IJCH - Inside JaiChai's Head (Meaning: My Warped, Personal Opinions and Musings on Life, People and Philosophy)
27 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
All modern electrical systems require some kind of "Master Kill Switch" in order to isolate the main power source from the rest of the system. This is done primarily for safety; that is, personal protection from inadvertent electrical shock during em...
24 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
I'm not usually a viewer of non-English movies, but I must admit, I really enjoyed this film. The acting is good. And the the true story is amazing! It's about Seryozha Aleshkov. A six year old boy who was awarded the medal ‘For Combat Merit’, recei...
23 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
With their planet's death imminent, every Martian desperately hoped to gain a spot on one of the five survival spacecraft. But they also knew that the ships could only carry - at the most - 10-12% of the planet's population of 4 Bn. A select few gua...
20 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
"Mutt Guppies" - a term used for hybrid guppies. In my case, it was crosses between Red Tail Dragon, HBB and Black Mosco females with PDERT, Black Moscow, Swordtail and HBB males. Some turned out to look quite exotic. For example, I have what look li...
18 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
When I saw this, I did a double-take... ...and still couldn't believe what was advertised on Lazada: a 100A PWM/Mppt Solar Charge Controller for only 257.50 Php ($4.46 USD)! I knew that more than likely, the product was trash, but I figured, "Oh Hel...
17 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
Free-Fall parachuting is one of the few things I missed after retiring from active duty in 2004. Image submitted for your entertainment. May you and yours be well and loving life today. In Lak'ech, JaiChai
15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
I took some scrap/leftover tabletop 3mm glass, crudely cut it (I totally suck at making clean cuts, but it was good enough for my use case.), silicone sealed the panels together (Silicone is the anti-Christ! Unless you have a specialized "silicone in...
12 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
(About one month ago.) All was honky-dory in blog posting land. Then all of a sudden, I was unable to post on a platform that never hiccuped - not even once - before. The error message read: "Oops, something went wrong Please try again later." I tr...
10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
I "Speed Cycled" my new 15 gallon "Tall" fish tank; that is, with water, bio-media, plants and snails from my other, well established fish tanks, the first nitrogen cycle was complete in 3 days vice the normal 3-4 weeks. Then I took the "Dirty Dozen...
10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments JaiChai
I "Speed Cycled" my new 15 gallon "Tall" fish tank; that is, with water, bio-media, plants and snails from my other, well established fish tanks, the first nitrogen cycle was complete in 3 days vice the normal 3-4 weeks. Then I took the "Dirty Dozen...
