[XCSSA] Hacking History @ 7pm on History channel... Set your DVRs...

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

LOL... i was just thinking about building a Jacob's Ladder out of a
neon powersupply, but I have to get one that's not all transistorized.
 They typically don't like arcing.


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On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:09 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San
Antonio <xcssa at xcssa.org> wrote:
> I met Bre at SXSW last year.  He should make an interesting host for a
> show.  I'll try to tune in, but I think I'm supposed to take the wife out
> for her birthday tonight.  Maybe she'll understand if we just stay home and
> watch History channel.
>
> I'm also up for building a tesla coil.  I'm accumulating parts for a double
> resonant solid state Tesla coil, and estimate the final cost will be near
> $1k.
>
> http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com/
>
>
> Anton
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:00 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
> <xcssa at xcssa.org> wrote:
>>
>> Just found out that there is a new interesting show on the History
>> channel 7pm tonight...
>> http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=361802
>>
>> Anyone up for building a Tesla Coil ??? ;-)
>>
>>  From Bre Pettis site,
>>
>> My show, History Hacker, will be on TV tonight! It's is all about
>> exploring our technological history by hacking the inventions of the
>> past. If you can, I'd love it if you can watch it with your kids! While
>> making it, I imagined families watching the show and enjoying it together!
>>
>> I really pushed hard to make the show fresh. There are a billion
>> jumpcuts in this show and we achieved some special split screen and
>> in-camera effects. It's an hour long, so I have time to get into some
>> projects to break down some of the principles that Tesla pioneered and
>> fought for in the war of the currents. I make a neon bulb, AC generator
>> from a bike and muck about with an old telephone magneto. I also go
>> check out the power plant in the basement of the New Yorker and the
>> space systems lab at MIT to see how the principles that Tesla pioneered
>> are being used today.
>>
>>
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