One program that I use occasionally is WinMerge. It is free, and allows you to compare two text files and quickly merge changes as required. The reason I was needing to do this today was to do some work on the RF Developments OzFlarm Glider system, and my client had made some changes to the code. So I needed to merge the changes. Thanks to WinMerge it all happened really really quickly.

SciToys has a description on how to build a Van Der Graff Generator using common materials including a coke can. The design can actually be improved by adding a lightglobe at the base of the unit – and injects more electrons onto the rubber band making the design more efficient. Sure to be a hair-raising read.

One musical instrument that I have always loved is the LaserHarp as popularlized by Jean Michele Jarre. The link I have just provided about how to build your own. I just wish I had the muscical ability to be able to play such a thing if I built one. I gave this link to a friend and he informed me that he once pulled an all nighter with Jarre talking about music following a performance at the Opera Orchestra de Pairs. I would love to see Jarre in concert… His concerts are just massive events!

Right now I have more programming to day. I want to get my reports to work… I keep running up against brick walls. Right now when I attempt to enter a formula into the report generation tool I gett the error message that “a number field or currency amount field is needed here”. You know you are in trouble when a google search does not even provide other people having the same error message…. Anyway I will get through this… Eventually.