Regular Singular Points

Sometimes I forget I’m an electrical engineer. I was working in the basement, trying to clean the place up a bit, when I took a long look at the old Ampeg M-12A Mercury (7591 tubes, not the older version — probably an early 1964 model) guitar amp. That damn thing always shocked the Hell out of me every time I used it, but it sounds really good with the Rickenbacker model 1997 reissue. I have a copy of the schematics, so I took a look and came to the conclusion that I’m lucky to be alive…. (more…)

At first I thought this was going to be a spoof and a joke, but it appears to be legit:

Britney Spears guide to Semiconductor Physics

I have a sister in law, Stacy, that is studying physics at UCD (University College, Dublin) and this site couldn’t have been better if it was written by her.