Odds ‘n Sods:

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I wished someone commercially made a soft start power box for radios that use vacuum tubes. Now I’ve been told there already is such a product, made by the folks at Electric Radio Magazine. Such a device will likely pay for itself in just a few years, given the inflated price of tubes. (Have you priced a replacement 1L6 Pentagrid tube, or a Magic Eye tuning tube recently?)

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Here is a good message: Why I’m a Republican. Sadly, however, the Republican Party’s leadership has now embraced statist socialism. (They are just in less of a hurry than the Democrats.)

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This is too cool: Zip line link a big boost for tiny Italian towns. E’assolutamente grandi!

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H.L. sent: Rooftop Solar Panels Become Growing Threat to Firefighters