Archive for the 'Gear' Category
New Zealand: Grid Tie Solar System Deals for April-May
April 16th, 2015For readers in NZ: The solar power company that I work for is discounting grid tie systems until 30 May 2015. I got an email from the CEO last night. It’s time for us to grab more market share. In addition to discounts on the hardware, you won’t have to pay: * The distributed generation […]
Very Fun Toy Quadcopter: Syma X5C-1
December 13th, 2014Do you know a child or adult who wants to try out a quadcopter, but not interested in spending hundreds of dollars to give them them the opportunity? I bought a Syma X5C-1 for myself and it’s pretty incredible. It’s very smooth and stable, but also capable of quick maneuvers in high gain mode. I […]
Bosch DLR130K Digital Distance Measurer
September 25th, 2014I’ve been selling solar power systems to people here in New Zealand for the past few months. When someone wants to get a system, I have to conduct a site visit to make sure that their property is suitable and gather information for the installers. I take pictures of the roof, meter box or boxes, […]
3D Printed Firearms? *Pfft* Check Out the AK with a Receiver Made from of a $2 Shovel
July 16th, 2014Via: Northeast Shooters: Receiver came out as straight as Liberace in drag thumbing through gay porn magazines. I do not however discriminate between straight AK receivers and those that chose different orientation. Research Credit: Pookie
Precipice Moon and BrewStick
February 22nd, 2014Long time Cryptogon reader and supporter Dale Ellis sent me a complementary download code for his album, Precipice Moon. (Also on Amazon.) Woh. Do yourself a favor and grab the FLAC files for this one. Note: If you get it from Amazon, I don’t think FLAC files are available. Dale also has a Kickstarter going […]
TellSpec
October 3rd, 2013Via: TellSpec: We are raising funds for the development and manufacture of TellSpec, the world’s first reliable and accurate handheld device that scans and analyzes the composition of food so consumers know the real ingredients before they buy or eat the food. TellSpec brings together laser spectroscopy and a unique mathematical algorithm in a revolutionary […]
PCIe Flash Storage on Laptops
October 1st, 2013A friend of mine showed me his brand new Apple Macbook Air. That thing is very fast. There are many articles out there about how Apple used PCIe based flash storage to achieve that incredible throughput—but you sorta need to have the jarring experience of running applications on that machine for those numbers to hit […]
Thanks to the Purchaser of the Hohner Bravo Piano Accordion
September 17th, 2012You guys support Cryptogon by buying some pretty wild stuff on Amazon, but my jaw hung slack when I saw this in my commission report: To the accordion playing Cryptogon reader out there somewhere: Thank you.
Shark Knives – Hand Made in New Zealand
September 10th, 2012Knives are VERY popular with Cryptogon readers, so I thought I’d let you guys know about my friend, Peter Griffiths. He makes a range of knives at his workshop and gallery out in Takahue: shark-knives.com. I have the Big Chef and it’s awesome. Don’t miss the Parang. Pete doesn’t use the computer much, but if […]
Power Out
July 29th, 2012Update: Power Is On Again — We’re getting slammed by a storm and the power is out again. I’ve just trained myself to routinely put my Fenix PD32 in my pocket when it rains hard out here. haha. Anyway, you know the story: If there are no updates, it means the electricity is still out.
