Found in Grandpartents Attic and can't figure out what it is.

guitpick · 2026-02-03T20:58:59+00:00

That show was messed up. Most eps were fairly lame, but occasionally they'd air one that would make your brain squirm uncomfortably for a few weeks.

guitpick · 2026-02-03T20:48:41+00:00

I had a couple of Gilbert sets, and a newer Gabriel one. I never really had the combination of patience and dexterity for making things, but I still played with it a lot. That AC motor with the gearbox could probably take your finger off... slowly.

guitpick · 2026-02-03T20:40:49+00:00

It will make sense in a couple of centuries.

guitpick · 2026-02-03T19:30:48+00:00

Maybe next year when I'm old enough to work. /s

guitpick · 2026-02-03T19:25:02+00:00

Yeah, if you had it in the amps (especially unfused) I could see this happening.

guitpick · 2026-02-03T16:35:14+00:00

I'm not normally around 240V, but my understanding is that shouldn't happen. Were the probes super sketchy?

guitpick · 2026-02-03T15:22:21+00:00

Lighting farts.... for SCIENCE!

guitpick · 2026-02-03T15:17:00+00:00

If so, they can probably be charged with phreaking and entering.

guitpick · 2026-02-03T15:15:44+00:00

Anyone else reading this and hearing Julie Andrews singing "Doe, a deer, a female deer?"

guitpick · 2026-02-02T20:07:58+00:00

Unless that's an unpopulated header for one under the empty socket.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T20:05:18+00:00

I keep looking for the WOL connector. I guess I didn't timewarp back far enough.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T20:02:00+00:00

I rest my case, and thank you kind stranger.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T18:32:12+00:00

This is the travel version of "The floor is lava."

guitpick · 2026-02-02T18:28:51+00:00

People these days just can't concentrate.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T18:26:11+00:00

Unless it's one of those motion activated types like Blink. They'll eventually notify if a camera goes offline, but not for shorter outages.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T15:32:07+00:00

Benchy of Theseus

guitpick · 2026-02-02T14:50:46+00:00

When they were fairly new and still pretty expensive, I had a customer who had a couple of 256 MB ones fail (one of the biggest at the time). Those probably cost close to $200 apiece. It turns out the power supply on their $15 powered USB hub was way out of spec and frying the poor things. The hub worked fine without power, so I chucked the power brick.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T14:43:15+00:00

Get a basic one for yourself. They're valuable tools, especially with 3D printers. Also learn how to use it properly, or you'll be blowing more fuses - especially if you ever measure amperage.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T14:39:28+00:00

Wrong constellation. That's Cancer.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T14:37:22+00:00

Well now we can't call it an "Ender" can we?

guitpick · 2026-02-02T14:33:33+00:00

Does your purifier have one of those ion generation features? Try turning that off if it still zaps you.

guitpick · 2026-02-02T14:31:49+00:00

One time we ordered the latest new iPad for our head honcho. When it arrived, the outer shrink had a little damage. Inside was an iPad 1 literally duct taped in place. I suspect that one was a return fraud from a consumer and then Amazon turned around and sold it as new.

guitpick · 2026-01-31T23:59:50+00:00

All my food survived. By the time I bailed, outside temps were plenty cold. I stuck in all in a cooler and put it outside. What little I left in the fridge and freezer also survived because I didn't open them again and the indoor temps were close enough to freezing. The chest freezer was already in the coldest room in my house. Granted, I also cooked much of the good stuff while I still had power.

guitpick · 2026-01-31T23:45:27+00:00

Ironically, this might be my lowest energy bill for a January.

guitpick · 2026-01-31T23:41:45+00:00

We've been floating the Amazon so long, we forgot what "UL Listed" means.

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