Colin O'Flynn
@oflynn.com
Colin is a huge nerd. Hardware hacking, open-source hardware, electronics design, academic stuff, dog stuff in some order. Assistant Prof @ Dalhousie Uni, advisor/co-founder NewAE Technology Inc.
It's been ~20 years but decided to get back into RC, high integration levels make it easy easier (more fun IMO).
January 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It's been ~20 years but decided to get back into RC, high integration levels make it easy easier (more fun IMO).
A couple years ago I decided to see what would happen if you just passed what directly over a CPU die instead of the fancy head spreaders. The thermal conductivity of water isn't very good, so you do worse than even a cheap CPU block. I recorded a bunch of stuff with it but never did anything....
January 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
A couple years ago I decided to see what would happen if you just passed what directly over a CPU die instead of the fancy head spreaders. The thermal conductivity of water isn't very good, so you do worse than even a cheap CPU block. I recorded a bunch of stuff with it but never did anything....
Seemed happy enough to mount it back up! I'm not even going to bother putting the cover on probably, as well get better cooling, and this is hidden in a closet anyway.
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Seemed happy enough to mount it back up! I'm not even going to bother putting the cover on probably, as well get better cooling, and this is hidden in a closet anyway.