{[O.i.D]}-{[Figure maniac]}

Philips SBC HC8545 headphones

2011-03-26T03:14:00.000-07:00

I've been using a pair of wireless headphones for some years now and the batteries are pretty much near the end of their life span, so what's the problem?

The problem are the batteries. Philips wants you to use their recharcheable batteries. What happens if you use other batteries? You get a perfomance drop; shorter battery life and an extremely reduced charge rate when placed in the base.
What makes their batteries special? Nothing much really, the only difference is that the batteries have an area near the negative terminal that is not insulated like the rest of the battery.
This terminal simply bypasses the reversed diode (zener? I didn't check) reducing the voltage drop on one of the batteries and I'm pretty sure that on the PCB there is another diode/zener for the other battery (why not just hot glue it like the other one? I didn't bother checking).
Here you can see the "special" terminal that conects to the battery case (anode) to bypass the diode.

This is how the battery interfaces with the contact terminal. Oh, look! A warning label!

And here you can see the complicated solucion to this problem, a pair of wires to permanently bypass the extra circuitry. Of course, this could also be a protection measument if you decide to use non-rechargeable batteries, but as I never place the headphones in the base when I'm using normal batteries because... well they're not rechargeable!
Hope someone finds this usefull! Happy hacking!

Asuka Langley

2009-12-18T11:22:00.000-08:00

Something arrived in a box! What could it be?

Wow! I didn't expect this! It's the prize from the Otacool project! I thought it would take a while to arrive. Apparently it arrived before but no one was home...
So here is my second copy of the Otacool book and a nice letter from Kotobukiya.

Also included is the marvelous Kotobukiya Asuka Langley from Neon Genesis Evangelion 2.0. I first saw her on Danny Choo and I was amazed at how lovely she looks!

Opening the box was a challenge, due to static electricity, my arch nemesis. Once opened I battled through some more static plastic and got a good look at the base of the figure; a bust of Eva 02. It is very detailed!

Now onto some pictures!

The hair is slightly transparent and it gives a nice glow to the figure. It's a very nice detail.

Asuka has a lovely expression which is another strong point for me.

The paintwork is really nice although there are a few black lines that are very thin, as is the attention to details in the figure.

Thank you to everyone related with the Otacool project!

Detolf Lighting

2009-12-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

Here is a small guide to my still incomplete Detolf RGB LED lighting!

This is my nearly complete lighting setup. It consists of Ikea Dioder RGB LED lighting strips controlled by a micro controller that sets the RGB color.
So not only do I get lights off and lights on;

I can get Red, Green and Blue!

And I can also combine RGB to produce lots of other colors;

Also, the colors can be programed to follow certain patterns and effects thanks to the MoMoLight hardware/software and the BobLight software.
My version has slightly different hardware, firmware and a software color controller.
It's not pretty, but it works for what I need;

The whole setup can work as an ambient mood light, gently fading from one color to the next, or pulse violently at the rhythm of music.
Installing the Dioders into the cabinets is simple, but the wiring is a bit tricky, here are a few pictures of how I put mine together, its not permanent and is held together with tie wraps!

My goal is to get each Detolf shelf LED strip to be controllable individually as right now it only has 3 channels. Although I'm using a programable micro controller you can still have multicolored goodness with the standard Dioder controller.
If you have any questions please ask away!

Otacool!

2009-07-24T15:24:00.001-07:00

Woooaah!! My poor blog! I watched it fall apart! Well, not that I had many hopes of a continuous blog...
So as to liven it up I'll post the pictures I took of my room for the Otacool Magazine over at Danny's site. Hope you like 'em!

Me and Tsuruya having our pic taken! Trying out my new umbrella with my camera :)

This is from above my bed, I'm stuck in the corner!

The opposite side of the room, plus a rose!

Magical place where most of my time is spent. Don't know why... maybe it's all the anime I watch. :P

I can controll the light in the Detolf from the PC thanks to modified MoMoLight hardware. Hmm, there's just something about light. ^_^

Some different colors, set colors to seizure mode!!

Yeah... let's move on!

Hidden posters inside cupboards!! Also storage space for cosplays (Ouendan), and posters :3

Hope you liked, feel free to tell me what you think!

SALON DEL MANGA 2008

2008-11-03T14:17:00.000-08:00

A toda la gente que viene para ver las fotos les pido un poco de paciencia!

De momento podeis ir a mi Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/oid-w/

Gracias!

Salon del Comic! 08

2008-04-19T12:44:00.000-07:00

Wow, has my blog been dead! *Pulls out a defibrillator and zaps it*

Recently bought myself a Sony Alpha 350 DSLR to play with :3 I really like it. Expect some more figure shots soon!

Anyway, here is a bit of coverage of the "26º Salón del Comic" at Barcelona. Not much as it is mainly for international comic, such as european and american. But to be honest... the japanese mangas are taking over it quite a bit! Not that its bad, but it feels like a smaller version of the "Salon del Manga"

Pics in the rest of the article!

Salon del Manga XIII

2007-11-04T13:24:00.000-08:00

Some more cosplay pictures from this year, took more pictures than usual, but not many of the convention installations xD. To download the complete pack (113 pictures) click here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=480ZN825 !

Midori no Hibi

Etna from Disgaea

Flonne from Disgaea

Rin and Rider from Fate/Stay Night

Ciuri cosplaying as an Akatsuki from Naruto

Ayane from Dead or Alive

Gundam

Great Teacher Onizuca

Kill Bill

Pokemon

Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet

Albert and other from Bleach

Final Fantasy

Thanks Jona for the tip! Bonne Jenet and Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury, SNK or KOF

Ed and Al from Full Metal Alchemist

Chief Master? from Halo

Rabi En Rose from Di Gi Charat

Irene and Bistra as Izuna and Shino from Legend of the Unemployed Ninja

Haruhi group, where is Tsuruya?

Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden Desu

Archer and Saber from Fate/Stay Night

Ro gang

Lena from Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet

Donovan from Darkstalkers and some Ro

Sailor Moon and Meiling from Card Captor Sakura

Tokyo Mew Mew

Dont know the title, but those bullets a carved crayons!!

Lemmings EVERYWHERE

Final Fantasy

Lineage

Erika, Sheila and Utchi as Yuki, Haruhi and Mikuru

Mina as Tifa from Final Fantasy

Ino and female Gara from Naruto

Cat Girl and Female Sasuke from Naruto

Didn't have money to spend this time, but I saw Alter's Kaleido Ruby and decided to buy it if it whas still there at the end of the day. Went back and it wasn't there :(

The next day at home something caught my eye, no other than the last Kaleido Ruby! Patri is just mean to do that :3

Excitement aproaching!

2007-10-25T19:30:00.000-07:00

ITS NEARLY HERE!! The annual manga and anime convention "XII El Salón del Manga"

So I dug up (not really) some pics from last years event and I'm just gonna dump em here. So enjoy!

This is last years winning poster for the convention.

No order whatsoever. And yeah, the last one is me. Now you know who I am! D:

Patri also made a brilliant poster for this years poster, but unfortunately didn't win.

And here is this years winning poster

BRING IT ON!

Must update more often

2007-10-24T16:27:00.000-07:00

First of all I thank my girlfriend for being who she is. :3 *hearts*

Patri is such a horrible person... presenting me with Arurru from Utawarerumono as of 6 months being together, Fauna from Megachu,AND a freaking display case for my B-day!!!

Please pardon the lighting. We had a power surge and the dimmer switch failed. Oh and the top shelf was where Freeing Tsuruya should go, but YesAsia.com canceled it. So now im Tsuruya-less. W00t.

Boing! Straight from the H-game Megachu, Fauna!

And to our surprise, you can take part of her skirt of! Unexpected event!

An extremely cute figure, produced by Alter. The pose is quite dynamic, my only fear is that she might start to lean. Brilliant colors, great finish and I really like how she looks, a bit of weight on her body!

Next is the terribly shy Arurru who will steal all your food! I will be honest, I was not expecting such a lovely finish on this figure, pictures just don't seem to do justice!

I now hold Kotobukiya higher up in the manufactures list!

Oh and here is what I gave to Patri for celebrating our half a year XD

I honestly now want one!! Georgous! Plus she has stocky legs :3 And is huge!

Ryomou is still holding up...

Thinking of sticking all my duplicates in the car, since I have an abundance of Utaware trading figures -_-

Poster Tip

2007-10-08T19:22:00.000-07:00

I'm sure that many of you hang posters somewhere, so here is a little tip that is use full is you move your posters around a lot!

Quite provably, many great posters have been ruined due to tearing caused by the removal of cello tape. Of course, you can always use blue-tack and pins! But this is a tip for those who use tape.
This is "my poster", I want to put it away and try to remove the tape, and the image gets peeled of!

So here is the trick, get some tape and fold it over the edges of the poster, cello tape is quite a bit harder to tear or damage than paper.

This is the rear of the corner. This can be done on any edge of the poster!

Why am I posting this? Well I finally decided to hang up Urutorii from Utaware, and had to move Aruruu to make space. Behold! My cupboard door!

Now to make an Arruru or Kamyu poster to do with Touka on the other door!

Moe-tan

2007-10-01T08:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, cute, funny, loli. I wached the first episode for fun, and I hope that the second episode has a bit of explaining, but this is too loli for me XD

So some loli wants to go to school with a boy, somehow she is in highschool and gets teased by some girls. Of course the boy is failing a subject so loli preaches for him and a perverted duck falls on her, learns magic then becomes a teacher for the boy. The boy is of course perverted, ending plays. The end, thank goodness.

Genshiken

2007-10-01T02:11:00.000-07:00

Ah! Genshiken! I cant wait for the new episodes ^o^

A series about the life of an Otaku, there should be more like this :3

My figures... more to come hopefully :3

2007-09-28T19:31:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to taking individual pictures of my collection! Here is what is on my shelf currently.

I tried to take some decent pictures, I think they came out okay. Here is the setup I made, not much, but its better than flash photography.

Mai Tokiha; From Mai Hime, currently my largest figure. A very nice figure by MaxFactory.

Mai Tokiha

Looks very nice, the base is wide but it is very easy to knock her forwards.

Rei Ayanami; From Evangelion, this is a rendition by Poyoyon Rock. An adorable Rei made by Sega.

Rei Ayanami

Asuka Langley; Second part of the set by Poyoyon. The cute looking Asuka has Poyo's mark, witch is a bandage.

Asuka Langley

Both of these figures where given to my from my girlfriend, go visit Patri too!

Lumire; From Kiddy Grade, a series very much enjoyed. No, she is not an underage alcoholic, just underage.

Lumiere

Eclair; Both of these figures came in one package. Desingned by mon-sieur Bome.

Eclair

Very nice quality/price, I really like Lumiere's texture but taking pictures of Eclair is a nightmare. The bases are my favorite and I have no other that attach so well to their base.

Temari; Naruto. Watched up until the fillers, and stopped. Always liked Temari :3 A Bandai product, you can change the arm and the fan for a diferent pose. Neat.

Temari

One of my leaning figures, she seems okay after being boxed a while.

Ino; Naruto. Why is she in a swimsuit? I don't know. But I'm not complaining.

Ino

I dont know much about this figure, it had no box when I bought it. The beach ball is nice.

Saber; Fate Hollow/Ataraxia. Not from the series but the game. Comes with an Ice crusher and a deformed mini Saber. Cute isn't she?

Saber

Made by Alter. Oh yeah, that string is to stop her from leaning again. The rear pin her right foot broke, so she started leaning forwards, temporarily solved with a screw in her foot... still leaning. Did the hot water trick, went to far first try and ended up leaning backwards, she seems fine now.

Anna Kurauchi; From He is My master. I think this was my first anime with maids. The madly in love Anna acting inocent.

Anna Kurauchi

Another present from Patri! She's too kind ^_^ Made by Toy Pla.

Hakuoro; Utawarerumono. Or Uta or Utaware... The ONLY male in my collection, well' guess he doesn't feel lonely. One of my most favorite series.

Hakuoro

Kamyu

Eruruu

Touka

Aruruu

Yuzuha

Kamyu is my favorite. Made by Kotobukiya, the quality is okay I guess. Missing Urutori!! Trades are welcome!

Bazzet Fraga McRemitz; Fate Hollow/Ataraxia. I Wanted Kaleido-Ruby!!

Bazzet Fraga McRemitz

Alter product.

Chii; Chobits. One of my first anime's. Another box less figure. Old, discolored, bad paint, cheap.

Chii

Tira; Soul Calibur? Green! Cheap!

Tira

Did I mention box less?

Ryomou Shimei; Ikkitousen. Meido! The first figure I bought. Found at a french shop in a convention at 1/2 price, the pink version whas also available. I'm leaching the manga from a friend. Aaah, conventions, one coming up this october!

Ryomou Shimei

Soon to be 1 year old :3 Slightly leans backward, so I'm using a metal bar to stop her leaning. Summer is cruel. Made by ¡StoryImageFigure!

Felicia; Darkstalkers. Small, cute and portable! Made by Capcom.

Felicia

Falls backwards after a while, so she is on Gothic Lolita Ryomou Shimei's base, Ryo is in my car :D

Felicia

Mao; Shinning Tears. Saw the first episode, and bought her.

Mao

Box less! Easiest figure to knock over.

Motoko; Ghost in The Shell. I thought she was a key chain...

Motoko

Here is the rest of figures, okay I got lazy! The first Four are from Love Hina, I only remember Kitsune, they were given to me at a convention and spent a year in a box.
The last one is Ropponmatsu from Excel Saga made by ¡StoryImageFigure! and is a pain to move.

Kitsune, Roppnmatsu and Company

Mini Saber; Came along with Swimsuit Saber by Alter. Always on the move.

Mini Saber

VERY tempted to turn her into a key chain.

Here is my tripod, as you can see, it needed a bit of McGyver's touch. Paper clips are use full, even the iPhone has an oficcial paper clip.

Triple paper clip no jutsu

Some may find this shocking!

2007-09-19T06:07:00.000-07:00

Picking up on my electronics again, about time too. Check out Felicia balancing ready to attack my mouse! :D

Finally secured the wire on my Micro Pic programmer, feels a lot safer to move around without worrying about it ripping off.
Basically I'm just trying to program some more PIC's such as the 16F84A, 16F628, 12F629 and 16c73A. Playing around with logic gates and drivers, nothing serious really.

List o' stuff:

Programmer in the background near the plugs.
Breadboards and power supply with a bunch of IC's.
Component draw, full of IC's, LED's, resistors, capacitors, transistors, displays etc. I have another draw with more "industrial" stuff like transformers, heat sinks, connectors and switches.
Block of paper, but its actually a Data Sheet in disguise!

Believe it or not, Felicia actually falls backwards, and she's balancing on her feet, an odd sight in-deed.

BTW, I got offered a job to program machines (one of my dreams) but they wanted full time D: Boo! I'm a student still!

Tsuruya-san and Yuki-chan!

2007-09-12T18:26:00.000-07:00

So yeah, I fell for the ubber large Tsuruya Bunny from FREEing. Can't wait for a package that goes nyoro~ !

I am not sure whether it has been released yet, 31 of august or the 30 of September? Ah well... good stuff comes to those who wait they say! Bought from YesAsia.com She ain't no cheap little thing D: And if Tsuruya-san isn't big enough then go for their lattest release!! YUKI standing at 420mm!

ああっ女神さまっそれぞれの翼

2007-09-04T14:46:00.000-07:00

Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings

Just one of those series for every one...

Does this remind you of something?...

If it looks fun, it must be cute too!

Only Belldandy acts like this, Urd should know what gets you drunk

Keichi... Don't think such perverted things!

Needed some more Urd to make every thing all right!

Dokuro-chan!

2007-08-31T03:16:00.000-07:00

Second season of Dokuro-Chan! Now contains extra Zakuro-chan.

More angel, more beatings, more echi! Blood, guts and gut-busting humour!

Discovered Via Baka-Updates

Title title loo

2007-08-31T02:19:00.000-07:00

Trying the new read more script :3

And it works!

Maki Maki Uzumaki

2007-08-30T15:43:00.001-07:00

Well finally got the blog somewhat how I wanted it, slow progress :D
Here are the three figures from the Blogs banner;

Arika Yumemiya from Mai-Otome, a great series, and I'm currently waiting for the final Zwei episode.

^^Property of Patri!!^^

Anna Kurauchi from He is My Master, if you like maids and comedy go watch it.

Mai Tokiha from Mai-HiME, great except the ending.

Me estoy peleando con el banner/header del Blog!!

2007-08-29T13:09:00.000-07:00

Maldito banner... solo quiero que este a la izquierda!! XD Porque escribo en castellano?
Aqui esta el dichoso banner.

Me deprimoooo!! xDDD

{[O.i.D]}-{[Figure maniac]}

Philips SBC HC8545 headphones

Asuka Langley

Detolf Lighting

Otacool!

SALON DEL MANGA 2008

Salon del Comic! 08

Salon del Manga XIII

Excitement aproaching!

Must update more often

Poster Tip

Moe-tan

Genshiken

My figures... more to come hopefully :3

Some may find this shocking!

Tsuruya-san and Yuki-chan!

ああっ女神さまっ それぞれの翼

Ah! My Goddess: Everyone Has Wings

Dokuro-chan!

Title title loo

Maki Maki Uzumaki

Me estoy peleando con el banner/header del Blog!!

ああっ女神さまっそれぞれの翼