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Maybe a reverb based around this FV-1 daughterboard:

http://www.experimentalnoize.com/components/skrm-c8-xxx-reverb-effects-module/

This would be a nice setup for top mounted jacks--ostensibly it could shorten wire runs in that situation. I don't have much confidence in my understanding of what's what on the schematic either, but I figure to take a crack at it in Eagle if seeing the actual parts in the schematic editor clears it up.

Nice garlic! What variety do you plant? I sometimes grow it, otherwise grab a year's supply at the farmer's market. I look for Inchelium and Music, which both grow well in my dirt. Inchelium keeps for nearly a year--it's still good when the early varieties show up.

I like to do scapes in a stir fry, but my main use is hanging it on the branches of the sapling trees in my yard, to discourage the deer from eating the leaves off.

Might be worth noting that Antique Electronic Supply has 10% off everything for the rest of July. I've had good dealings with them so far (fast and cheap shipping); thanks for the heads up on potential out-of-stock sadness.

I do a terrible job of balancing pedal tinkering with other hobbies. I spend a lot more "me time" messing around with the 3D printer I built last year, and wiring up contraptions for the Arduino to control, than audio circuits. And a couple months ago, we got a brand new piano. Given the choice of keeping the company of solder fumes or Chopin... well, the queue is pretty expansive. I think this will change some when school starts again, because my youngest will be in full day kindergarten. It will be bittersweet, but there's a chance to strike a more productive balance.

I've broken the bonded stuff too. I don't know which is which anymore, but I've got Barry's and SB and probably broken it all at least once. I actually prefer heavier gauge wire wherever it will fit. I harvest it out of old data switch boxes from thrift stores.

Hey, I'm a Louisiana native (now living in Wisconsin too, no less!), so let me weigh in on your finding with the shrimp in Jambalaya.

I think the bigger ones almost always taste better than the small ones. That goes for gumbo as well. I usually get them from the Asian store or even frozen at Target (they're not bad!). I don't remember what count but I think something like 25-30. I like what you did with the slicing them in half.

Also, and I know this isn't typical, but I like sliced, smoked sausage in Jambalaya much better than the ground Jimmy Dean type that some people use, so I think your use of kielbasa was on the right track.

I hear you man, that jumbo size shrimp was a small revelation. I have always just gravitated to the gumbo size because that's what we had growing up--my Dad would get the small sizes right off the boat for like a dollar a pound. My Mom would devein every single tiny shrimp! The big ones can be machine deveined I think. I'ma gonna start using the bigger ones and splitting them so I can still get   piece of shrimp in every bite :-)

I would think that Chorizo would be good in jambalaya. Andouille is just a really rustic, coarse and dry sausage; I can find several things labeled andouille in WA where I normally live, but it tends to be just regular high-processed sausage with a lot of cayenne added, and it adds too much heat for my kids. I used to keep a stash of Savoie's or Richard's andouille and tasso, but nowadays i just go for the plainer stuff.

I've got young kids and try to find ways to divide paying attention to them and cooking at the same time. This usually means simpler meals, recipes I know by heart, stir fry, crock pot, etc.

Tonight it was "jambalaya." A package of dry jambalaya mix (I prefer Oak Grove Smokehouse but tonight it was Zatarains), with some sausage (andouille is standard but I used kielbasa tonight) and raw shrimp cooked into it. Using raw shrimp gets it a lot closer to real jambalaya; cooked shrimp doesn't do the trick nearly as well. I like to use 71-90s; all I could find here in Green Bay was 16-20s, so I sliced them in half. I was surprised at how much more tender they were than the "gumbo size."

Have yet to develop a taste for scotch; i still try on occasion. I prefer a good bourbon. I like Wild Turkey Rare Breed or Old Forester Birthday for drinking neat, though William Larue Weller is a worthwhile splurge, and Old Rip Van Winkle is near sublime for raised pinky sipping. They are both wheated bourbons, so are smooth like Makers Mark but worlds more balanced and multi-dimensional.

But a good cheap bourbon is a more meaningful find than an excellent expensive one. My personal faves are Very Old Barton and Old Forester, both in the 100 proof version. Not too hot to be sippin strenth, and no shame mixing with a decent cane-sugared cola.

I did that last summer for a longish trip visiting my in-laws. I put projects into ziplock bags: pcbs, components, etc. There was a TSA handbill in the luggage when we retrieved it, though they didn't confiscate anything. This summer I'm mailing it ahead 

Personally I don't think you can beat the firefly, 1.5 watts of tubey DIY goodness.

Oooooohh, that seems just perfect!!!

I've been googleing it for a couple minutes, but I don't find any pcb or build doc, got something you can share?

Ronsound sells the PCB: http://ronsound.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=129&products_id=882

...he's currently sold out, but he indicated on diystompboxes that he'd ordered more. It costs most builders upwards of $150 to build, not including a speaker cabinet. I have about that much in it so far; hopefully I'll finish it this summer.   

I was going to suggest a small non-tube amp with an accessible speaker, so you can upgrade the speaker for potentially better sound. Any small Fender/Peavey/Crate/Kustom combo with a 10" or 12" speaker would take care of the hard part--boxing it up nice and convenient. You could replace the electronics with a Ruby, etc, to get more travel from your volume knob and still play unobtrusively. That is, if you don't need distortion from the amp.

Hilarious! My personal fave is when Hitler is informed that Chuck Norris is coming after them.

The actual film (Der Untergang) is pretty good too, notwithstanding the fundamental problem of needing a sympathetic character when essentially everyone on screen is a high level Nazi.

I have the older, lesser, panelized model, and I'm quite impressed with it. I do wish it would measure frequency at audio levels, but otherwise it's more useful that I'd hoped. The Nano V3 looks ever awesomer.

I'm a part time, adjunct college instructor (music, media, & art) at the college where my wife is fulltime & tenured. It's steady evening work, in an inverted Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf sort of way. I don't see hardcore academia as a career anymore, but I love the challenge of teaching people my age.

Mostly, though, I parent. My youngest just turned five; I've spent the last ten years, day in day out, in the world of a toddler 

I prefer the screwdriver tip that came with my Weller 100. Some say you get better heat transfer with a bigger tip. Seems convincing; it's at least very convenient to use the thin end for small work and the thick side for more heat-sucking situations.