it was bad so I dug others out of the junk box and found that all measured way below 12 VDC . Any of you use these...

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

traveling to Asia again

I will be in Singapore for three days, and Malaysia for two days on business. I will have little time to see anything but the office. I have been to China many times. I like it because the children do not outnumber the adults! I guess I will find out if the same is try in Singapore and Johr Bahru, Malaysia. When are you travelling...

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Freezing greens

I know that lettuces do not freeze well, but I'm wondering if it would be feasible to wash, pat dry and freeze romaine, kale, etc. for VitaMix purposes? I usually do not eat up (or drink up!) a head of romaine or bunch of kale before it goes bad. So I'm thinking that even though washing, freezing, then eating lettuc would taste yucky, it...

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