Cademuir

Hacking a webcam for long exposure astrophotography

albertw / December 30, 2011

I finally got around to hacking a Philips SPC 900 to enable it to take long exposure images suitable for astrophotography. The modifications are fairly well known. The approach I took is a mixture of the http://www.boltonastro.org.uk/Members%5FArea/Projects/spc880conversion.pdf from Bolton Astronomical Society and http://www.yesyes.info/index.php/diy/philips-spc900-webcam-lx-and-ampoff-mod/ . The circuit between both approaches is roughly the same, I followed […]

computing

Old computer magazines free to a good home

albertw / December 29, 2011

I’m clearing out the attic and have some old computer magazines that some of you might be interested in. Free to a good home if you can collect from me, otherwise they go to recycling. The first batch contains titles like Personal Computer News and Your Computer from around 1981-1983. The second batch are mainly

Astronomy

First Solar Haplha image in years

albertw / November 27, 2011

I got the PST out again recently. As we approach Solar Maximum it would be a shame not to have a look every now and then.

General

Why I won’t be buing an indesit in future. Appliances should be servicable.

albertw / November 26, 2011

Recently a small piece of the door seal on our washer dryer came out in the wash. It was small but enough to mean water on the kitchen floor so it needed replacing. The solution seemed simple. Order a replacement seal. Fitting it however was a problem.