Topic: What are you doing right now?

[8ullfrog]

Yup, have the hard drive from the old imac in an external enclosure, but 10 doesn't like the file system.
Mostly pulled the drive to protect the information rather than access, but being able to get at it would be nice.
Checked my Nintendo and Super Nintendo today, NES works  perfectly, SNES won't turn on.
I went to check the AC adapter with my multimeter, and my multimeter was dead. (Last time I used it was 2015)
The urge to pull machines apart has mostly faded, I just want stuff to turn on when I hit the power button now.

Got the multimeter working again, The AC adapter is putting out power.
I don't even know where my gamebit drivers are.

[smokester]

I'm basking in the glory of being a qualified gas engineer!

What this really does for me is give me a well paying option for as long as I live. Or, as long as I keep my eyesight.

[8ullfrog]

I got into an argument with my nintendo guy.
I told him my SNES is fussy and doesn't like third party AC adapters, he said it's something else and to bring it in for service.
I... don't want to. I just want to buy a first party AC adapter, but apparently that's become one of the items the speculators hoard. Used to show up at garage sales in wire nests, now $25 and you have to buy it online.
I don't think they were $25 when they were new!

[6pairsofshoes]

I'm basking in the glory of being a qualified gas engineer!

What this really does for me is give me a well paying option for as long as I live. Or, as long as I keep my eyesight.

I must say I'm not surprised.  Well done and congratulations!

I'm canning tomatoes.  Our garden is burgeoning.
Sorry about the adapters, 8ully.  The planned obsolescence of electronics is one of my pet peeves.

[8ullfrog]

Does your new certification mean that you are well versed in propane, and propane accessories?

[smokester]

I must say I'm not surprised.  Well done and congratulations!

Thanks six. The last day was quite difficult to be honest and I think I finished about 4th out of 11 in the end. It wasn't a race of course, but you couldn't help thinking that those who moved smoothly through the process, were the most knowledgeable.

Does your new certification mean that you are well versed in propane, and propane accessories?

You don't really study LPG much other than what regulations cover it. The fitting of the system is pretty similar, but accessories are generally not covered as the "Manufacturer's Instructions" trump any procedure.

[dweez]

Congrats smokester.

[smokester]

Congrats smokester.

Thanks bro. Coincidentally, TNG had 4 exams for is degree last week that were rescheduled due to his catching COVID when they were meant to be sat. They were pretty heavy sounding and he thinks he did quite well in them and it did make me feel that if I failed in mine I'd never hear the end of it - especially from him. This kinda helped.

[dweez]

Thanks bro. Coincidentally, TNG had 4 exams for is degree last week that were rescheduled due to his catching COVID when they were meant to be sat. They were pretty heavy sounding and he thinks he did quite well in them and it did make me feel that if I failed in mine I'd never hear the end of it - especially from him. This kinda helped.

Haha, that's some great motivation right there!

[smokester]

I'm missing the classroom. There's something to be said for sitting on one's backside listening to someone waffle on.

Hey ho. Back to cuts, bruises and many, many aches ...

[8ullfrog]

Super nintendo is dead.
I had turned mom's old samsung fascinate (galaxy s) into a media player for her to walk with and not worry about breaking or losing. Google killed it today.

First the dialer process crashed, then everything else, and now it's in a dang boot loop.

Next day, I made it worse. Now it's the green android guy standing in front of a software box. I THINK I somehow triggered targeted mode and somehow wiped the OS, but I've got no idea what to do next. If it's as simple as slapping android 2.35 on the microsd and loading it that way, things would be great.

[6pairsofshoes]

Trying to stay awake.  If there were an Olympics for insomnia, I'd be a gold medalist.

[8ullfrog]

Prepped the cooler for the power outage that will likely happen when SDGE goes into "Flex" mode at 4.
I am looking at computers to replace my dell with, and some madman shoved a ryzen 5 system into an xbox 360.
I wasn't considering ITX before, but I am now.

[smokester]

I haven't stopped working for nearly 2 weeks as, on top of the contracts I'm currently on, I had family jobs to attend throughout the weekend. I never mind helping family but it does catch up to you when you're my age.

Anyhow, I've cracked an ice cold one from the fridge and, for the moment, the world seems ok again.

[smokester]

Wrapping up warm.

Ran the numbers on the current price of gas and it would be cheaper to drink copious amounts of alcohol until I'm unconscious, when at which point I wouldn't notice the cold.

I like that plan.