Sitemap of Homo Ludens
All articles on this site through direct links!
Homo
ludens for dummies: An explanation what it means.
Mystery radio (1933)
RCA T4-8 (1934)
Acratone (1936?)
RCA Victor 87T-1 (1938)
Belmont 542 (1941)
General Electric HE-740 (1941)
General Electric JE61L (1942)
Philips 916 X-10 (1947)
RCA Chile (1948?)
RCA Chile 5Q25-A (1950?)
RCA Chile (CRC) 528-XM-6 "Acuarium"
(1958?)
Telefunken 648WP Trop "Caprice"
(1962?)
My first radio restoration, at age
13.
12 Volt fluorescent lamp drivers
Active Hi-fi speakers
13.8 Volt, 20 Ampere linear power supply
13.8 Volt, 40 Ampere switching power
supply
Altimeter/Variometer for free
flying
Solar panel regulator
SWR meter for 1 to 1300 MHz
DC-DC converters
Plant watering timer
Room heating controller
Transformers and coils: Not a project
but a tutorial about magnetic design.
40 meter SSB QRP transceiver
Mercury battery replacement
An automatically tuned HF
mobile antenna
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144MHz to 50MHz receive converter
Controller for rotary film
processor
Thermal design: Another tutorial.
Small audio amplifiers
Growing wings: The full story of
how I took up Free Flying with a powered paraglider.
Storage and transport
Flying from Lautaro
Flying at the Rupanco lake
Building the foldable kayak
Down the Malleco
What is good music - my personal view.
Some thoughts about period performance practices.
My most recommended CDs: The best of the
best!
My Piper Cub: This is not
just any Cub!
The OS-Graupner NSU Wankel engine:
An extreme powerplant for extreme applications!
Scale planes
Helicopters
Fallen angels: The most hilarious
aspect of model airplane flying!
The Antuco volcano and the Sierra Velluda
The Chillán massif
Cerro Plomo
The Llaima volcano
The Villarica volcano
The Lonquimay volcano - including
the 1988-89 eruption!
Photography in 1913: A few scans out
of old Europe's largest camera manufacturer's catalog!
Some Ica cameras
Projectors and accessories
Other items
My photo equipment, old and new.
A lense roundup, that shows what
each focal length can do. Including microphotography.
The Mighty Manfred/Manfrotto Tripod,
homebuilt, sturdy, versatile and beautiful.
In the pursue of sharpness, including
unsharp girlfriends.
Monitor adjustment: Here are a few test
charts to see if your monitor is delivering halfways decent performance.
When Provia turned blue:
Sloppy processing by commercial labs forced me to start home-processing
my slides.
The Photo Gallery includes a
bit of everything, sorted by theme. Have a look, you will surely find some
photos you like!
Early Masterworks
Landscapes
Forest
Rural Chile
Caves
Seascapes
Boats and Ships
Cacti
Flowers
Fungi and lichens
Animals
Birds
Insects
Spiders
Weather phenomena
Rainbows
People
Sports
Photographers
Self-portraits
Cities and towns
Churches
Homes
Machines
Aircraft
Special effects
Counterlight
Multiple exposure
Shadows
Water
Waterfalls
Fog
Ice
Fire
Nighttime
The moon
Snapshots
Still life
Sunsets
Stories in Photos: An extension
to the gallery, showing longer photo series about various events.
Andacollo - A Feast of
Color
Gualliguaica -
The drowning Town