From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:56:07 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
   (Liz Tuddenham) wrote:   
      
   >john larkin  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:34:48 GMT, Jan Panteltje    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >>bitrex wrote:   
   >> >>>On 1/26/2026 4:24 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   >> >>> john larkin  wrote:   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>>> Does anyone use a waterproof notepad to remember shower ideas?   
   >> >>>>   
   >> >>>> Aquanotes is one.   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> Pencil on a sheet of laminate?   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>   
   >> >>What are these mfers doing in the shower so long they have the time to   
   >> >>have ideas and want to diagram them in there too?   
   >> >>   
   >> >>Nevermind. I don't think I want to know.   
   >> >   
   >> >Indeed, if their brain cannot remember what it did in the shower then it   
   >> >is not working right anyways ... For those, use a voice recorder : 'Hey I   
   >> >think I can see a solder joint' sort of thing. May or may not help  grin   
   >>   
   >> I have ideas in the middle of the night too, and tend to forget them.   
   >> I keep a pad and pen on my table and write down the best ones. Some   
   >> are diagrams so don't document well as voice recordings.   
   >   
   >I did that once but, the next morning, I could not make sense of the   
   >drawing, which appeared to be the floor plan of a house.  Eventually I   
   >held it up to the mirror and recognised it as the floor plan of a   
   >friend's flat.  I had been worrying about some aspects of her life and   
   >this revealed what my real worry had been.  The next day I was asked by   
   >someone else who knew her well if I had considered that she might be in   
   >trouble, as they had come to a conclusion that was the same as my   
   >'dream'.   
   >   
   >After that, whenever I found my dreams didn't make sense, I tried   
   >left-right reversing the situation and then it usually fell into place.   
   >I dream in mirror image.   
      
   That's interesting. Are you left-handed?   
      
   Sometimes I envision signal flow left to right, and sometimes the   
   other way. But current always flows down.   
      
   It's dangerous to flip an opamp to put V+ on top, because that flips   
   the inputs too.   
      
      
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