[sdiy] What We're ALL Up To!! (?)

[Cynthia Webster]

Hi Tim!

> To Whoever Cares:

I Care!

> Life is a roller-coaster. How our hobbies do suffer
> the altitude changes. I thought I had a bunch of cash
> to spend on nifty things like a PCB for the Walsh
> chips. It turns out that the windfall amount exactly
> matches my tax bill. So Uncle Sam gets my hobby
> budget.
> 
> Sigh.

  I know, I really do!

Sometimes I think  - Heck I couldda' had a completely assembled
and fully legitimate off the rack module - for what I've spent
futzing  around - trying to build my own instead!

I love the way you say...

> since I am not currently on speaking terms
> with my midi2cv project,

Tim, That is hilarious! (and SO True)!

(I'm presently "not on speaking terms"
with my Voltage-Controlled Reverb Project)! Grrrrr...

Seems that I could have purchased some really cool modules that
actually *Worked!* - for all that I've spent on a bunch of
Ahem, er,  "Learning experiences"
(surely a euphemism for - "A bunch of worthless !&*%#*! Junk)!
Arrgggg!  (at least so far...)
 
> Meanwhile, since I am not currently on speaking terms
> with my midi2cv project, I decided to whip out my VCO
> prototype and play with it. After fixing a broken wire
> I tries to calibrate it. Not as easy as it sounds. The
> thing is not really linear. I used the VCO design from
> Chamberlin. 

Hang in there... 
as they say, "nothing worth doing - is Easy!"
 
> Maybe I'll take up Taxidermy instead.

Taxidermy??

<Mad Rapper mode>

Naw Son!  Naw!  Let's see them try that sh*t on a Train!
They got mermaids swimming in their living rooms and sh*t!
Your stuff is more John Blaze - than *that!*
Let's see them try that sh*t on a Train!

</Mad Rapper mode>

Ok, Perhaps this time of year, we should all be building
Negative Income generator Modules - to play for Uncle Sam?

LOL!

Warm Regards!

Cynthia

> --TR
>