New headphones! Please excuse the dust. I was lazy. 😁 Sennheiser HD820, perched atop a Room's Audio Line Classic headphone stand, with a Marantz HD-DAC1.

I'm a SÜNICRO! Sounds kind of like an old-school computer system, maybe the Swedish branch of Sun Microsystems. 😀

The wonderful Mobi @2oonscap3.bsky.social and I are celebrating our second anniversary today with a hike and a hug in a National Park, and will celebrate it later again in the privacy of a bedroom. 🥰

This Large pilar cyst has been on my scalp for over a decade. Finally had it removed yesterday. Christ, my head fucking hurts so much right now. 😑

Zipping around on my 🛴 this evening, exploring parts unknown, get to a clearing after a long tunnel-like path almost overgrown with trees and I'm met with the unexpected sight of this massive bridge. Had to stop and take photos from both sides.

I have posted myself being loomy! Now you should do the same! ;D Artie sure does like the big D.

Just woke up from a nap and had a very nice dream about my beloved childhood pet cat, Scooter. 🥲

Acquired the last part to complete my PC upgrade a couple days ago, on my birthday no less! 6 months and it's FINALLY DONE!

Amazon, wtf are you trying to tell me here???

Pretty cool feeling when a friend of 25+ years turns around and stabs you in the back, adding injury to insult.

Borrowed a sweet FLIR thermal camera from a friend the other day! imgur.com/gallery/amd-... (7 images, click the link to see the rest)

My absolutely wonderful and adorable boyfriend Mobi @2oonscap3.bsky.social drew us up having a little artsy fun for Valentine's Day. This REALLY shouldn't get me as hot and bothered as it actually does, but it does! I can't help it!

New build started in October, done for now! AMD Ryzen 9950X w/Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420mm Asus ROG STRIX X870E-E Gaming Wifi Kingston Hyper Fury 2x16GB DDR5-6000 30-36-36-80 Old Gigabyte 2080Ti OC w/Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO RGB case Song is youtu.be/PeYUTbU_iTw

It's been a very exhausting year and I had a lot of rough times, but I want to thank everyone who have made life living just a little bit easier, and really there are a lot of people to mention that have had a huge impact on my life but here are a few in particular!

It's a Christmas Party based on the Peanuts theme, and Mobi and his friends are dancing until the music stops.  I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and thanks to everyone for making it special. 🎄🎁

Long time friend @dukeskunk.bsky.social got me a little early xmas gift from @rhari.bsky.social! I love cookies and milk! So yummy!

I got @blankieplush.bsky.social to draw a special little gift for my wonderful sweetheart @2oonscap3.bsky.social for xmas! I know it's only the 13th today but I couldn't resist springing it on him early! Love you babe! Now gimme those sneakers! 😘😁

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY7p... ☢️ 1.5 µCi Sr-90 source emitting pure beta radiation. Some of it bounces off the air molecules and into the detector. Adding a 1 kilogram block of pure tungsten bounces significantly more into the detector, and also creates bremsstrahlung radiation. ☢️

I made a D6 die out of 6061-T6 aluminum, precisely 1.500" (38.1mm). I have VERY large hands, and it's still pretty chunky, even in my palm! This one is for an old friend, but I might make more for sale.

New PC case! Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO RGB (same old hardware, upgrade Coming Soon™)

From today's ride in the river valley. Beautiful weather today. Probably the last for a long while. I hate Canada's climate.😭

My roommate is #radioactive! He had a medical procedure this afternoon that involved the injection of a radioactive tracer/dye, probably Tc-99m.

My hubbie could use his own sticker pack.  I also added the matching kissing and hugging stickers from my set~

You know me, I have to dress up everyone I like, and Orkie could use an outfit of his own so he can stop nabbing mine! (He'll do that anyway)👕🩳🧦👟

Mobi asked me to be his knight in shiny armour exactly one year ago today, which was exactly 5 years after I sent him my very first PM on DA, telling him how much I adore his character! 6 years ago I never would have thought in my wildest dreams that I would get to call him my BF! I'm so damn lucky!

It's been a whole year since me and Orkie became an item.  I never felt this genuinely smitten with anybody before.  He makes me feel safe and comfortable in my own skin, and I can't imagine life without him around.  I love you, Orkie~💙

youtube.com/watch?v=D8uf... More e-scooter zip zoomin', this time with a much increased top speed, and with a 4-piston brake upgrade!

youtube.com/watch?v=D8uf... More e-scooter zip zoomin', this time with a much increased top speed, and with a 4-piston brake upgrade!

I bet @lapatte.bsky.social ain't got a hoodie as cool as mine, hmm hmm!

youtu.be/J1mPdcqoNj0 Finally got back into the river valley now that the blasted heat wave we had is over. Fancy editing trickery and music have been employed! Watch out!

NEU STICKARZ DAYE~! Artist is my long-time friend @blankieplush.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bGp... Low-angle view of the front tire of my Teverun Fighter 11 e-scooter, featuring aftermarket Shimano SM-RT86 brake rotors and Italian PMT 90/60R6.5 Stradale performance tires, with fender delete. This actually turned out way cooler than I thought it would!

Hit 1000 kilometers on my e-scooter yesterday! Here's to 10,000 more!

It was my absolutely wonderful and sweetheart boyfriend's birthday yesterday but because I'm a big dumb dolt I completely spaced on Bluesky and forgot to repost this!

Went for another ride today, this time there were Canadian geese and goslings!

There is an ominous locked steel door with a concrete frame in the side of a steep hill in the river valley. Upon approaching it, one can hear the distant flowing/falling of water.

Just got home from a leisurely 40 km ride on BEAUTIFUL warm, sunny day. Some spectacular views along the way. This is but a small sample.

Did a stupid thing that in hindsight I KNEW was stupid because it caused a wipeout the last time I did it, but that was so long ago I'd forgotten how stupid it was. I guess I just had to pay the skin tax to re-learn that fact again. Wasn't even going very fast, less than 20 km/h.

I love my sharkboy. ❤️😘

New knife day! Extrema Ratio RAO Black, designed and used by an elite Italian military regiment. Slightly bigger than my previous everyday carry! Almost didn't receive it due to a shipping SNAFU and a lazy company that claimed to have sorted it out 3 times but actually didn't.

FINALLY put the fixture plate I made 2.5 years ago to good use! Set at a 5 degree angle, it was the perfect tool to mill some sloped pockets in this display stand made from a chunk of busted end-grain cutting board.

I had a spindle load meter on the mini lathe with the last motor, but it was DC, and only went to 5A. I needed one for the new 900 watt brushless motor, so I installed a 6L2 0-10A AC ammeter. It's a wee bit on the large side, but at least I'll be able to see it clearly!

Tritium / Helium-3 exit sign. Original activity 11.5 curies / 425.5 GBq in August 1999. Current activity 2.88 curies / 106.5 GBq. ☢️

How it started vs. How it's going. First workbench in 2011. Current machine shop / workbench in 2024. The table from 2011 is under the milling machine in 2024. It belonged to my late uncle Fernando, as did the clock in the upper-left corner.

47 today. I'm gonna have to start saying it like 27 with 2 decades of experience!

Made a custom aluminum housing for the controls and spindle tach after swapping out the old electronics box (last picture) for the motor upgrade. Speed range with new motor is 70-2080 RPM. Lost a bit of top end, but in 10 years I've never used anything above 1900 RPM anyways.

Been suffering with this gutless 250 watt brushed DC motor in my Craftex CX704 7x12 mini lathe for 10 years, finally decided to upgrade to a 900 watt brushless monster! It's even got tricked out red anodized pulleys (which will be unseen once the belt cover is on, lol).