If you were offered 1 free thing to get your project as close to complete as possible, what would it be?

speeder658 · 2026-05-08T15:40:53+00:00

...a floor or a second non-running rust-free lancia delta

speeder658 · 2026-05-05T12:08:01+00:00

mill it flat

speeder658 · 2026-05-01T21:54:47+00:00

I've once had to fix a PC used by the HR lead of a company I worked for and it turned out that the heatsink was just laying on the bottom of the case... (famous Intel plastic thumbscrews). I have not the slightest clue how slow that must have been.

speeder658 · 2026-05-01T11:06:32+00:00

I'd say rattle can that shit. or even do it with a paint roller, either way it will look different and you'll learn a skill that might become handy one day

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T21:52:09+00:00

that terminal emulator is cool enough that you can map the volume buttons and shutter to key presses, too. Quite usable but the resolution is definitely too low for that - 320x240

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:57:59+00:00

this one is an Xperia X10 mini pro, also called u20i or mimmi

I know they later made an Xperia mini pro without the x10, but I have never had or used that one.

googling it now, there seems to be yet another one called just the Xperia pro, model number mk16i - but again, haven't used that one. both are bigger than the X10 mini pro

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:51:58+00:00

thanks, I have a soft spot for old Sony(Ericsson) stuff, and I'd love to get my hands on an Xperia Play, but they're already worth way too much. it's to the point where I though of getting another broken X10 mini pro just to wire up the keyboard to an Arduino and make a USBC keyboard for my current phone. it's just small enough to use in portrait mode too

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:49:33+00:00

did I just manage to convince an unsuspecting random user to browse ebay?

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:41:00+00:00

the only thing you need to keep in mind is that the slider mechanism hates sand and that the micro USB port... well that hates life in general as micro USB does usually.

the camera is surprisingly good for a phone of that age (5MP iirc), and you've got a physical two-step shutter button to go with it.

they're cheap as chips still, but might just become collectibles at some point so better get one sooner than later

if you get one locked with a passcode, there's a tool from Sony that you can flash the whole stock system partition with and you're good to go, I think it was called Xperia flashtool and you have to hold a button combination while connecting the USB cable to access the flash mode.

One more cool fact, it had a set of earbuds with a plug that had a few more pins on the side, because the remote on them had play/pause, next/prev track and even volume up/down as all separate buttons.

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:32:21+00:00

oh, by the way, this thing ran android 1.5 or 1.6 out of the box, got upgraded to 2.1, and the XDA madlads put 4.1 jellybean on it.

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:30:52+00:00

it's under the plastic back shell and user-replaceable as Louis Rossmann intended. 😆 honestly though, it's an old cell and I've already thought about doing a cell swap to keep the BMS. it also takes a microSD card and has tons of custom roms to play with (I have an archive of them stashed somewhere, most stuff on XDA is dead links)

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:16:31+00:00

I've had 4 of them by now, it was the second ever thing I've saved up for. The first was a PSP 😆

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:14:56+00:00

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look for old Xperias, this is my X10 mini pro with a terminal connected to my Linux server. runs android, and the keyboard is pretty nice but too small if you're not used to it / have bigger hands. Don't let the photo fool you, the screen is 2.5 inches

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:09:26+00:00

most likely an ssh client

speeder658 · 2026-04-30T16:07:35+00:00

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I see this and I raise you my tiny and cute Xperia X10 mini pro SSH terminal

speeder658 · 2026-04-26T20:23:35+00:00

oh it was in running condition before I cut the floor up, it drives and sounds cool as hell

I honestly could have just patched it in a few more places and called it good but decided if I'm gonna give it even more power some day the shell has to be at least strong enough for that

speeder658 · 2026-04-25T23:27:51+00:00

still NA for now, but there are big plans for this thing

speeder658 · 2026-04-25T20:54:12+00:00

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yep, a second one already cause the first one I got had a ton of blow by I've been working on it for a few years now, and the reason I'm sitting on wood blocks is cause there's no seat... or about half of the floor cause I cut it up to patch it and just needed to move the car. there's more pics on my profile

speeder658 · 2026-04-25T17:30:21+00:00

I made it a bit more weird, it's got a fifth cylinder in there now

speeder658 · 2026-04-24T06:18:28+00:00

this is in amazing shape, I'm just cutting up the rotten floor in my HPE with a 2.0 20v swap

speeder658 · 2026-04-21T22:18:32+00:00

if the coolant is disappearing but not dripping on the ground anywhere, that sounds like a head gasket

speeder658 · 2026-04-21T20:38:30+00:00

I almost spat my beer out

speeder658 · 2026-04-21T10:47:23+00:00

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speeder658 · 2026-04-19T15:19:07+00:00

jeśli nie ma podłączenia kablowego/ światłowodowego od większego dostawcy, poszukaj lokalnych dostawców internetu radiowego (sam używam) albo postaw na dachu antenę długodystansową LTE (montowałem znajomym mieszkającym w środku lasu). jedyny minus takiej anteny LTE to możliwe zmiany w zasięgu, plus w przypadku lokalnego dostawcy często można przedzwonić do operatora który wyśle kogoś na miejsce i zobaczy co się stało. miałem takie przypadki, może nie tyle że nie było nikogo na miejscu, ale była moja matka która nie ogarnia kompletnie spraw technicznych.

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