Mastodawn

Okay, it happened.
I just received an AI-written e-mail from a colleague in the customer's QM department.
The content completely missed my question and delivered a lot of generic fluff instead. Not the least bit of actually thinking is recognisable from the text.
That really feels like maximum disrespect.
I'm not sure how to respond, but it may be harsh and written by my own hand and brain.

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Mar 2

Geez, I'm old.
A colleague of mine asked me to create an evaluation on her Excel workbook - which absolutely should be a database instead.
I had her explain the task and then took an hour to figure it out. Actually, 15 minutes of thinking, 30 minutes of search, and 15 minutes of testing.
She is super happy and probably thinks I'm an Excel god or something. I'm not.
I've just dealt with Excel for ages. Although having played with Excel 3.0, I really started with Excel 95/7.0 on Windows NT back when computers seemed magical instead of an annoying PITA.

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 17

Joe's Computer Museum Feb 17

You can be nice, or not.

I just received a large order of BlueSCSI units because the customer says purveyors of alternate solutions are not nice. My customer told me that was a --primary motivator--.

I'm humbled.

I try to be nice. So should you! It pays off.

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 15

obrhoff Feb 15

Cool. Someone made a online version of the Star Trek Technical Manual with upscaled Images. I remember how hard I wanted to have an Computer because of it.
#startrek

https://mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/

Trekorama!

360° of Star Trek

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 15

Olem Feb 15

Project 3D-printed case for my Commodore 1541-II is mostly done. There was a bit of work needed to get the printed parts to fit nicely, but with a few blobs of UV resin and a file I got there in the end. Might reprint the lid, it's got a crack that I've repaired. It's fine for now tho. Inside is a spare drive mechanism I had lying around and a NOS mainboard from Retro8bitshop. It needs Jiffydos, but I'll make sure it works first! #Commodore #commodore1541 #retrocomputing #3dprinting

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 15

High intensity squirrel 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 11

“What do you have to hide?“

Everything.

Full stop. Period.

Every. Thing.

What I had for breakfast is my choice to put out in the world.

Who I love, who my friends are, what we talk about, the books I read, the websites I visit, my favourite animal, my choice of shoelaces.

It. Does. Not. Matter. How. “Big”. Or “Small”.

Every. Thing.

It’s all up to me to decide who I want to share anything with.

#privacy #surveillance

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 12

Christine Lemmer-Webber Feb 11

If you're interested in funding or helping us find funding for a Discord replacement that's federated and end-to-end encrypted, we're interested in implementing that at @spritely ... we even had been talking about that being our big focus for 2026.

We have the skills and the underlying tech to pull this off. What we need right now is resources. Funding for open source nonprofits like ours really fell apart in 2025. If you think you know how to help, feel free to reach out.

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 11

Pieter de Bruin 🌍🌈☮️ | 🟢🔴Feb 11

@ivan @GrantMeStrength with a little help from https://www.klompjes.com/en/product/delfts-blauw-tegeltje-met-tekst/

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 10

Grant Me Strength Feb 10

The answer is not “have you tried wearing noise canceling headphones”.

The answer is “don’t let extroverts decide on office policy and design”.

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Feb 10

I also found me another #calculator project.
A shiny TI-81 with moderate damage battery corosion. Actually, it just lost a battery contact. I don't know why but I already had a matching battery spring in the dish with the calculator.
Let's see how long it takes me to solder it in.

('Found' as in acquired, forgotten about, lost in a pile of stuff, and rediscovered while trying to manage all the piles of stuff on my desk.)

Github	https://github.com/VintageProject
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