ALMOST done wrangling with the Q2C so it's up and running again before focusing on replacement parts availability and work area improvements. NanoFlowX service will be available soon as I'm expecting my first order of the stuff today And pochi is happy under his pillow

hmmmm Netgear put this slot for a ssd, but put a M3 rivot in the way. it's like they didn't want us to open and mod the old RN422 NAS. too bad! I want to install Linux in the box. I didn't deep clean it for nothing lol

I've been trying very hard to get a ceph cluster working. With every failure, I learn something new. At the 4th attempt FINALLY got a health ok, but immediately turns to warning and OSDs get busy from unknown processes making PGs getting stuck and causing everything to burn. that was my weekend 😵‍💫

Happy 4th of July everyone and Happy Birthday to Kyone!!

dear qidi R&D, the box design sucks and needs to have the extruders easily accessible to clean instead of requiring to teardown the unit. also, it would be cool to adjust the tension as it's eating filament. it's not fun wasting filament.

Good morning

as I open my front door. "I've come to inspect your lamps" such a cool lil guy

Happy Father's Day to all you dads!

A test print of all the things on the Qidi like I do with the Mono SE and it was a successful failure. I'll have to spend time to update the models so I can have 1 set that works for resin and fdm that keeps support waste at a minimum. would be nice to be able to do bulk with fdm

1 mystery solved today after modding a clients' DSi XL. EM1 had a broken leg which was too intermittent charging to zero charging when it got here. Another DSi XL from a client is proving very difficult. No board scans for the board revision is making it pretty tough to diagnose, but hope to fix it

Been on the hunt for DSi XL board scans to fix a clients console and finalizing the next repair vid. taking a break by making my own szechuan hot sauce and clean the floors. it smells incredible, I know what I want to change off the smell, and gotta wait at the end of the day to taste it

Back from Special Olympics, bro and his team did great!

munchin' on grass

Catching up with closing open projects and the panels are back on! Now I can slowly add tool mounts for the underside for the drill and desoldering gun as well as other needed storage bits. The NES mod is undergoing a redesign as I solved the problem with it. so many things to do lol

The FAT PS2 USB-C mod is out!! youtu.be/JKQsWSv4fFE

Perfectly timed to try not to get a cute picture of kyone during today's walk 🤣

When your USB-C mod and the Retro Gem can cohabitate happily 👌

Out with friends, made a hot sauce and noted changes for said hot sauces, made a mounting bracket for the Retro Gem so the space will play nice with the USB-C mod, out with friends, got orders ready, and been a pretty good weekend. Hope your weekend is going well!

Need to rework the Retro Gem mount to make it compatible with the PS2.

Happy Fibromyalgia Awareness Day!! I've only just learned there was a day for it and I've had fibro since childhood only to be diagnosed in my early / mid 20s after countless times having doctors invalidate my pain before ONE actually listened.

Out of 12 pepperoncini peppers, only 3 have decided to sprout after many weeks. These guys seem to grow a lot slower than other peppers, but I'm stoked to even have em - they're solid peppers to have!

Recorder battery dead, but the mod fits like a glove!

Made lamb stew for Mother's Day for Mom and the fam!

the first serious print of Q2C I made to align mounting points level and plum came out perfectly first try and all the pipe mounting holes are ready. laser level cleared, and I can finally see the end of this project nearing. gotta make the best use of that vertical space lol

Progress!! The NES mod is moving forward! I have to redo a small design piece for the fuse indicator since the NES will still get power despite the fuse becoming no good.

Parts for the NES mod are coming today! If the issue isn't fixed, then I think it's the TCD circuit. more calibrations being done with the Qidi Q2C and almost nailed the right settings before getting super serious with this printer. as far as material goes, PCTG has been very good to work with.

Gonna be working on vids again soon. Focusing on adding shelves and reconfiguring the acoustic panels has been good so far. I should be getting more parts for the NES mod shortly to see what's up with current failure so I can proceed with setting up a video and pre-orders

These two goobers claiming my bed as their own

Forgot to post the vid of the Genesis M2 mod here whoops : youtu.be/IssPU4jFn3o Work has begun to prep more shelf space that's gonna go into my panels. The majority of the prep is done, and I'm happy I made these easily removable. Hope peeps are doing great!

separated the lemon drop peppers before moving them to larger containers. the girdfinity boxes do nice for seedlings. the peachdsws are looking nice, peperoncini finally has a buddy coming out, and the pequin is finally showing some life after making believe none of the seeds were viable.

Repairing a #3DS that a repair shop broke youtu.be/5SQBzYeOJaU

Lemon Drop peppers are going well, got a peachdew and north Italian peperoncini starting to pop up. hopefully I'll see pique come up soon! I started propagating our American chestnut tree since I was told it's planned to be cut down and I'd like to preserve it since it's not sick.

The finalized versions of the prints supporting the PS2 USB-C mod I should begin prepping the site for pre-orders next week. 1 yr to the day I started the project, and it's finished. It serves the foundation for other, more complex USB-C mods and I'm very happy about what I've accomplished 💪

Gamers Antiquity® is an officially registered trademark as of today! 🎉

Proof in the pudding and testing phases done! my PS2 USB-C mod supporting an internal 2TB SSD running Budokai 1. No issues, air coming out nice and cool, we good to continue to prep for pre-order phase! A years worth of work paying off 💪

Testing my PS2 with my USB-C mod and I cannot express how I feel. A years work has born fruit!! Running ZoE 2, using .28A (includes the USB-C brick), installed with the Retro Gem, and I'm stoked! At a calculated 4.6A out at over 95% efficiency, I see no reason a hdd couldn't be supported.

A PS2 running on my USB-C mod!! Testing has begun 👀

Great News!! I found the issue with the NES mod and ordered replacement parts for the fix, and the USB-C mod for the PS2 is now ready for the testing phase!

The NES front loader USB-C av mod! I need to order another part for it and do a minor redesign. VBUS is shelling 6.25 volts for some reason less my multimeter has lost its mind. It's nice to be able to hold it after a little over an hour of assembly.

The lemon drops are growing nicely and recycled 3 bottles for more planters. got prachdews, peperoncini, and 2ng gen pequin going on. it's a nice change of pace to do something different

It was the crystal oscillator who kicked the bucket!

Fixed the oscope, confirmed no composite out nor rgb from the goac, and busted thermal cam. I love that it takes pics and vids! found ONE matching board in my stock to compare findings. regulators and voltage rails are good so it'll be interesting to find the fault.

The oscope is dead... I miss my old shop days analog oscope with countless dials for precise measurements. Gotta have quality tools. gonna have to try and revive it with some cfw because I need it for a repair job I'm currently working on.

I want to put some feelers out there. After my last VTuber group fell apart, I've been missing that small tight community feel and am currently looking for a new VTuber group to apply to. I am hoping to find something that fits my theme which includes cozy, chill, and nature related.

back on the grind, and bro got 2 gold and a silver! minor updates to the site were done; now offering RF Shield repair service, and assisted shipping to cut your costs. got a blog post in draft for what's up. new vid in the works with captures for others underway it's a busy week!

Bros' got his first swimming competition for the season today; been here a while and his first race is up!

Repairing a clients' Dreamcast. Can I save it? youtu.be/urlDdTNBWm8

New thermocam! a welcome tool to my arsenal

Boards for the NES AV and PS2 USB-C mods have been ordered!! cross your fingers with me as this should be the final revision of the PS2 stuff while the NES one should go smoothly on round 1 😁 If all goes well, then I have the foundation set for the likes of the DC and the Saturn 👀