-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>Synthetase's World of Nerd - Articles</title> <description>Latest Posts</description> <link>https://syntheta.se</link> <item> <title>Stereo RCA breakout box</title> <description><p>I’ve built quite a few amplifiers over the years and every time I get to the point of testing them, I always end up having to hack together some kind of RCA-to-rat’s-nest interface (including a level control) so I can connect a source like a CD player into the jumble of boards and wires sitting on my bench that constitutes the device under test. But no longer!</p> </description> <pubDate>2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/projects/2023/12/10/rca-breakout-box.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/projects/2023/12/10/rca-breakout-box.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>Nintendo Switch Re-Skin</title> <description><p>When I was a kid, I had a Gameboy Color in Atomic Purple. I loved that thing to death and I always thought the translucent case was the <em>coolest thing ever</em>, so when I noticed people on ebay selling custom shells for the Switch, I just had to have one.</p> </description> <pubDate>2022-02-20T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/projects/2022/02/20/switch-re-skin.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/projects/2022/02/20/switch-re-skin.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>Death of Zen Class A Headphone Amplifier</title> <description><p>Having never listened to a <a href="https://sound-au.com/articles/amp-classes.htm#classa">class A amplifier</a> before, and with nothing better to do during the long Covid shutdown, I thought it might be nice to build one. The circuit is another of <a href="https://sound-au.com/index.html">Rod Elliott</a>’s designs: the low-power headphone variant of the “<a href="https://sound-au.com/project70.htm">Death of Zen</a>” class A power amp. There’s quite a bit of history to this circuit, which Rod explains in the <a href="https://sound-au.com/project36.htm">original project article</a>. It’s well worth a read if you’re at all curious about the design decisions or class A in general.</p> </description> <pubDate>2021-10-11T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/projects/2021/10/11/P70-class-a-headphone-amp.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/projects/2021/10/11/P70-class-a-headphone-amp.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>Yamaha CDX-397 Repair</title> <description><p>Recently, one of the channels in my Yamaha CDX-397 CD player died. After disconnecting the working channel from the amplifier and turning up the volume, I could still hear faint music, so clearly something was still working. Time to investigate!</p> </description> <pubDate>2021-10-10T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/projects/2021/10/10/repair-yamaha-cdx-397-cd-player.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/projects/2021/10/10/repair-yamaha-cdx-397-cd-player.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>Setting up a Test Matrix</title> <description><p>This post is the text version of a talk I gave at the Melbourne Ruby meet-up earlier this year. I thought some people would prefer the information presented in plain text over the video. For anyone interested, I’ve embedded the video below.</p> </description> <pubDate>2020-03-14T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/coding/2020/03/14/Setting-up-a-test-matrix.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/coding/2020/03/14/Setting-up-a-test-matrix.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>has_protected_token</title> <description><p>I recently released <a href="https://rubygems.org/gems/has_protected_token">has_protected_token</a> to the world. It’s my first ever Ruby gem and I’m pretty happy with it.</p> </description> <pubDate>2019-11-03T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/coding/2019/11/03/has-protected-token.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/coding/2019/11/03/has-protected-token.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>OpenSSL and Ruby build failures</title> <description><p>I came across the following error while trying to install an old version of Ruby recently:</p> </description> <pubDate>2019-10-26T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/coding/2019/10/26/ruby-build-failed.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/coding/2019/10/26/ruby-build-failed.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>On Learning New Things</title> <description><p>I recently had occasion to write a little C code. This is something I haven’t done since around 2005 and it meant I had to go back and re-learn a lot of the basics before I could tackle the task at hand. It got me thinking about my approach to learning and why I do things the way I do.</p> </description> <pubDate>2019-01-02T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/coding/2019/01/02/on-learning-new-things.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/coding/2019/01/02/on-learning-new-things.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>Getting Started With Ruby</title> <description><p>I love Ruby, it’s very satisfying and developer-friendly to use. Ironically, despite its focus on developer friendliness, it can be a real pain to set up properly, which leaves a sour taste in the mouth for new users. In this post, we’ll walk through setting up Ruby on your Mac or Linux computer. This post is aimed primarily at inexperienced users, so feel free to ignore the explanations if you’re at home editing Bash profiles.</p> </description> <pubDate>2018-12-09T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/coding/2018/12/09/getting-started-with-ruby.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/coding/2018/12/09/getting-started-with-ruby.html</guid> </item> <item> <title>Conway's Game of Life in React</title> <description><p>Implementing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life">Conway’s game of life</a> can be a fun way of diving into a new language and/or framework, as it requires quite a bit more than your average ‘hello world’ program. It gives you a chance to have a good play in your new sandpit and learn about your new tools.</p> </description> <pubDate>2018-07-14T00:00:00+00:00</pubDate> <link>https://syntheta.se/coding/2018/07/14/conways-game-of-life-in-react.html</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://syntheta.se/coding/2018/07/14/conways-game-of-life-in-react.html</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>
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