I would find that cute.

Then again, I think a romantic evening involves fast food and a coop round of contra 3.

I believe the Boston airport police will love that LED circuit board heart.

They'll even find you a new girlfriend who has much kinkier ideas.

coop = co-op. spelling fail.

I don't know, women do enjoy shinny and sparkly things. But they have to be expensive for some reason, maybe they think they are actually worth a damn.

I would totally dig that if I was somebody's girlfriend.

Peanut_the_Destroyer: I would find that cute.

Then again, I think a romantic evening involves fast food and a coop round of contra 3.

marry me

My wife made me LED circuit board Xmas Tree that I still put up in my office every season. Bless her heart.

This only works if you make it yourself, without prefab'd plans.

mesmer242: I would totally dig that if I was somebody's girlfriend.

Would like that too if my husband groks my geek preferences.

...but if she does, she's a keeper.

AlgertMan: Peanut_the_Destroyer: I would find that cute.

Then again, I think a romantic evening involves fast food and a coop round of contra 3.

marry me

Dammit, you beat me to it.

Mesmer, more women like you need to exist in this world...

me thinks Peanut just her profile imploded by geeks.

WildMonkey: I don't know, women do enjoy shinny and sparkly things. But they have to be expensive for some reason, maybe they think they are actually worth a damn.

That heart LED set is shiny and sparkly in my book. And it's a fun weekend project.

Price does not matter...now what really counts is the thought behind the gift. Anybody can buy jewelry. But it takes a special someone to look at what she loves and enjoys and then buy her that gift. My husband will get me computer parts for a special occasion. That's much more useful than some flashy bauble.

Theological Farker: me thinks Peanut just her profile imploded by geeks.

Yes. Which is why I skipped her profile and went to mesmer242 instead.

My wife thought it was cool. I got it for her last yar and she hung out with me while I was putting it together.

\she can solder now

Dammit, I'd want one, and those rings are sweet, too.

mesmer242: I would totally dig that if I was somebody's girlfriend.

ditto that

indylaw: AlgertMan: Peanut_the_Destroyer: I would find that cute.

Then again, I think a romantic evening involves fast food and a coop round of contra 3.

marry me

Dammit, you beat me to it.

Seconded. Or... thirded?

phalaeo: Dammit, I'd want one, and those rings are sweet, too.

ayup ... i totally agree. i don't wear jewelry, but those rings are awesome.

aww that's adorable

my boyfriend put a red vinyl heart next to the nvidia and intel badges on my laptop. it's coming off though *cry*

Diodes and resistors? There must be at least one active element in order to oscillate! My bet: Its probably a CMOS 555.

//Will no one remember the Barkhausen criterea?!
//f(x)-f'(x)=0, guys!

//I mean 'guys' in a vague
//asexual way

For anyone that wants to know, the flashing heart thing is an astable multivibrator circuit. It is relatively simple and pretty much anyone could follow instructions to make one(plans can be found on the internet easily)

i think it needs a few more LED's, but that is just awesome and adorable.

If i had a sigother who gave me that i would love it...i'd take it to work and display it proudly in my cube.

I predict this thread will have much nerd girl love, and will not end well.

That is all...

Oh, looking at the circuit board again, it is probably a symmetrical, two-transistor oscillator circuit. Not my cup of tea, aesthetically, but to each his own. Its use here is fine because this is a low-precision application.

Peanut_the_Destroyer Then again, I think a romantic evening involves fast food and a coop round of contra 3.

I agree! Hubby and I were thinking about going out the other night and doing something fancy we don't normally do, like going to a nice restaurant or something.

Then we realized we both hate that crap, so we hit up Sheetz for some MTOs and went home to play Halo 3 all night.

We might be doing it wrong, but if it's wrong, we don't want to be right.

If she doesn't, dump her ass... and date me.

I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

(now that I am looking at the page, the ring is a cooler gift. Your geek girl would love it, and your non-geek girl would think it was kinda neat.)

I love the threads that bring out all the geeky romantic girls.

/want
//both the girls and the gifts

binaryblue82: I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

Will you marry me?

For an ex I welded up a rose out of scrap body panels from my beloved project car.

She new the car came first, so she was pleasantly surprised by my gift.

I bought my wife a blinking, battery operated NEON heart years ago. She loves it.

She wears it on Valentine's Day, our anniversary and whenever she wants to get my attention for *ahem* a specific reason. ;-)

Korangulation: binaryblue82: I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

Will you marry me?

ok. why not?

Met my hubby at an SF convention, so I'm really getting a kick... etc.

/I do fabric, he does 'junkyard wars' costuming
//has made me several rings
///science (me) + art (him) = geek love

binaryblue82: I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

Good lord, woman.

Romantic annotated Google map + iPhone= swoony

binaryblue82: Korangulation: binaryblue82: I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

Will you marry me?

ok. why not?

You'd have to move to Canada. That okay? I don't have a Canadian passport just yet...

binaryblue82: I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

You know, I can build those myself. And I love sushi. And I'm not originally from Michigan, so Ohio doesn't frighten or anger me.

magista: Met my hubby at an SF convention, so I'm really getting a kick... etc.

Sure beats trying to meet someonw in a public place where alcohol is served and hoping their eyes don't totally gloss over when you talk about the things that interest you.

/Met the love of my life outside of the "Hacker Jeopardy" tent.

Korangulation: binaryblue82: Korangulation: binaryblue82: I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

Will you marry me?

ok. why not?

You'd have to move to Canada. That okay? I don't have a Canadian passport just yet...



/hot because I'm in a rush

Sir Vanderhoot: /hot because I'm in a rush

Just meant I couldn't easily get into the states just yet. I'd have to apply for an entry visa. 18 more months and hopefully I'll be a full-fledged Canuck by then!

No, but my wife totally would.

Korangulation: Sir Vanderhoot: /hot because I'm in a rush

Just meant I couldn't easily get into the states just yet. I'd have to apply for an entry visa. 18 more months and hopefully I'll be a full-fledged Canuck by then!

Oh, I thought it was a Canadian-girlfriend reference. You know, 'I met this girl online and we're getting married, but she lives in Canada so that's why you haven't met her'.

Sir Vanderhoot: Korangulation: Sir Vanderhoot: /hot because I'm in a rush

Just meant I couldn't easily get into the states just yet. I'd have to apply for an entry visa. 18 more months and hopefully I'll be a full-fledged Canuck by then!

Oh, I thought it was a Canadian-girlfriend reference. You know, 'I met this girl online and we're getting married, but she lives in Canada so that's why you haven't met her'.

No, no, she lives by my grandmother's house. The one you haven't met because she lives in a distant city.

binaryblue82: Korangulation: binaryblue82: I would totally want one of those rings, and I LOVE the LED circuit board hearts!

/is a girl
//romantic evening for me is sushi at a restaurant
///and a geek

Will you marry me?

ok. why not?

Because he's not good enough for you...

besides I'm closer to Vegas and used to live there.

/marry me instead.

That's a shiatty gift. It's completely useless.

Why don't you just get her a lite brite? Comes with other colors.