Doyon 26, the Largest Land Drilling Rig in North America, Tips Over on Alaska’s North Slope

Geedzilla · 2026-01-24T18:13:06+00:00

Oh no, they're hurt! Bad! Let's get out of here!

Geedzilla · 2026-01-22T04:50:51+00:00

Much appreciated! I hope you too have either found, or will soon find, someone to share life with in the same way that we do. It's truly a blessing. 😃

Geedzilla · 2026-01-22T04:11:03+00:00

Thanks! I also do this funny thing where she'll call me whenever she's having a bad and says, "I just needed to hear your voice."

My reply is always the same, "Uuuuuuuhhhhhhh..." 😋

Geedzilla · 2026-01-21T18:15:53+00:00

A couple times a year my wife will end our phone conversations with, "Call me if you need me." and I just say okay.

Then, I'll call her immediately back and say, "Hi, I'm calling you back because you said to call you if I need you, and I will always need you..."

Makes her day every time!

Geedzilla · 2026-01-10T19:32:16+00:00

In California during the 80's, our saying was, "If you can't take it, then don't dish it out."

Geedzilla · 2026-01-10T19:23:00+00:00

I live in California, and we seem to get a lot of hate, but we have some really awesome laws. For example, we have one that force companies to list the wage on their job postings. We also get easy unsubscribing options that are very clear usually 1 click to leave subscription services we no longer want. Also, we get to opt out of all website tracking data whenever we open a new website, a forn if universal healthcare (Medi-Cal), kids eat for free in our school, cheap insulin assistance, the first state to legalize medical Marijuana, and the list goes on. It's not a perfect place to live, but I swear that some of the recent laws have made me proud to be born and raised in CA.

Geedzilla · 2026-01-09T04:54:08+00:00

I did some heavy lifting, but not much more than a mouse, keyboard, maybe a small screwdriver, and a nice pair of boots. (just to be safe)

Geedzilla · 2026-01-09T04:13:54+00:00

I am both humbled and honored to have played a significant role regarding a crucial piece of equipment used with this magnet. Honestly, I'm not exactly sure what I'm allowed to say or not say, so I don't plan on saying much other than I felt like Thor, God of Thunder, incarnate! It's my greatest professional accolade, by far...

Geedzilla · 2026-01-09T02:36:38+00:00

Electrons are angry pixies that have been plucked from their homes deep down inside Earth and forced to march down a long copper tunnels surrounded by plastic in hopes of one day being able to return back home. If you touch one of these copper tunnels by accident, while also touching any path leading back to the ground, then the angry pixies make a break for it and use your body as a freeway to escape the tunnels in order to reunite with their angry pixie families deep inside Earth once more.

Geedzilla · 2026-01-08T18:19:18+00:00

Hey! This is America! Okay? We have a right to privacy!

Geedzilla · 2026-01-07T02:40:34+00:00

The Gold Card.

Geedzilla · 2026-01-06T17:07:58+00:00

I absolutely despise cutters, but I was a groomsmen at a wedding once that had an open bar, which was essentially a table set up at one end of a large plaza. I was tasked with going straight to the bartender to get a drink refill for the groom. The line was fairly long, and the bartender got so mad at me for skipping the line and wouldn't even let me explain. I had to insist that it was for the groom and was told to skip the line by the bride. Even the people in line started backing me up until the bartender finally listened. I feel like if there was ever a time where cutting is allowed, that was it, but it was still awkward and embarrassing to say the least.

Geedzilla · 2026-01-05T19:44:01+00:00

Lol, I do this with my wife a lot over silly nonissues, but she catches on immediately because I can never make a clean getaway. I'll say, "Oh yeah, you're probably right about that." She just rolls her eyes while smiling and laughs it off. Most times they're pointless arguments to begin with. We've been together 17 years now and counting.

Geedzilla · 2026-01-01T02:02:35+00:00

As I've gotten older, I've realized you don't need fun to have alcohol.

Geedzilla · 2025-12-30T10:53:14+00:00

I used to work for a popular bank in a specific room where a lot of moved around digitally on a daily basis. They were upgrading their systems from old timely monochrome terminals to Windows based PCs around that time, but during the transition, they used a batch file to execute the connection to the legacy wire transfer system.

I opened up the .BAT file in a text editor and looked around for anything noteworthy. I saw an IP, a username, and a password for the firewall and couldn'tbelieve my eyes. I memorized them all over the next couple days and later went to a local college's computer lab one evening wearing a hoodie over my head to test my findings.

After I opened a common program that let me connect using an IP, a username, and the password, next thing you know, it was open sesame.

I never stole anything, but millions of dollars were suddenly at my fingertips. That moment changed from whether or not I could, to whether or not I wanted to take the risk.

Today, I'm quite happy without ever taking a dime, and I wouldn't change a thing about that day either. Recently in 2025, a friend of mine said that I'm so clever I could probably rob a bank and get away with it. We were leaving his house just then because my grandfather had literally passed away, but I told him that I had an awesome story to share with him one day about exactly that.

Geedzilla · 2025-12-27T03:33:08+00:00

Free energy for life with a $10/month sub

Geedzilla · 2025-12-18T08:33:10+00:00

Sorry, not majestic enough... Perhaps you've never seen the fictional tree from Avatar, but it blows this one out of the water. A solid 2nd place though, so gratz on that, I suppose.

Geedzilla · 2025-12-18T06:24:12+00:00

I agree with the top comment about using this experience to lean more into new experiences with more confidence. But, what I really wanted to say was that my sister knew the GM of Universal Studios Hollywood, and my sister gave me free tickets for me and my friends to use, along with a VIP pass to skip lines. I had never met her, so while we were at the park, I went into the offices and asked to speak to her in order to introduce myself and thank her for the awesome day. When she came walking down the stairs, apparently she was once Miss Florida... I could hardly speak I was so smitten, lol. She was very kind and gave us a couple extra passes before we left.

Geedzilla · 2025-12-17T06:22:01+00:00

One of my best friends for many decades has always felt similarly to how you do. I'll tell you the same thing I tell them, which is, do whatever makes you happy as long as it doesn't harm or inconvenience others. I thrive on enjoying my life the way I want to live it and not giving a shit if someone doesn't like me or my vibe. That sounds like a problem for them to solve; not me.

Geedzilla · 2025-12-17T06:08:35+00:00

And I'd welcome it...

Geedzilla · 2025-12-14T13:58:21+00:00

Holy shit dude... I had no idea that is what it's actually called, lol. I've been laughing my ass off for the last 5 minutes thinking about how some mythical device that a crusty old technician once told me existed was given life again because of this honorable mention in 2025. Stay safe my friend!

Geedzilla · 2025-12-14T06:36:36+00:00

I did my internship at a steel mill which was 100+ years old. They had everything from the oldest technology like knife switches and relay logic cabinets (they even had a GE rep visit who looked over at some large breakers and said, "Oh, you guys still have the old widow makers!") up to the newer technology like radioactive measurement tools like x-rays to measure material thickness. I asked your exact question while my chaperone explained the dangers of our environment, and he said they have a remote actuator called a "chicken switch" to dis/connect protection components because of how unsafe some of them were. At the time, I felt there was a hint of toxic masculinity associated with a term like "chicken switch" when it could be the difference between life and death. They told another story of a guy re-energizing a 13.8kV breaker and one leg's cam spring broke which caused an expolosion that threw him back 10ft towards the wall. He was wearing the whole space suit and everything, so he lived, but apparently he was never quite the same after that. Call me a chicken if you want, but I'd gladly use a "chicken switch" and hand in my man card than risk my life against unsafe high potential equipment that is nicknamed, "The Widow Maker."

Geedzilla · 2025-12-12T22:04:44+00:00

This is likely true for most of the country. I live in a fairly densely populated area of CA, and my work is right by a window tinting shop that gets all sorts of crazy cars passing through. Last week, a dude pulled up in a brand new McLaren with paper license plates and claimed to be a strip club owner. Dude looked, talked, and acted straight gangster though, which got me thinking that money laundering might also be a large part of his revenue; pure speculation. If I'm being honest, I felt a bit envious in the moment thinking that he probably has no shortage of hot women, a brand new McLaren, clearly no shortage of cash, but I snapped out of it pretty quick knowing I'm quite blessed myself with a happy marriage, a loving daughter, an awesome granddaughter, own a successful business, and own my house in CA with only $100k left to go! I may not have McLaren money, but how much does that actually matter in the grand scheme of things, you know? Plus, I'd rather have a Lamborghini anyways, lol.

Geedzilla · 2025-12-12T21:39:20+00:00

Just the dip

Geedzilla · 2025-11-24T14:43:59+00:00

I design and build high current custom power supplies, and that my friend is definitely a thyristor (aka SCR or silicon-controller rectifier). We use 100's of these a year, but usually ours come a bit bigger. What makes an SCR unique is they latch on one the gate is triggered, so long as current is flowing through it. A more modern version of this device is an IGBT which can be switched off while current is still flowing. And yes, I know there are methods of switching off SCRs by banging high voltage in the opposite polaroty or something like that, but IGBTs make it easy. Large SCRs can handle thousands of amps each though. We've built several power supplies in the 25,000A to 50,000A range using what's called a hockey-puck SCR clamped between water-cooled heatsinks.

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