Tag Archives: electronics

MySQL

By Tien Chiu | Published: January 5, 2008
Well, I’m slowly returning to the land of the living; I spent most of today codeine-free, meaning I actually got to do something besides drugged-out moping.  So I spent the day studying database design, MySQL, and electronics theory.  I’m doing much better with the first two than with the electronics, alas. Following Laritza’s advice (thanks Laritza!), [...]
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Weaving, minor electronics, weaving database

By Tien Chiu | Published: December 28, 2007
I finally gave in and bought an electric cone winder to spare my shoulder the endless circular movements of ball-winding with very fine yarns (it took almost two hours for the fire shawl!). I promptly discovered that the ballwinder starts up too fast for fine cashmere yarns – the yarn breaks as the swift [...]
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