@JohnS_AZ

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KF7RCP Ex-Motorola manuf. engr, Ex-Aerospace Telemetry rep, and EOS-ESD geek. I speak Perl & C. Married, Dad, Liberal, Humanist, Agnostic, 5 rescue dogs, 4 rescue cats, tons of rescue electronics, Nerd. Spend my days on hackersbench.com
LocationMetro-Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Working on #3 of 9 mini-PCs from that recent auction. Each takes a $17 power supply and a $24 hard drive. So far, one is dead, and one 100% operational on Win11.
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I'm blessed to have wildly smart and independent daughters and a wife who, no doubt, probably find that both hysterical and sad.
T O N I G H T !
Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
Thursday, March 12th, 2026
Find full details at:
https://www.meetup.com/hardware-happy-hour-3h-phoenix/events/313518097/
Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup

The Hardware Happy Hour is a social get-together of engineers, designers, coders, and builders, both hobbyists and professionals. There are no presentations or an agenda. W

Meetup
DON'T FORGET!
Phoenix Hardware Happy Hour
This Thursday, March 12th, 2026
Find full details at:
https://www.meetup.com/hardware-happy-hour-3h-phoenix/events/313518097/
Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Phoenix (metro), Thu, Mar 12, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup

The Hardware Happy Hour is a social get-together of engineers, designers, coders, and builders, both hobbyists and professionals. There are no presentations or an agenda. W

Meetup

50%+ chance of rain here this afternoon and evening.

Just covered the saws, the good lumber, my work table, and put all of the tools and rain-sensitive stuff away.

So, we're guaranteed not to receive a single drop of rain.

Received and replaced the clothes dryer motor today. Paid $80 for the motor on Amazon, not $150 to the local parts depot, or $225 to Sears. Didn't pay a service guy $250 labor to fix it, and didn't spend $800-$1,000 to replace the dryer.

Feeling that "I fix shit" smugness that we
people who fix shit feel. <grin>

I remember when software was easy. :-)
It's kind of freaky when she just sits there staring at the camera. The monitor is over my desk, I glance up, and it startles me every time. 🙂
(One egg hatched, haven't managed a good pic of the chick yet.)
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