polystyrene Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Mon, 08 Mar 2021 23:19:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 How to repair small plastic parts https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-repair-small-plastic-parts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-repair-small-plastic-parts Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:00:29 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7960 Gluing small plastic parts back together is a two-part challenge: First you have to find a suitable glue, and then you have to find a way to hold the pieces together while the glue cures. Challenging need not be impossible

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]]> 7960 No, the government isn’t going to come take your trains https://dfarq.homeip.net/no-the-government-isnt-going-to-come-take-your-trains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-the-government-isnt-going-to-come-take-your-trains Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:23:34 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=3546 Friday’s news that the Department of Health and Human Services have added formaldehyde to the list of known carcinogens and styrene to the list of potential human carcinogens caused a rumble in some of the circles I run in. Let’s

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]]> 3546 Do thermal curtains work? https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-stingy-scottish-miser-thermal-curtains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stingy-scottish-miser-thermal-curtains https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-stingy-scottish-miser-thermal-curtains/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:04:00 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1840 So the Stingy Scottish Miser Chronicles continue. Yesterday my wife and I went shopping for thermal (also known as blackout) curtains. I'd read about them in comments on financial blogs but never saw much else in the way of first-person testimony about them.

I figure one day's worth of experience with them is better than no information at all.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-stingy-scottish-miser-thermal-curtains/feed/ 1 1840 The truth about DVD recordables https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-truth-about-dvd-recordables/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-truth-about-dvd-recordables https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-truth-about-dvd-recordables/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:55:32 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1505 I read Jim Louderback's column from this week on DVD recordables with interest, but it was disappointing.

The most useful information in this column: Generic recordable DVDs don't necessarily cost less than the brand names.

The rest of the column is just about hazing and an incomplete description of how he did various things you're not supposed to do to DVD discs and then tried to see if they still worked.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-truth-about-dvd-recordables/feed/ 3 1505 More tips for playing with toy trains https://dfarq.homeip.net/more-tips-for-playing-with-toy-trains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-tips-for-playing-with-toy-trains https://dfarq.homeip.net/more-tips-for-playing-with-toy-trains/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:00:18 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=35 As you can probably guess from the length of time between postings, the Lionel has proven to be quite the distraction. A welcome one, but definitely a distraction.

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