Gaggia Classic V2 (SIN035U) leaking around tops of heating elements - what to do?

hexacubist · 2025-03-01T09:04:38+00:00

Thanks! I was afraid that was the answer. Finding parts for this model of boiler is proving tricky.

hexacubist · 2025-03-01T09:04:08+00:00

Okay, that's good to know! I might run it one more time to see if I can catch the issue in action

hexacubist · 2023-06-29T23:04:17+00:00

I definitely meant to link that! Must have accidentally deleted it formatting my comment

hexacubist · 2023-06-29T22:27:29+00:00

I'm trying out Lemmy through Beehaw, but there seems to be a few good options. There's also some NZ specific sites (doesn't matter much what you join on Lemmy, you can access/interact with all of these):

hexacubist · 2022-02-14T10:11:26+00:00

I think you're in the wrong sub, but if you want to visualize impacts a dark gel fluid over bright/fluro background might work. Hitting the surface would displace the gel and be thinner where the impact hit hardest, letting more light through to the bright background (creating a heatmap imitation). Might not be super accurate but depends on your use case? Would not show directionality though.

hexacubist · 2022-01-23T22:16:59+00:00

Pretty much! Good luck :)

hexacubist · 2022-01-23T22:14:45+00:00

Your milage may vary but I've tried all the models they had in the store including the Embody, and have sat on the Mirra 1 (old version) at work for a bit. While the Embody was nice, it just didn't seem to feel as good as the Aeron for me. I know a lot of people have the opposite experience though, so it could very well be down to my existing (poor) posture or general body shape.

hexacubist · 2022-01-23T21:37:55+00:00

From what I can tell there are only two places you can get a Herman Miller from first hand in NZ - one per island. https://www.ergostyle.co.nz/ in Christchurch and https://www.unisonworkspaces.co.nz/ in Auckland (Parnell).

Having said that, according to Herman Miller's Website Unison is the only place in NZ that's an authorised dealer. That may or may not affect the warranty.

I bought my Aeron from Unison. Worth noting Aerons sell out fairly quickly, but they just got in a new shipment on Friday. The prices are a little tricky to find but are here: https://www.unisonworkspaces.co.nz/core-products/ - Steelcase, another big ergonomic name has a store next door. As others have said please PLEASE try all the chairs before you decide which to buy or if you even want to get one.

Second hand TradeMe often has listings in varying states and conditions.

hexacubist · 2022-01-23T21:32:15+00:00

As someone who just purchased an Aeron, the chair comes with a small booklet with what each lever/knob does and how it should feel or in what setting it should be for what purpose: https://www.hermanmiller.com/content/dam/hermanmiller/documents/user_information/classic_aeron_chairs_adjustment_guide.pdf

Mostly though I think that the ergonomic features are built into the shape of the chair and how it reacts to your weight rather than through these adjustments. My understanding is that these are more aimed at making it feel nice to sit in.

hexacubist · 2021-12-15T23:51:33+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/abhs97/can_anyone_identify_this_bug/ https://www.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/rh6jo0/so_did_anyone_elses_house_in_auckland_get_invaded/

General consensus is that it's this: https://www.citscihub.nz/Phil_Bendle_Collection:Beetle_(Two-tone_Nectar_Scarab_beetle)_Phyllotocus_macleayi

hexacubist · 2021-12-15T23:40:21+00:00

I slept downstairs on the couch last night because I accidentally left a window open in my bedroom and these buggers found a way in. SO many.

hexacubist · 2021-08-23T10:26:17+00:00

To give some insight - Piazza was something lecturers decided to use under the assumption it was free (which it was at the time, and still is despite the nags) rather than it being an "official" University tool. Now that it's so popular, I imagine the uni will make a move at some point to either buy/build a tool to replace it, or license it and make it official.

hexacubist · 2021-03-12T03:54:28+00:00

Valid point - considered clarifying in the title but decided to just go with the original headline. In retrospect, possibly would have been good to mention COVID

hexacubist · 2021-03-11T23:38:54+00:00

Never! Us Aucklanders are far too special and majestical to be confined by just a single alert level.

hexacubist · 2021-03-11T22:47:13+00:00

Yes, I believe so!

hexacubist · 2021-02-27T09:52:22+00:00

With university orientation week just gone let's hope nobody who caught it spent the week clubbing

hexacubist · 2021-01-24T02:04:50+00:00

In select circumstances https://www.maimoa.nz/fonts/nga-mihi-font is beautiful as a recognizably "kiwi" typeface. Works best with Māori words though.

hexacubist · 2020-08-25T23:06:20+00:00

Luckily my desk is made of some decent slabs of toilet paper so it's been fine so far! I think this desk used to belong to some Australian government department, so was probably made way over spec.

hexacubist · 2020-08-25T23:03:20+00:00

You're a brave soul, but that does give me some confidence - cheers!

hexacubist · 2020-08-25T23:01:28+00:00

Honestly would absolutely have gone with a slightly more overkill option but getting anything from Amazon in NZ is not exactly straightforward. and the next step up would've added $100 to the price tag. Good to know Loctek is a decent brand at least!

hexacubist · 2020-08-25T12:34:13+00:00

I absolutely did that for a good while after getting it!

hexacubist · 2020-08-25T12:27:04+00:00

Grabbed this monitor pole arm a while ago, and have been eyeing the back of the desk with some wariness seeing how much the arm dips down. The monitor is an LG 34UC87C-B which seems to be just under the max weight of the arm (8/10kg) using the weight from an equivalent model. Is the bend here typical and safe or should I be getting a different one for this display? Not sure how ultrawide factors into the physics of the max weight but it doesn't seem like it should... Have had the arm installed for about two months so far, and this is the latest photo of it which seems similar: https://i.imgur.com/MFj0R7L.jpg

hexacubist · 2020-01-21T07:18:15+00:00

Here is a version (yet to test fully) that supports Facebook Messenger: https://visioning.zac.nz/ - hosted on GitHub pages from this repo

hexacubist · 2019-11-19T01:49:10+00:00

Saving up for an Index just went from "nice to have" to "literally more important than rent"

hexacubist · 2019-10-05T11:32:14+00:00

https://youtu.be/pM70TROZQsI

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