Tässle Kaffee?

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/daily-coffee-tea-lower-dementia-risk

Besser kann eins #Prävention hier nicht betreiben.

#Kaffeetrinken #Demenz

Nachtrag: Dass die Illustration zu dem Artikel To-Go-Becher mit Plastikdeckel zeigt, find ich suboptimal.

#WasteNotWantNot

There was about 5.5 litres of whole milk BBD 18th Jan in the office fridge. When I put the new milk from the doorstep into the fridge in the morning I carefully lined it up so there was a new row and a yesterday BBD row, as most sensible people will use the yesterday stuff — it was entirely fine and good. When I went back later someone has clearly had an attack of disgust and shoved them all right up the back top corner of the fridge in their own little quarantine zone.

I asked if I could give them a good home, which the office manager gladly agreed to given she'd just have to tip them down the sink otherwise.

The milk is now ricotta. Just done the simple way: citric acid and salt (I do have rennet, but time is short and that's a faff.)

I may take a ricotta cake into work on Thursday (as I'll need WfH Wednesday time to manage such a thing.)

#CheeseMaking #ricotta #cheese #milk #cooking #WasteNotWantNot ? #IfOnly #Trite

I hope this is the right place to ask, but there is this TV/Radio antennae plug in our Den - Unfortunately it looks like someone cut the line where it comes out of the house near the old TV antennae mast. Any suggestions on fixing/leveraging this for DTV and/or FM antennae for my component stereo setup that I am planning to put back up? The lower plug on that faceplate is so dam weird..

It appears to be ladderline wiring inside - do I reconnect and use for a FM or Ham radio, or do I use it to pull through some COAX & CAT6 to connect the DTV & FM antennae? 🤔

EDIT: I pulled the faceplate and plug off, and it is ladder line inside. The plug is a Wineguard model T32-U which only had the TV/FM connected the lower UHF plug was disconnected - and neither had the ground connected.

#ladderline #broadcast #networking #networkingTech #SOHO #homeOffice #nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #linux #BSD #computerHistory
#retro #retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology #upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNotWantNot
#happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#upcycle #restore #reuse #RepairReuseRecycle
#IT #ITsupport #hardwaresupport #computerrepair
#retroNetworking #homenetworking #HAM #ham_radio #tv #radio #fm #fm_radio #antennae #home_improvement #home #homeRepair #CATV #coax #cat5 #cat6e #cat6

In the #ewaste scores is this random USB drive, with the "Bank of Communications" on one side and "2010 USB Key" for bankcomm{DOT]com
Serial number: HDE-30156307

It shows up in a fresh Win11 install as an "unknown smart card" (because I was not going to insert this USB from #China in any old #PC of mine).

In my searching so far there are no drivers are found anywhere for this device.

Do I keep messing with getting this to work, or does it go back to ewaste and I use the #yubikey that was found? 🤔

#vintagecomputing
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro
#retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro #upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #WasteNotWantNot
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #encryption #security #cybersecurity #siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware
#sanfranvintagehardware #informationsecurity #IT #ITsupport #hardwaresupport #computerrepair

Grabbed a #Lenovo #Ideapad C330 (#Chromebook) from my local #ewaste facility, looking to log into certain #Google Workspace accounts without providing a footprint on an actual #PC. And in the future when no longer supported install #Debian on it.
Also: this Chromebook folds to a tablet.

Unfortunately, the battery never fully charges: solid red for a few hours, then blinking red LED. I can get it to boot, but it will stay on for just a few minutes and then dies. Leaving it charging overnight, I was able to get logged in and started the upgrade for #ChromeOS 105.0.5195.134 (32 Bit), got the reboot and then it died. Left it unplugged, and there is no juice at all.
I found replacement batteries for $5 and up on #ebay, $10 plus shipping on gotlaptopparts.com, and stupid prices elsewhere. My concern is that it is not the battery but the circuits that managing charging the battery (which I would consider beyond repair and take back to eddies).

Via https://cros.tech/device/maple/ it looks as this Chromebook will support ChromeOS 143.0.7499.46, so there should still be some life in this device if the power issue is addressed.

Anything I’m missing here/not considering? Worth getting that cheap assed ebay battery and giving it a try?

#siliconValley #SillyValley
#vintagecomputing
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro #IT #ITsupport #hardwaresupport #computerrepair
#retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech
#laptop #IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #IBMhardware
#lenovoHardware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium