FUNCRECOL Light Curing Putty comes in a metal tin with a screw top that contains 50 grams (1.76oz) of UV reactive putty. The package also includes a “scraper” tool, useful to pull putty out of the can, or smear it onto objects or cracks.

I used this putty to fill in a crack in a miniature figurine left behind when mating two parts together. The scraper tool was useful to push the putty into the crack, and I used a finger (protected by a vinyl glove) to smooth things out.

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Starting July 4th 2024, Barcelona has opened a 10-15 minute long cross harbor catamaran ferry that goes from Moll de les Drassanes (Near the Columbus monument) across the harbor to Moll de Llevant (Near the W hotel).  One way tickets are 1.90 Euro for adults, and open round trip tickets cost 2.85 euro.

From 7am-10am, you can pay for the tickets on-board, as the ticket agent booth at Moll de les Drassanes does not open until 10am. [The Moll de Llevant station on the other side has an automated ticket vending machine and a public restroom, but is not always staffed.]

There are two solar/battery powered catamaran ferries (don’t worry about cloudy days, they have enough on-board battery power to run all day without the sun) that make the trip every 15 to 30 minutes. The smaller (and more colorful) ferry holds 56 passengers, while the larger ferry has rooftop seating and can hold up to 84 passengers.  [Sometimes the larger ferry does not operate if the demand is low.]

This 10 minute ferry trip gives you good views and photo opportunities for the America’s cup moorings, superyacht service station, views towards the commercial port and cruse ship berths, and views up to Montjuïc Castle and the overhead cable car line leading to the port cable car station.

The 40 minute “Golondrinas” ferry tour goes quite a bit farther in both directions, and only costs 8 euros, but if you are on a tight budget, have small children who may not want to spend 40 minutes on a ferry, or need to make the crossing from the W hotel to Las Ramblas anyways, the electric ferry is a great option to see a good sampling of what the harbor tour offers.

You can sometimes also see migrating jelly fish in the water, which can potentially be a danger to swimmers along the beaches.

The ferry shuttles run for 12 hours out of the day, so if you stay late at San Sebastià beach you may need to take the TMB V15/V19 bus and walk back along Pg. de Colom (or transfer to the D20) to return to the Colombus monument area.  [There are always a lot of Taxis waiting at the W hotel as well…]

WOW Cube Diagnostic mode – possibly the coolest screensaver.

This was a pre-order that I paid $249 for on 6/6/2022 [For the WowCube System Starter Pack].

In the two years since, they had shipped some cubes, had some issues, got some feedback, and went to a lot of trade shows.

Now it looks like they have taken delivery of a big batch of cubes and are starting to deliver. They “upgraded” me to the Space Invaders Cubed edition (I suspect this is the only edition they are currently producing, or have stock in.) and I paid my $19.75 shipping fee on March 3rd 2024 and it was delivered on March 8th 2024. (Yep, 21 months later….hey, at least I got it…I’m looking at you Peachy Printer, CST, and Yomee yogurt Kickstarters….)

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KUSAYYLA 12v 7 5Ah LiFePO4 replacement battery (Possible fire hazard)

This “drop in” replacement for a 12v AGM battery has 12x 18650 cells in a 3 series 4 parallel configuration. The cells only had a company logo on them, and no other markings, so they *could* be LiFePO4 chemistry, but I can’t verify that one way or the other.

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I tried the Anycubic “ABS-Like” Pro2 UV cured 3D printing resin in my Phrozen Sonic Mini printer.  Because Anycubic doesn’t provide resin settings for other brands of printers, I had to dial in the settings myself, and it took me several tries to get it to stop sticking to my FEP film (I had to turn up the exposure time, and also replace my FEP film, as well as stop using “thin” supports).

This resin wants to stick to the FEP film more than what I was using previously (The Phrozen Aqua Ivory 4K resin, which has settings specifically tuned by Phrozen for their line of printers), and appears to be a little more flexible when printing so that you need to use slightly larger supports to keep fine parts from starting to stick to the FEP film when the built plate lifts.

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The Ravemen PR1400 bike light ($70 as reviewed) is VERY bright in the HI / EMERGENCY mountain biking mode. Plenty of light. Blinding light. More than you should have on a road bike.

HIGH / Mountain Biking / EMERGENCY full power mode with both “high” and “low” beams at full power

Although it claims a 1.5 hour runtime in the highest setting, it actually goes for 1 hour 45 minutes in my testing, because it was producing so much heat the light would thermally throttle the light output and occasionally drop down to the “medium” setting until the light cooled down. [I was testing statically on a garage floor, so it may get more cooling airflow if you are actually riding it on a bike…]

High light setting in road biking (low beam) mode

The “road biking” modes deliver a more reasonable amount of light and it is aimed lower (think, low beam vs high beam). You get a High/Medium/Low/Eco mode in the road bike mode.

The eco mode claims to deliver 22 hours of battery life (I didn’t test this, but I believe it, as it is much dimmer than the high powered modes). I think this mode provides enough light to walk, or bike along at a walking pace, but I’d want to use the “low” mode at a minimum for most biking at night. There is also a “pulse” mode which appears to cycle between the medium and eco modes, and makes you more noticeable to drivers. Continue reading →