Happy New Year from the Sierra Nevada foothills.

2025: - set up new facility for mfg of CVD diamond tech products - replaced awful old carpets at home with bamboo wood floors - lost 42 lbs (thanks, tirzepatide) - secured $ for a new CVD diamond system, build starts in January - road trip to see friends & family, some for first time in a decade

Wishing happiness, love, accomplishment and adventure to all!

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kridsdale1 a day ago | parent | next [-]

What are you going to bling out?

	▲	ridgeguy 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A bunch of devices (laser diodes, microprocessors, high power RF GaN amplifiers) that'll run lots cooler on diamond heat spreaders; diamond Raman lasers (high efficiency & power); large single crystal diamond wafers - nothing most of us would pick up off the sidewalk, but might be very important. I do have 3 CVD gem brilliants (blue, pink, colorless, 2ct. each) that a local jeweler is putting into a 30th anniversary piece for my wife. That makes me grin in anticipation of the surprise gift - my kind of bling.

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ctxc 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Had to Google CVD, cool stuff!