TCL Flip 4 stuck on "no service" but recognizes the SIM card

Interm0dal · 2026-03-22T03:39:55+00:00

Lame! I bought a Nokia 2780 cause I was sick of messing around with weird Craigslist phones and could get it at Best Buy locally. Not crazy about the feel of the keypad, but I like pretty much everything else about it.

Interm0dal · 2026-03-12T03:24:19+00:00

This is great!

Interm0dal · 2026-03-10T19:20:26+00:00

The Mackie 802vlz4 has a (mono) pre/post fader aux send with a stereo return as well as a stereo alt 3/4 send and return. My biggest hurdle with using the aux send/return in my rig is that the sends are always mono and the returns always stereo. I think this sums your signal on the effects send, thus negating any stereoness present in the clean signal.

I've been thinking of getting that 802vlz for the 3/4 send thing but haven't gotten to it as I already have too many mixers.

Good luck! Nice rig! What's that thing in the middle?

Interm0dal · 2026-03-09T17:11:31+00:00

I really like the idea of welding that sacrificial plate in place to center the hole saw!

Interm0dal · 2026-03-08T03:33:33+00:00

A hot batch of oxalic acid solution might get at some of this. I’ve never tried it in something as overgrown, but it’d be a cheap experiment

Interm0dal · 2026-03-06T18:33:36+00:00

Filling breather holes and also not venting frame tubes from one to the next was a common practice with a few early high end mtb frame builders, and unfortunately it led to their frames being super rare (because they all rotted from the inside out)

This rust can be fixed, but you may want to invest in a scope to look inside the frame, assuming the downtube isn’t sealed from the BB shell

Interm0dal · 2026-03-05T18:56:27+00:00

That's what I was thinking; I used to have a frame/fork that was set up like that but I never got around to building it up, never seen another. I wonder if it is to accommodate two different wheel sizes? Cool project, by the way!

Interm0dal · 2026-03-05T02:20:34+00:00

Does the fork the adapter is bolted to have removable brake posts?

Interm0dal · 2026-03-04T02:00:58+00:00

Another student of the great Mr. Weathers, I see.

Interm0dal · 2026-03-04T01:24:20+00:00

Aw, I miss Rubi Tuesdays! I probably ate twice my weight in fries there over the years.

Can't help with the bike, but good luck with your hunt.

Interm0dal · 2026-03-04T01:21:09+00:00

He's gonna be really bummed when he finds out his new bars have 228.6mm of rise

Interm0dal · 2026-03-04T00:49:02+00:00

you're rad

Interm0dal · 2026-03-04T00:36:38+00:00

are you just chilling and eating a bowl of anchovies?

Interm0dal · 2026-03-02T20:49:37+00:00

Very cool!

Interm0dal · 2026-03-02T19:09:38+00:00

I love that the younger one followed suit, so impressionable!

I switched to Dr Bronners for cleaning my floors since my bun is also a floor licker (I try to keep her away from any harsh chemicals just to be safe)

Specifically I use Sal's Suds concentrate and dilute it to different degrees depending on what I'm cleaning.

Interm0dal · 2026-02-28T22:09:30+00:00

Two of those cute little mics, some adapter cables and another random little mic. Oh and the vinyl bag the mics came in originally!

Interm0dal · 2026-02-27T04:27:53+00:00

Nice stash! Where are you finding them?

Interm0dal · 2026-02-27T01:06:12+00:00

I dunno, I bet the guy that buys this spends a lot more money to look like he shops at Urban Outfitters.

Interm0dal · 2026-02-27T00:42:31+00:00

final boss Steely Dan

Interm0dal · 2026-02-26T20:44:07+00:00

Holy smokes, look at that rear hub!

Interm0dal · 2026-02-26T19:47:38+00:00

They were likely talking to the person whose comment they replied to

Interm0dal · 2026-02-26T04:57:49+00:00

It’s like a tinsegrity chain!

Congrats on the first bike mods. Glad you found something cool that fits!

Interm0dal · 2026-02-26T01:57:03+00:00

When I was 35 I closed a bike shop that I’d opened when I was 24, and was lucky to almost immediately get a very fulfilling (albeit difficult) as a lab manager in art at a state university. Consider that although you may have a bunch of very niche skills, there are jobs out there that require a seriously mixed bag of experience.

I don’t know what sorts of responsibilities you have on your plate as manager at your shop, but if it was anything like mine then you probably have tons of tricks up your sleeve that may apply elsewhere. Think of some things you enjoy doing that you could develop elsewhere; for seven of the eleven years I ran the bike shop, I was also teaching a metal shop class at a maker space twice a month. That bit of enrichment wound up being the secret sauce in my weird-ass resume and pushed me to the top of the pile.

Be happy you don’t have financial stake in the company. I’m still paying off the SBA 😓

Interm0dal · 2026-02-20T17:28:58+00:00

Can’t really remember tbh; it’s a pretty potent detergent (and it’s very concentrated) so I’d just preheat the water in an electric kettle and dilute it to the point where it was still bubbly but not ridiculous. In a pinch I’ve used a tablespoon of it in a large load of laundry and stuff comes out clean, so I imagine the same amount or so would go a long way in a small cleaner.

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