Michael's musings

Sun, 07 Feb 2010

Thing I saw at Active Surplus

I was in Toronto at the AGM for http://www.EspressoCode.com/. I had to stop at Active Surplus for switches and what-not for my model railroad. I certainly the a "what-not"

Check it out:

[[http://www.sandelman.ca/mcr/humour/2010-02-04-10-46-whatnot.jpg][Some kind of Pumpy Thing]]

Tue, 02 Feb 2010

Sharp microwaves

My Samsung microwave died last March. It makes sparks from the magnetron. I tried a bit to see if I could get a new one, but it's annoyingly difficult, since the magnetron is half the cost of the unit.

I'd really like to buy a microwave not-made-in-China. Sharp is reported to make them in Japan, assemble them in the USA.

But, I can not find a store that sells them. I'd really like to touch one before I buy it.