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  • Got My Picture On The Cover Of Circuit Cellar

    Well, a picture of my circuitry, anyhow, there in the upper-right corner:

    Circuit Cellar 306 - January 2016 - Cover
    Circuit Cellar 306 – January 2016 – Cover

    It’s the avalanche noise random number generator:

    Reverse-bias noise amplifier - detail
    Reverse-bias noise amplifier – detail

    I’m pretty sure they color-negatived it to suppress that retina-burn magenta PETG holder.

    It wasn’t for my column, but the Tinny cover painting for Circuit Cellar Issue 29 (“Measurement and Control”) hangs near my desk:

    Robert Tinney - Cover for Circuit Cellar Issue 29
    Robert Tinney – Cover for Circuit Cellar Issue 29

    Back then, I was writing the Firmware Furnace column. Ah, those were the days…