DX switch cleaning part 1 Paul White 2016-12-11 | Repairing an Oberheim DXa. Part 1, removing the front panel circuit board and cleaning the big Schadow switches. See part 2 for more.
walnut fab Paul White 2026-08-04 | My process for building walnut end panels for the Oberheim DX/DMX.
Flock of birds at old Elkhorn bridge Paul White 2026-06-22 | Went to look at an old bridge and was treated to a scene from "The Birds "
DX demo Paul White 2024-08-21 | Running through some basics of operation for the Oberheim DX drum machine. Programming a sequence, changing tempo, tuning the voices and testing the various audio output jacks.
DJI Osmo test Paul White 2024-06-25 | Trying out a gimbal mount for my cell phone camera on a moving boat. Works pretty well! #sanfranciscobay#djiosmomobile2
cattails Paul White 2024-06-19 | Cats watching a hummingbird through a window, wagging their tails vigorously
Fixing a DMX button that doesnt quite make contact Paul White 2024-05-10 | Even after good cleaning, sometimes a DMX or DX button doesn't make good contact. This can happen if the contact spring gets bent out of shape.This video shows removal of the spring, and shows how the spring angle is greater than 90 degrees (bad). For more details on fixing this problem, see http://www.electrongate.com/dmxfiles/bent_spring.html.
Diablo Canyon Bridge Paul White 2024-04-11 | BNSF freight train crossing the Diablo Canyon Bridge April 10, 2024.
Stanford Treeathlon 2024 swimming portion Paul White 2024-03-03 | Swimmers going through Westpoint Harbor in the 2024 Treeathlon.@stanford
Veronica makes biscuits Paul White 2023-11-30 | Veronica Cat makes biscuits on the back of the couch.
Kittens at Play Paul White 2022-06-27 | Danny, Betty, Veronica and Jenny play with a piece of plastic.
Replacing a sliding glass door. Paul White 2022-02-21 | Time lapse showing removal of old sliding glass door and framing an opening and hanging a new standard door. A window will fill the remaining space.
Exploding foam Paul White 2022-02-09 | Depressuizing unusable cans of expanding foam before disposing of them.Warning: Cans contain dangerous chemicals under pressure -- try this only at your own risk!
Under the Third Street Bridge Paul White 2022-01-10 | What it's like being a small boat under the 3rd Street Bridge in San Francisco.If you look closely, you can see my bigger boat anchored in McCovey Cove in the distance.
Pen plotter in action Paul White 2021-12-19 | I use a Houston Instrument pen plotter to draw my schematics. This one is using a red pen. Normally I would use black, but I am going to mark up this drawing by hand later, so it doesn't really matter, and with the last batch of black pens I ordered, they sent me some red ones. It's hard enough getting any pens at all that I didn't want to send the red ones back.
Oxbow Marina to Benicia Paul White 2021-10-24 | Time lapse video showing boat trip from Oxbow Marina to Benicia general anchorage. Includes a swing bridge opening near the beginning of the trip.
DMX EPROM swap with ZIFs Paul White 2021-08-11 | Changing a sound EPROM in an Oberheim DMX with ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) sockets on the voice cards. Covers voice card removal and re-installation, EPROM orientation and alignment.
Tank under house Paul White 2021-04-02 | Inspecting crawl space under house using a radio controlled model tank with a GoPro camera attached.
ChangeDMX EPROM Paul White 2021-04-02 | How to change a sound EPROM in the Oberheim DMX drum machine.
Ostracod Weekend Paul White 2020-09-27 | Short clip from a socially distanced jam session at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto.
DMX/DX switch cap removal. Paul White 2020-04-23 | DMX/DX repair instructional series. DMX/DX Switch cap removal.Before you can clean the switch contacts, you need to remove the switch caps. I usually do them all at once, and if the caps are dirty, I'll wash them with soap and warm water and dry them before putting them back.
How to clean fader crud Paul White 2020-04-23 | DMX/DX repair instructional series. How to remove dust and dirt that accumulates on fader tops.
Electrongate DX MIDI installation Paul White 2020-04-14 | Quick demonstration of how to install the Electrongate MIDI upgrade for the Oberheim DX drum machine. More information at www.electrongate.com/dmxfiles
Hunterspoint Paul White 2019-01-21 | DJI Phantom drone photographing a Grand Banks 32 passing below on a calm day on San Francisco Bay.
Helicopter startup and takeoff Paul White 2019-01-13 | I happened to be passing as this helicopter was preparing to take off from Westpoint Harbor in Redwood City. It had landed just a few minutes earlier, so it didn't need to warm up first.
alameda trip Paul White 2018-10-22 | Time lapse view of a trip from Westpoint Harbor in Redwood City to the boatyard at Grand Marina in Alameda. October 21, 2018.
Tree-athlon 2018 Paul White 2018-03-05 | Spotted this school of fish swimming through Westpoint Harbor today.
halfmoonbay Paul White 2017-11-28 | Bouncy ride heading from Half Moon Bay towards San Francisco. In the fog.
giantsgame Paul White 2017-09-05 | Time lapse trip from Westpoint Harbor to McCovey Cove and back again.
eclipse2017 Paul White 2017-08-23 | Real-time view of solar eclipse and surrounding landscape, up to and through totality. 2017-08-21, near Weiser, Idaho, overlooking the Snake River. I was alone at my spot beside the road, until a little while before the eclipse started, when an ex-Navy welder joined me. You can hear our conversation as things move along. I had my video camera running, and was taking a series of stills with my SLR. The stills are shown in the lower corner, also real-time (you can hear the camera clicking for each still image). Unfortunately, the images of totality are overexposed, so there's not a lot of detail to be seen. Also, the video auto-exposure makes it seem as though it never got dark, though it really did. Totality starts around 5 minutes in. You can hear cheering and yelling when totality starts. This was from the people at the camp ground across the river in Oregon.
AyalaDolphins Paul White 2017-07-06 | A pair of dolphins swimming just outside Ayala Cove at Angel Island.
Westpoint Slough Paul White 2017-01-29 | Cruising around Westpoint Slough in Redwood City on a quiet afternoon
boatdrone Paul White 2017-01-29 | Launching a drone from a boat. Risky, but possible with care and good weather.
DXa fader replacement Paul White 2016-12-11 | Repairing an Oberheim DXa drum machine, part 3, replacing a broken fader and reassembling the front panel.
DX switch cleaning part 2 Paul White 2016-12-11 | Repairing an Oberheim DXa, part 2, cleaning the small switches.
mccoveycove02 Paul White 2016-10-06 | Time lapse of boats coming and going at McCovey Cove in San Francisco during a Giants game
Goofy cats Paul White 2016-08-19 | I must have walked through a catnip patch or something. When I got home last night, the cats went goofy for my shoes.
