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@rrmutt amusingly, it looks like kids are not disallowed from the exhibition hall! There's a slim chance we could try it.

@rrmutt amusingly, it looks like kids are not disallowed from the exhibition hall! There's a slim chance we could try it.

"Upgrade your MRI system with the Penta Labs 3CX800A7 and experience superior performance, reliability, and cost savings."why,...

"Upgrade your MRI system with the Penta Labs 3CX800A7 and experience superior performance, reliability, and cost savings."

why, I'll get right on that!

we got steel boxes, we got aluminium boxes, we got phenolic boxes, we got vaxen in boxen, we got diskless headless boxenwell happy boxing...

we got steel boxes, we got aluminium boxes, we got phenolic boxes, we got vaxen in boxen, we got diskless headless boxen

well happy boxing day, anyway

good tidings we bringto you and your thing

good tidings we bring

to you and your thing

Things to do during vacation: find whatever died in the garage

Things to do during vacation: find whatever died in the garage

one practical recurring problem with buy nothing day is that I need some basic supplies, like garlic, cream cheese, mayo, a couple of air...

one practical recurring problem with buy nothing day is that I need some basic supplies, like garlic, cream cheese, mayo, a couple of air filters, dishsoap...

but I won't do it! I won't!

every year I seem to have the day off on this day too (!)

electrical failure here at chez zarbet; 1 hr repair time included a half hour of searching for the piece of paper on which I last wrote...

electrical failure here at chez zarbet; 1 hr repair time included a half hour of searching for the piece of paper on which I last wrote which breaker is which (not found), and a half hour to replace the wall switch. At least I had all parts in stock, that was easy.

hm, I wonder if KPH is off the air due to the recent water-flux

hm, I wonder if KPH is off the air due to the recent water-flux

il a pluil pleutil va pleuvoir

il a plu
il pleut
il va pleuvoir

I wush my windshield wipers were easier to operate, I mean, I want them to go more often or less often than they do.

I wush my windshield wipers were easier to operate, I mean, I want them to go more often or less often than they do.

Without spamming the original poster (I can't pick up the machine from here anyway) now I want to see if I have enough parts kicking...

Without spamming the original poster (I can't pick up the machine from here anyway) now I want to see if I have enough parts kicking around to put together a CP/M machine.That one makes me nostalgic.

Maybe I have S-100 bits in a box. Nah. Unlikely. VME and 68k, yea, but not S-100.

I'm listening to WWV at low volume. It provides no indication of any change except the obvious, that time is passing. Also, I keep...

I'm listening to WWV at low volume. It provides no indication of any change except the obvious, that time is passing. Also, I keep thinking there's a truck outside backing up, just a little bit.

hate it when I grab something intriguing out of the ewaste bin and take it home to screw with and after a while realize that it was in the...

hate it when I grab something intriguing out of the ewaste bin and take it home to screw with and after a while realize that it was in the ewaste bin because it's not worth screwing with

I've often thought it'd be fun to move to a small stone hut in Northern Scotland, but the humidity and salt would probably be bad...

I've often thought it'd be fun to move to a small stone hut in Northern Scotland, but the humidity and salt would probably be bad for the lab gear and radios.

I guess I never read Ulysses, and it'd be interesting to dive in, and to re-read The Odyssey. (other tangents to this toot are...

I guess I never read Ulysses, and it'd be interesting to dive in, and to re-read The Odyssey. (other tangents to this toot are pre-suppressed before tooting)

Claire saw me using a calculator to check her math homework and now she wants the calculator. Muah ha ha. It's an old HP. Merriment...

Claire saw me using a calculator to check her math homework and now she wants the calculator. Muah ha ha. It's an old HP. Merriment ensues.

weird, the Swiss-Italian border is going to be redefined (well, moved) due to melting ice.

weird, the Swiss-Italian border is going to be redefined (well, moved) due to melting ice.

weird! The IBM XT/370 (a card for the IBM XT, yep) emulates an IBM 370, using a pair of 68000s and an 8087 FPU? wtf. That's not a ... ...

weird! The IBM XT/370 (a card for the IBM XT, yep) emulates an IBM 370, using a pair of 68000s and an 8087 FPU? wtf. That's not a ... that's... I don't know what that is!

Slow-blow fuse makes big arc and emits ozone? This was a 6A Buss MDL, equipment idled for hours, then (while I was asleep) there was a big...

Slow-blow fuse makes big arc and emits ozone? This was a 6A Buss MDL, equipment idled for hours, then (while I was asleep) there was a big noise and an unpleasant ozone emission and now I can't find anything wrong with the equipment. (I mean except the fuse blew. And that big noise and ozone)

Claire tries to make ramen in the microwave; I vaguely supervise from a distancetime passesnoodles are warm but very very dryme: oh, you...

Claire tries to make ramen in the microwave; I vaguely supervise from a distance

time passes

noodles are warm but very very dry

me: oh, you sweet summer child, you do have to add water!

Claire wants to know what a sweet summer child is, esp since she was born in January