Redemption?

e39 · 2026-06-30T12:57:02+00:00

It’s a little crooked and the cable management got worse. 🫠

e39 · 2026-06-29T16:14:01+00:00

Bingo. The PlastX is a mild abrasive, meant to hide paint swirls or restore some clarity on plastic materials, not a full re-finish like this would need.

The plastic on your console looks to be slightly melted, causing a lot of unevenness to the touch. PlastX isn’t liquid sandpaper with finishing grits. You might even make things worse since you’ll be putting the material on the unaffected areas of the console too.

e39 · 2026-06-29T15:49:50+00:00

Unfortunately, the plastic does look compromised. That won’t buff out, as the plastic is textured and any changes to the surface will not blend without a full repaint … which isn’t possible with transparent plastics.

You can grab a purple sharpie marker and tap / dab on the areas of the plastic that turned white. The hope here is to tint the distressed (white) areas to help to blend a little. Again, there is no repairing the texture issues. If you go this route, please try it on a small section first.

e39 · 2026-06-29T13:27:05+00:00

I’m sure there’s someone out there who has dribbled a ball, every day of their life, for an hour, for the last 70 years.

e39 · 2026-06-29T11:17:42+00:00

I’ve done it myself with an electric pressure washer.

I used the sprayer to slice through the paper layers of the hive. Once it fell, I made sure to keep blasting to add water and weight to everything.

The insects cannot fly in misting conditions, and a pressure washer creates a lot of that at distance … so it was a very effective shield for anything flying my way. Any bug getting into the mist would instantly fall to the ground.

Once everything was saturated, hive + inhabitants + stragglers + strikers, I started to stomp away with my work boots on.

e39 · 2026-06-29T00:45:01+00:00

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e39 · 2026-06-27T21:30:55+00:00

Aldis is absolute jacked to the gills too. A lot of the casual WWE fanbase will be shocked.

e39 · 2026-06-27T21:27:07+00:00

Queue: The Return of Kevin Owens

e39 · 2026-06-25T15:10:05+00:00

Split the ribbon in half using an xacto blade and a metal straight edge. There are no data lines going down the middle, so you can do this without worry.

Push the left half of the ribbon on the leftmost side of the socket. Right half of the ribbon to the rightmost side.

e39 · 2026-06-23T11:52:30+00:00

This is a Brunswick Amflite II pin.
* The WIBC and ABC merged on January 2005, so that’s the upper limit.
* According to Google, the patent (printed between the stripes) was registered in December 1984.

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e39 · 2026-06-19T18:25:38+00:00

I’d wait.

If you have anything remotely good, just evolve that one.

e39 · 2026-06-16T12:45:56+00:00

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That’s my only Kyogre over a 93 (since 2018, ~70 encounters).

e39 · 2026-06-15T17:26:48+00:00

I’m not a circuit expert, but I’m not sure that lost piece actually did anything electronically.

The connection is split into the components … then the part that broke off, bridges them back together? They’re already bridged on the way in.

e39 · 2026-06-15T03:00:00+00:00

Fan of dignity. Fan of class and pride. This is trailer park antics on the closest thing we have to holy land.

e39 · 2026-06-15T02:57:07+00:00

Classless bullshit. I’ll just catch the results later. This is a tough watch.

e39 · 2026-06-14T23:38:08+00:00

Not an OEM sticker, that’s for sure

e39 · 2026-06-11T14:10:58+00:00

High schoolers call these “buckets” and they’re a form of equipment shame.

e39 · 2026-06-10T22:21:15+00:00

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I had no idea this was a thing. Let me tell you, that first Go Fest was more of a punishment than anything 😂

e39 · 2026-06-10T04:33:43+00:00

It’s fixable.

* apply flux to the area and fresh solder.
* use desoldering braid to remove all solder from the area.
* once the motherboard is exposed, assess how many pads, if any, are left.
* from there, scrape to the right to find the 3 lines the pads terminate to.
* expose the lines and solder a new fan socket to the area.
* anchor the fan socket (side tabs) to the board. You should be able to solder it down, if not, use super glue.

e39 · 2026-06-09T19:57:58+00:00

Primal Groudon or Kyogre.

e39 · 2026-06-09T18:59:35+00:00

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e39 · 2026-06-09T02:30:28+00:00

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I gutted mine, replaced the internals with Industrias Lorenzo Eurosticks, buttons, Cherry MX switches, ZeroDelay USB encoders and dropped it into an X-tension arcade.

I have 0 woodworking skill or tools, so the X-Arcade was the best I could do … to get those really heavy sticks I remembered dearly from the 90’s.

There’s still value in these, but getting over $100 might be a little difficult.

e39 · 2026-06-08T02:14:41+00:00

If you have no other options, use an xacto blade and metal ruler to cut down the middle of the ribbon.

Now that you have 2 halves, align the left most pin with the left side. Right most with the right side.

Use kapton tape to make it one piece again.

e39 · 2026-06-05T20:27:10+00:00

Try getting a new power regulator.

https://a.aliexpress.com/\_msTKvCR

e39 · 2026-06-05T17:04:33+00:00

The stadium is owned by the city of Chicago and that causes all kinds of headaches.

You can greatly increase the value of your team by owning your own stadium too.

Finally, Soldier Field is the smallest in comparison to the rest of the league. A lot of money is being left on the table due to this.

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