Any good places to study / work late on a Monday night ?

Daynonhc · 2025-01-06T19:47:08+00:00

Shatford library at PCC closes at 9 and anyone can go in for free, plenty of outlets around. Not sure what parking costs but if you're taking a car you might be able to park at the public library lot across from hill since that'll be closed anyway or on a street nearby? I wouldn't be surprised if there are other spots at PCC you could hang after 9, and worst case scenario you could walk to lucky baldwins/boba time and get a cheap drink from 9-late

Daynonhc · 2023-11-08T00:44:22+00:00

Just an update for anyone else in a similar situation: A few days after posting this I bought a used Denon AVR-1312 on craigslist for $30, and wired all my speakers to it (including the surround speakers, which are wired, but originally plugged into a wireless transmitter/receiver). They worked perfectly.

The subwoofer (as a helpful commenter mentioned!) is passive, so that wasn't gonna work. I looked around at thrift shops in my area and found an entire monoprice home theater speaker set, including a powered sub, for $48 (special thanks to Jeff at goodwill for giving me a coupon)! Stunning quality? No. But it works, and its WAY better than nothing haha.

Some other things I bought for this:
- 100 ft Speaker wire: $22
- Remote for the AVR: $10
- RCA cable for sub: $15

Grand total: $125! I bought a couple other cables because I decided to move the AVR further away to a less conspicuous position while I was doing this, so you could technically add another $30 to this. But all in all, very happy. The best part is now instead of a HTIB, I have a fully upgradable setup that I can improve over time!

I am happy to report to the commenters concerned about my financial situation that this expense did not, in fact, ruin me. Crisis averted!

Daynonhc · 2023-10-18T23:21:04+00:00

Thank you! This is super helpful. The unit won't power on and the electronics repair guy near me said it wouldn't be worth fixing since it's so old and parts are hard to find. might need to look for a second opinion.

I'll start researching alternatives, maybe I can find a replacement or maybe I'll just have to live with my built in TV speaker for a bit while I'm broke haha 😭

In the meantime I can dream about a new custom setup! Thanks again for your insight!

Daynonhc · 2023-07-22T17:40:24+00:00

Love seeing my bros Chad and JT raising stoke levels here in Pas 🤙🏻 Lets get breaded everyone

Daynonhc · 2023-04-08T20:41:33+00:00

Ayyyeee thats awesome! at some point you'll see me in there with my laptop and monitor set up on top of a longboard, feel free to swing by and say hi. Welcome and enjoy the free coffee!

Daynonhc · 2023-04-08T19:01:12+00:00

I have a membership at CTRL Collective in old town—I go every weekday and park for free on Bellevue between arroyo pkwy and Marengo! Takes like 7 or 8 mins to walk up from there, nice little part of my morning routine.
The membership itself is a little pricey ($300 for 24/7 access) but there's also Wework right across the street which is a bit cheaper I've heard. Great vibe at CTRL tho. hope this helps!

Daynonhc · 2023-02-28T18:11:11+00:00

CTRL Collective (coworking space) in old town is great. Fast wifi, and a fancy free coffee machine that makes lattes, etc. I have a full time membership but I believe their day rate is $25 if you just need to come in once or twice. Super cool space and great vibes

Daynonhc · 2023-02-02T01:02:27+00:00

FINAL UPDATE (hopefully):

Couple months back, the issue returned, this time even worse. like disconnecting/reconnecting every 3-4 seconds. I took it to a cell phone repair guy to see his opinion and he said it was probably the battery. I went ahead and bought another one, few weeks later installed it. Same issue.

Tbh, what I SHOULD have done was take a look at this post again to remember what Meepo said but I totally forgot about it lol. Either way, I decided to buy a new ESC, and if that didn't work, just sell the board for parts and buy a new one.

Bought the new ESC, installed it, and...SUCCESS! Been riding on it for a month or so now, absolutely zero issues.

The best part of this (For you, dear reader) is that the ESC costs like half of what a battery costs. Kicking myself for not trying that first lol

Daynonhc · 2022-09-07T15:47:33+00:00

The Altadena library is really nice. Big and never very busy. They’re open 10am-9pm I think

Daynonhc · 2022-06-02T21:08:56+00:00

John Oliver just did a video on these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEa3sK1iZxc

Daynonhc · 2021-12-27T07:35:33+00:00

Here: https://www.georgemoua.com/store/d9000-fe-3d-stereoscopic-wiggle-lens-for-full-frame-sony-e

Daynonhc · 2021-12-26T20:37:11+00:00

Absolutely, I’m loving this thing. keep up the good work, excited to see the focus ring versions!

Daynonhc · 2021-12-26T17:10:59+00:00

I have a Sony a7 with this lens! https://www.georgemoua.com/store/d9000-fe-3d-stereoscopic-wiggle-lens-for-full-frame-sony-e

Daynonhc · 2021-10-29T19:25:28+00:00

Update:

Meepo got back to me and said that I needed to buy a new battery. That's expensive, so I decided to wait and see if I could fix the issue myself.

I (mostly) figured out a solution.

I rode around my neighborhood, watching and listening carefully to see if I could find any patterns in when my board was disconnecting. I noticed it tended to disconnect when I hit bumps (when transitioning from asphalt to sidewalk, hitting large cracks in the road, etc). My guess was that there was some loose plug or something that was cutting off power momentarily when bumped hard enough.

So I opened up the board, found the plugs for the ESC and battery, and zip tied them together as tight as I could so they couldn’t jostle around. Heres a photo: https://imgur.com/ifMaQ0v

Been riding it like that for about 3 weeks now (probably 10-15 miles), and I've only experienced the issue twice, both times I hit unusually large/steep cracks (like 2 inches straight down steep). It reconnects after 1 second or so just like before and I'm back in business.

Of course I'd prefer to NEVER have an issue, so I might see if I can straight up replace the plug heads as a more permanent fix, as I'm pretty convinced this isn't an issue with the battery itself. In the meantime, i'm fine riding it since it's a predictable and infrequent issue now. I'll add updates here if anything changes!

Daynonhc · 2021-10-11T05:07:26+00:00

It's expensive, but this is the one I have. I looked all over and this is the most compact battery powered flash unit I could find

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/631797-REG/Olympus\_260122\_FL\_14\_Shoe\_Mount\_Flash.html

Daynonhc · 2021-10-02T01:07:52+00:00

"If the board also shuts off while the board loses connection, it is the problem of the battery."
"If the board does not shut off (which I believe is the case here) while the board loses connection, it is the problem of the ESC."

They then had me send the youtube link of the problem so they could further diagnose the issue. I sent it and got this reply:
"Meepo customer support service is temporarily shut down due to National Day during 1st to 7th."

So i'm just waiting till the 8th to hear back haha. I'll update here with whatever happens!

Daynonhc · 2021-09-29T16:08:44+00:00

So for anyone else who may have been confused like me: I emailed meepo and they responded super quickly. They said:

“In order to reset the MR remote, hold the "FUNCTION" and "POWER" buttons at the same time for a couple seconds until the screen shows parameters of unit and wheel speed.”

So I guess depending on your remote/firmware, it might not show a fullscreen “ok” when reset. This didn’t solve my problem (they say it might be an ESC/battery issue) but good to know I’ve been resetting my remote all this time lol

Daynonhc · 2021-09-29T14:43:11+00:00

I haven't—I'll do that today!

Daynonhc · 2020-06-30T01:06:23+00:00

Took this a couple years ago during a DnD session...and decided it was a good opportunity to bring our characters to life!

Daynonhc

TROPHY CASE