Recent content by PalmettoTiger

Anyone?

Anyone?

Not sure if this is the best place to post, but here goes. I'm using the audio out on my NForce3 motherboard. Previously, I was using TOSLINK optical and handling volume controls on the head unit of my Logitech speakers. I noticed that the Windows audio mute was always on, but because it...

Not sure if this is the best place to post, but here goes. I'm using the audio out on my NForce3 motherboard. Previously, I was using TOSLINK optical and handling volume controls on the head unit of my Logitech speakers. I noticed that the Windows audio mute was always on, but because it...

Lovely. Thanks Jiggz.

After a series of increasingly-often hardlocks/reboots, my computer won't even POST. I initially suspected it was the video card, because the symptoms seemed heat-related (couldn't isolate any specific software, driver, or activity as the fault) and the vid card was the only temp I wasn't...

I got mine from Wicked Lasers. You might be able to find a better source; I just went with Wicked because they were high on the Google search and had a Halloween special (50% off second laser). Google "OEM green laser" to find the ones rated above 5 mW.

A) because I'm obsessive-compulsive and if I'm gonna be a shark with friggin' laser beams, I will damn well have actual friggin' laser beams. B) the green lasers are more easily visible than red lasers (due to natural tendencies of the human eyes), and these particular lasers are about 4x...

PICS: Side view Front view Lights off, lasers on If I get any good beam-visible pics this weekend, I'll include them too.

Whew. Finished. Well actually, the lasers aren't mounted on the costume yet, but the costume is done - just waiting for the spray paint to dry. Also, I have the lasers rewired to a small hobby box, with an SPST momentary push-button switch for each laser. Both work, although one of them is...

HOLY CRAP. I just got the lasers and they are BRIGHT AS HELL. It hurts to look directly at the spot just shining on the walls of my cubicle. With the lights off - just indirect window light coming through - I can kind of see the beam, and that's with no dust. In a dimly lit bar with lots of...

Damn you, I had the lawsuit half-drafted already. OK not really; I'll have the lasers pointed straight up to avoid blinding people, and they'll be sewn into the costume so that people can't rip them off or change where they point. I'm not too worried about the beam visibility, since I'm...

Already bought the lasers, unfortunately. Wish I'd asked you first though! <rationalization>The sighting lasers are probably too expensive and/or not beam-visible anyway.</rationalization> Ahh, I feel much better after that.

My Halloween costume this year includes 2 laser pointers. ("Shark With Frikkin' Laser Beams On Its Head.") Does anyone have any experience rewiring them to extend the switch off the body of the pointer? Basically, these are momentary switches like every other laser pointer, and I don't want to...

I googled it at Bit-Tech. That's a huge help. Thanks!