In this household we will be replacing Discord with Polycom VSX Video Coneference Phones running over 512K worth of ISDN connections.

Finally got the finishing touch on the laser cutter: air assist relay. Heavily modified from stock controls. Instead of running everything 110V straight through a normal switch, power runs through a contactor drive. by that 24V PSU. Also have an aux 5/12V for stuff like lighting and fans.

Local news is San Francisco USD is heading to a strike just after West Contra Costa USD did. Both largely over pay issues and budgetary restraints on districts. I've got some feelings about this. The bulk can be condensed to "We need to rethink schools and neighborhoods".

Why isn't "Power outage load shedding" a thing on PoE switches? Maybe I'm a bit odd, but I'd 100% make use of being able to send a basic signal to a switch and have it cut off certain "less important" ports as UPS gets lower and lower.

I bought the WORST PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 why do I do this to myself

In less upsetting news (unless you hate IBM) here's a project I've been working on: The IBM PS/2 Model 40/57/77 SFX Adaption Kit. This setup lets you replace the original failure prone (and not just from caps!) PSUs with an SFX power supply. Files here: github.com/Compgeke/mid...

Back in my day we got to witness executions through live leak videos. Now we can just go outside. Gotta love America.

he protec he attac but most importantly, @a.very.sleepy.galactic.furball.discatte.com

Modified the K40 cutter a bit

Framework? pfft I can get an upgradeable CPU in a Compaq Presario 1210.

Building stuff

One of the biggest problems with the Current Era is we aren't allowed to get good Woke Music in response to current events anymore. You just get ex-disney stars making pop.

Modems ON

You take out the trash. I bring it in. We are not the same.

Someone call LGR wood monitor alert www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

There are times when I've just gotta agree with public washroom graffiti.

It's a General Purpose PowerPC Machine! A Linux box? Well, sort of.

You're using genai. I bought a Genesi. We are not the same. I'm somehow worse.

lol my moms van stopped running apparently. Wonder why.

idk who you are but why are you pooping in my yard

We have our First Exhibitor of 2026 - Thanks Chris! We'll have more posted shortly. Exhibitor, Vendor & Speaker Sign-ups Are Open... www.vcfsocal.com/exhibitors #VCFSoCal #VCF #Festivals #VintageComputing #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #FUN

The more I have to use Acrobat on Android the more I understand Uncle Ted.

Not everyone can make it to Sacramento this weekend but feel free to try calling or faxing in to the Amiga!

Come find me at Amiwest this weekend!

43 Years of existing 7 Years of ownership 159,979km Personally logged 1 Transmission rebuild 1 Engine rebuild 3 Sets of tires 5L of Windex 14L of Concentrated upholstery cleaner $25,383 in maintenance 21,208L of gas added 4 Provinces 8 States Happy 400,000km to my car. 🥳🥂🦅

Up in South Lake Tahoe for work, drug old cameras with me. Fujifilm S1 Pro still slaps, 25 years later. Unironically the first good digital camera.

shes cold

I got a new microwave

(not mine) NVMe driver for Windows 2000! Both x86 _and_ AXP! github.com/techomancer/...

my new computer has a cassette deck, does yours?

Picked up a laptop from ewaste. Not only does it actually function, it has a 120V input instead of a power brick :)

New storage server, who dis?

I don't know why *I* need to follow ethics in my job if the government doesn't have to.

I don't understand this whole "Load Limits" thing can someone explain

It's not too late to come see us at Maker Faire Bay Area tomorrow!

Come say hi at maker faire :)

Congrats to Erika who won a boombox from our giveaway at last weekend's Solano Stroll. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and entered.

Payphone will be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend :)

someone please get your buddy thanks

Multiplayer doom...over modem?? It's the future!

Rise and shine, bay area friends

Back with Yet Another Industrial Box. This time, it's not as it appears.

Coming soon: Computer

Just put the CMOS battery on top of the processor idc anymore nothing matters

Rallying for public transportation out of annoyance of people driving hazardously slow on the road. Post-Covid so many people just drive 20 under everywhere they go.