marxy's musing on technology

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Appeared on ABC's Download This Show

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 11:03 PM PST
http://blog.marxy.org/2021/02/appear...this-show.html

It's always fun to be invited to be a talking head on a radio or TV show
and this week I was again on Download this Show talking about small
traders, communicating on Reddit who cost hedge funds a lot of money by
buying when they were not expected to.The full radio show, with more
stories is here.

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USB Microscope works well with macOS

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 10:54 PM PST
http://blog.marxy.org/2021/02/usb-mi...ith-macos.html

Magnified headsets, magnifying glasses, a lamp with a big magnifier - I
must be getting old, but trying to see surface mount components is getting
harder. This week I purchased a USB Microscope via eBay. I didn't get the
cheapest model, this one is AU$20.This one came with a suction cup mount,
which isn't great. The zoom feature has a side-effect that at high zooms
the lens has to be very close