{"id":3501,"date":"2010-12-14T18:04:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T00:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2022-12-28T15:01:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T23:01:17","slug":"tgimboej","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/tgimboej\/","title":{"rendered":"TGIMBOEJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh look, it&#8217;s a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tgimboej.org\">TGIMBOEJ<\/a>! \u00a0This one is box GRAY-R. \u00a0It made its last stop in Portland, OR.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/5261990962_4457043411.jpg\" alt=\"TGIMBOEJ GRAY-R\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the USPS ever opens this box for inspection, they will get a nice surprise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/5261987848_d879818df3.jpg\" alt=\"TGIMBOEJ GRAY-R\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lots of junk!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/5261988910_89af6c0e70.jpg\" alt=\"TGIMBOEJ GRAY-R\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what I took:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A SAW voice recorder<\/li>\n<li>A Game Boy (with Dr. Mario!) &#8211; not working<\/li>\n<li>An Ultra Road Whiz<\/li>\n<li>Some misc PCBs from Laen&#8217;s PCB service<\/li>\n<li>A muffin fan<\/li>\n<li>Some indicator holders \/ Keystone electronics bits<\/li>\n<li>A pedometer<\/li>\n<li>An LED +1 indicator<\/li>\n<li>A transformer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/5261990052_d4dabc5785.jpg\" alt=\"TGIMBOEJ GRAY-R\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is what I contributed to the box:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A giant graphics LCD panel<\/li>\n<li>A big electrolytic cap<\/li>\n<li>A Maxwell ultracapacitor (1F @ 2.5V or some other silly thing)<\/li>\n<li>A Sparkfun Simon Game<\/li>\n<li>A Radio Shack Voice Synthesizer IC Set<\/li>\n<li>A curiously strong dual-rotor fan<\/li>\n<li>A blue LED pen thingy<\/li>\n<li>An alarm control panel<\/li>\n<li>A solenoid<\/li>\n<li>Alarm clock guts<\/li>\n<li>A bunch of 100uF electrolytic caps<\/li>\n<li>Some RCA jacks<\/li>\n<li>Some IEC jacks<\/li>\n<li>An electromechanical counter<\/li>\n<li>A couple LED strips<\/li>\n<li>A composite video camera<\/li>\n<li>An ECE-108 electronics lab kit (741&#8217;s and some digital logic)<\/li>\n<li>Velcro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/5261990612_cdb812bea7.jpg\" alt=\"TGIMBOEJ GRAY-R\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week I&#8217;m releasing the box out into the world again.<\/p>\n<p>Next destination &#8211; Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh look, it&#8217;s a\u00a0TGIMBOEJ! \u00a0This one is box GRAY-R. \u00a0It made its last stop in Portland, OR. If the USPS ever opens this box for inspection, they will get a nice surprise&#8230; Lots of junk! This is what I took: A SAW voice recorder A Game Boy (with Dr. Mario!) &#8211; not working An Ultra &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/tgimboej\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TGIMBOEJ<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[365],"class_list":["post-3501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","tag-tgimboej"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sioCd-tgimboej","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/is-electronics-surplus-still-alive-in-silicon-valley\/","url_meta":{"origin":3501,"position":0},"title":"Is Electronics Surplus Still Alive in Silicon Valley?","author":"Jeff","date":"July 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Bins of ICs at Excess Solutions Last Monday I went on a surplus run in the South Bay. 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