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@devopslimeyninja

Technology nerd, DevOps and Platform Engineering ninja, maker of things, aerospace and science fiction fan. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Opinions my own. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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a man in a pirate hat is talking to another man with the words " what could possibly go wrong " above him ALT: a man in a pirate hat is talking to another man with the words " what could possibly go wrong " above him
26.02.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maximum pancakes.

17.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Building a Giant Lego-Style Castle: The End is Near!
Building a Giant Lego-Style Castle: The End is Near! YouTube video by Nate From the Internet

Or how about a castle? youtu.be/KsUIfFb72wU?...

08.02.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was there (and Exeter) a couple of weeks ago visiting family. So much rain!

08.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Doner kebab time.

28.01.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mental dental. πŸ“ˆ

22.01.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀫

21.01.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Harsh but fair 🀣

21.01.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ and the BBC beat them both. πŸ˜…

21.01.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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What are the chances that this has something to do with the video signal being weak? I see these right next to the output of the brightness control.

19.01.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There’s at least a 7% chance I’m going to be able to put this back together. 😬

19.01.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What are the chances that this is flux, or something nasty was spilled in there?

19.01.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good lord. It’s like Zenith took a bunch of separate products and wired them together to meet Sun’s spec.

The RCA jack on the neck board is where the video signal comes in from the 13W3.

18.01.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For fun, I’m going to argue with ChatGPT through the process. There will be more arguing if it tells me to lick the anode.

500 screws removed so far and still can’t get to the main PCB.

18.01.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This should be interesting.

18.01.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s what I was thinking.

17.01.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They weren’t particularly rude about you.

17.01.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeri Ellsworth (@jeriellsworth.bsky.social) Big nerd. Building things Trump voters: History won’t be kind to you. Neither will I Progress isn’t about making you comfortable

Hey @jeriellsworth.bsky.social nice work getting the shout out on #353 of the hackaday podcast.

17.01.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I see.

Wait.

No. No I don't.

16.01.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How did you get your car through the wardrobe?

16.01.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoops, replied out of line @hrrzi.com

14.01.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’d never thought of it like that! So my BBC micro makes a good Emacs keyboard?

Here’s the full keyboard.

14.01.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Need tech support. I don’t see the redacted text when I copy that out to notepad.

13.01.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That is amazing. How do I get a copy?

12.01.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.01.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And it runs the hotjava browser.

10.01.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Result.

10.01.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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@graffias79.bsky.social that was the encouragement I needed, thank you. I pushed on the grippy things and it became obvious (eventually) that I can put the pointy end of a spudger in the square holes of the front bit and push.

09.01.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok. Now I’m stuck and a little scared. I need to work on the voyager’s LCD panel and have connectors to remove.

Do I need to release the snaps at the end, or rotate the far side of the connector out?

Get it wrong, and it’s broken 😬

Help!

09.01.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0