Flurries/Wind
High: 28°F
Low: 20°F
First snow fall of the season in Illinois. I woke up this morning and saw the lawn is covered in snow besides dead leaves. The cold wind blowing at 37 mph hit me as opened the garage ready to head out, what a way to wake up. According to weather.com, it actually suppose to feel like 8°F. I think I’ll stay home tonight. 
Feeling bored? Are you into robotics? Construct your own here at sodaplay! This is some complicated stuff, you got masses, springs, and muscles OH MY!! 
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So after everyone saw the Cold Cathode(CC) fan in action, what else can I do to spice up my case a little more? Well, after stripping the EL (Electroluminescent) wire out of my case awhile ago I thought it would be a waste not using it.
I’m a fan of Star Wars, what can be better than a Jedi Knight symbol from the game Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy?!?!
So it took me a while to super glue that symbol to the side of my case right next to the CC fan. While it doesn’t look square because the wire is stubborn and won’t bend in perfect 90° so I had to settle with round angles. But it turn out to be pretty cool. 
Def. EL wire. Consists of a concentric series of layers, each performing a different function. In the center is a solid copper conductor. The copper conductor is coated with an electroluminescent phosphor. Two very fine wires are wrapped around the phosphor. A clear or colored plastic sheath encase and protects the phosphor and fine wires. (http://www.elwire.com/whatis.html) Then when electricity is applied to one of the very fine wires and copper conductor, it causes the phosphor to glow.
There you have it folks, thanks for the read, comments and eProps.
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What does a geek do on a Friday night?
I ordered some goodies as they arrived on Wednesday, I felt like a little kid again opening up the package. I wish it was Friday now.
I plugged the Cold Cathode fan in immediately and it lit up like a Christmas tree. I was jumping with joy (err…no).
I begin to modify my case as soon as I got home from work on Friday. The hole I had to cut to mount the pretty Cold Cathode fan in.
I did some cable management inside my case to make things less cluttered. I replace the front intake fan with the high flow Panaflo H1A fan. For those wondering about the fanbus, it’s a central connection for all the fans that are wired to the switches on the front (above pic) that allows me to turn the fans on and off.
A close up shot of the fan. The side panel give a nice smoke black semi-transparent look after I ripped the sheet metal off.
I took the On/Off switch off the PCI slot cover and mounted it on the bottom right of the side panel. I was working with limited tools so the hole doesn’t look very clean cut. 
A nice dark shot of the beautiful Cold Cathode fan.
I end up not using the fan adapter because I went with plan B.
Total hours spent: 5
Result: Priceless
