BoxOfFeet

joined 2 years ago
[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Is this per household?

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Wow, I was not aware of that. I really liked balena. Thankfully, I haven't been using it since installing Mint.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

My wife had to start laying her own.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Isn't that his MO anyway? I would have expected nothing less.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Me, sweating as I look around my office.

  • 3DConnexion SpaceExplorer
  • DOS era Gravis controller
  • Windows XP era Gravis controller
  • Windows XP
  • Fountain pens
  • Mechanical watches
  • Gameboy
  • HP-41C calculator
  • Old, chrome flashlights

I don't really know where to stop this list. I love old stuff.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I'm surprised I don't see Battlestar Galactica or Star Trek Next Generation here yet.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I sooo wanted to rewatch that. But I just cannot get past the special effects these days. I thought it was great when it was on, now it's unwatchable for me. It's like, Playstation 1 cutscenes: the show.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Oh, that sucks! I'd say just play it on a PS2 because modding has gotten easier and cheaper for it these days, but I recently priced out some options for my cousin and it was way more than I thought. Like, if you get a system that boots but can't read discs for $30, that's a pretty good deal! And the easiest and cheapest option is a $20 memory card from AliExpress that you can load FreeMCBoot on, and all your games. But then you have to add in the controller, and those as-is systems usually don't come with a power supply. And you likely need an HDMI adapter. I don't know if you can put the whole thing together for under $100.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Easy! I'd have to say the Tudor Black Bay Heritage. It was my first Swiss watch, and I loved it ever since it came out in 2012. Long before I could afford one. I cut an ad out of a jewelry store catalog and hung it in my cube as a "someday" kind of inspiration, and couldn't afford one until 2020. I picked it up March 5, pretty much right before that whole year went to crap.

It's also the watch I wore when my daughter was born, so there's a lot of memories associated with it.

It's not super expensive, as far as luxury watches go. And there are a lot of things about it that other watch collectors don't like. Oh, there's no crown guards. Oh, you can't have Snowflake hands with round indices. Oh, it's too thick. Oh, the riveted bracelet looks bulky. But I love all those things, and it was the inspiration of more than one Invicta mod of mine until I could get it.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Edibles, video games, and luxury watches. My wife has threatened to remove limbs if I bring anymore watches home.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've been playing San Andreas on the PS2 recently. Man, I miss that era of gaming.

 

I really don't know why. I don't take that many notes. When I'm in meetings, I've been telling people I color code my notes. But honestly, I have just been switching pens at random.. I'm never going to use all this ink before they dry up, and it's going to be a pain to clean them all. Normally, I'll only have one or two inked at a time.

 

I got this when he sold his house to move to an assisted living facility. It's just been sitting in my garage for a couple years. Busy with the kid and all that. Well, we just got a little child trailer, and I didn't want to pull it with my mountain bike so figured it would be a good time to clean this guy up. New tires and tubes. Cleaned and lubed. Waxed. I thought it was trying hard to look like an old Schwinn, so I thought some nice shiny fenders would help out with that.

I have so many memories of going on rides with him, and of him taking it camping. I always thought it was a nice looking bike. I'll have to show him a picture of it all cleaned up next time I see him, I don't think he's ridden it in at least a decade.

Next on the agenda is new brake pads, and some retro lights. Any other suggestions? Maybe a white saddle seat, or different handlebars? I'm pretty sure its only value is sentimental, so the best suggestions are cheap suggestions. Thanks!

 

I tried just about every suggestion here, but still couldn't get an airtight print. This is transparent PLA. I'm going to play with my speeds and overlap to try to get it clearer, but it was dimensionally accurate and completely sealed the first try.

Don't look too carefully at the barrel, it's just a hollow test one. I was able to eyedropper fill and test the grip section with it, but the OD is wrong, and there's no real filling mechanism in it. That's phase 2 of this project!

 

I'm pretty new to PETG, and have been really struggling with it compared to PLA. My latest print of this part is dimensionally accurate, but I need it to be air tight. It is very much not at the moment.

I have a Flashforge Adventurer 3, so the hot end and nozzle are one interchangeable unit. My higher temp nozzle is 0.6mm. My 0.3mm is only capable of 240. My last print was 0.2mm layers, with the 0.6mm nozzle at 245C. I used 15% overlap on my walls, and in order to keep my nice dimensions I had my cooling fan on.

Anybody have any advice on how to improve the seal? I'm tempted to try more overlap, with random start locations per layer. Do you think if I run it hotter I can get the layers a little thinner? Any advice would be appreciated.

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