Comments on: Vacuum tube skulls http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/vacuum-tube-skulls.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 17:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brandon Gunnoe http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/vacuum-tube-skulls.html#comment-1473803 Brandon Gunnoe Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170017#comment-1473803 If only I knew so many  years ago the value of these tubes. There was an abandoned dance hall near by, while exploring the place me and a buddy of mine had stumbled upon a couple boxes full of different ones. Some seemed to be burnt out but most may have been functional. Anyway, we spent some time throwing them at the walls and off the balconies to the lot below because of the POP they made . How STUPID! could have probably made some coin! O well. If only I knew so many  years ago the value of these tubes. There was an abandoned dance hall near by, while exploring the place me and a buddy of mine had stumbled upon a couple boxes full of different ones. Some seemed to be burnt out but most may have been functional. Anyway, we spent some time throwing them at the walls and off the balconies to the lot below because of the POP they made . How STUPID! could have probably made some coin! O well.

]]> By: Jasper Huxley http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/vacuum-tube-skulls.html#comment-1473081 Jasper Huxley Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170017#comment-1473081 These could look really cool in a circuit with the heaters glowing red and the blue light from the high voltage emanating through the skull. Careful with that octal one in the first photo. The key is busted off the bottom - you might insert it into the socket incorrectly. These could look really cool in a circuit with the heaters glowing red and the blue light from the high voltage emanating through the skull.

Careful with that octal one in the first photo. The key is busted off the bottom – you might insert it into the socket incorrectly.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/vacuum-tube-skulls.html#comment-1472501 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170017#comment-1472501 Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you shall be replaced by something thousands of times smaller and almost incomparably more reliable... Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you shall be replaced by something thousands of times smaller and almost incomparably more reliable…

]]> By: robuluz http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/vacuum-tube-skulls.html#comment-1472365 robuluz Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170017#comment-1472365 They go up to 11. They go up to 11.

]]> By: SmokingHeartDesigns http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/vacuum-tube-skulls.html#comment-1472301 SmokingHeartDesigns Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170017#comment-1472301 Not if they're the type that go into my guitar amps.  They're pumping those out by the thousands. Funny white-out comment. Not if they’re the type that go into my guitar amps.  They’re pumping those out by the thousands. Funny white-out comment.

]]> By: kpelt http://boingboing.net/2012/07/09/vacuum-tube-skulls.html#comment-1472205 kpelt Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=170017#comment-1472205 Hope those weren't functional tubes - they are becoming rare.  That said, it looks like someone covered them in white-out and drew on them with black sharpie. Hope those weren’t functional tubes – they are becoming rare.  That said, it looks like someone covered them in white-out and drew on them with black sharpie.

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