Author Topic: What did you do today? (Read 1423468 times)

xtrafrood · « **Reply #6950 on:** Fri, 15 April 2016, 15:33:46 »

Quote from: Waateva on Fri, 15 April 2016, 15:24:35

Today I had a lady cry hysterically over the phone to me because she is missing a form and thought tax deadline is today, had another client drop off information that showed $10,000 of income but $110,000 of expenses but got upset when I asked about it, another client cuss me and another person here out because their bill went up $30, and then had another client thank me profusely for helping them out and gave me a hug. It's been a weird ass day.

On a more positive note, I'm heading to my wife's aunt and uncle's house where they have a stocked bar and craft beer on tap to have dinner and play Cards Against Humanity with them and the aunt's lesbian hairdresser and her wife.

One of those stories with the best endings

katushkin · « **Reply #6951 on:** Fri, 15 April 2016, 17:38:50 »

Paid almost $900 in car repair bills. And it turns out my tracking is off and I need two new front tyres.

Yaaaaaaaay....

iLLucionist · « **Reply #6952 on:** Fri, 15 April 2016, 17:40:52 »

Quote from: katushkin on Fri, 15 April 2016, 17:38:50

Paid almost $900 in car repair bills. And it turns out my tracking is off and I need two new front tyres.

Yaaaaaaaay....

Can't you just readjust the wheels relative to their axis? Do you really need new tires?

Darkshado · « **Reply #6953 on:** Fri, 15 April 2016, 18:07:53 »

Once the wheels are out of alignment the tread wears out unevenly, drive around in that state long enough and you'll have no choice but to replace the tires.

katushkin · « **Reply #6954 on:** Fri, 15 April 2016, 18:25:30 »

The inside of the front tires are worn down to the braiding almost, I think I have just hit a pot hole at some point which has knocked my tracking out.

Darkshado · « **Reply #6955 on:** Fri, 15 April 2016, 22:27:39 »

I like how you use the singular for pot hole...

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Local news article (in French): http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/gravel_le_matin/2015-2016/chronique.asp?idChronique=400325

Nid-de-poule literally translates as "Hen's nest".

katushkin · « **Reply #6956 on:** Fri, 15 April 2016, 23:32:27 »

Quote from: Darkshado on Fri, 15 April 2016, 22:27:39

I like how you use the singular for pot hole...
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Local news article (in French): http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/gravel_le_matin/2015-2016/chronique.asp?idChronique=400325

Nid-de-poule literally translates as "Hen's nest".

Mmmm. I joked the other day that the additional £5.3m the government has allocated for the potholes in the West Midlands could be all spent on roads I commute to work on... I should get my dashcam set up just to video all the potholes.

iLLucionist · « **Reply #6957 on:** Sat, 16 April 2016, 05:00:48 »

Made asparagus soup!

kiwi99 · « **Reply #6958 on:** Sat, 16 April 2016, 16:37:26 »

sleeved my first usb cables, they turned out ok. connectors are a bit ugly but still usable which is nice

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and a closeup of the techflex, its cool

TechFlex by Kiran Rochon, on Flickr

iLLucionist · « **Reply #6959 on:** Sat, 16 April 2016, 16:40:03 »

Quote from: kiwi99 on Sat, 16 April 2016, 16:37:26

sleeved my first usb cables, they turned out ok. connectors are a bit ugly but still usable which is nice
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and a closeup of the techflex, its cool
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TechFlex by Kiran Rochon, on Flickr

Looks nice yo!

demik · « **Reply #6960 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21 »

got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

tp4tissue · « **Reply #6961 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:16:11 »

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21

got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

Please post Foto ?

demik · « **Reply #6962 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:21:24 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:16:11

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21
got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

Please post Foto ?
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NEIN

Kompanion · « **Reply #6963 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:36:20 »

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21

got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

I expect to see you on r/****my****up soon.

demik · « **Reply #6964 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:39:30 »

Quote from: Kompanion on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:36:20

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21
got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

I expect to see you on r/****my****up soon.

Edit: Stupid gh and their censorship -.-

wow rude komp

RUDE.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #6965 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:48:25 »

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:39:30

Quote from: Kompanion on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:36:20
Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21
got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

I expect to see you on r/****my****up soon.

Edit: Stupid gh and their censorship -.-

wow rude komp

RUDE.

Prove her wrong by posting fotos .. !! hahahahahaha

demik · « **Reply #6966 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:54:39 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:48:25

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:39:30
Quote from: Kompanion on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:36:20
Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21
got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

I expect to see you on r/****my****up soon.

Edit: Stupid gh and their censorship -.-

wow rude komp

RUDE.

Prove her wrong by posting fotos .. !! hahahahahaha

ಠ_ಠ nein

rm-rf · « **Reply #6967 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 16:10:08 »

last night...
leeku 3000.
smd by hand...

leeku 1800...
the revival board.
vintage brown.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #6968 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 17:38:00 »

Quote from: rm-rf on Sun, 17 April 2016, 16:10:08

last night...
leeku 3000.
smd by hand...
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leeku 1800...
the revival board.
vintage brown.
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looks good..

Going commando with no Plate ?

appleonama · « **Reply #6969 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 17:40:17 »

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21

got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

fresh line up or what?

demik · « **Reply #6970 on:** Sun, 17 April 2016, 19:49:25 »

Quote from: appleonama on Sun, 17 April 2016, 17:40:17

Quote from: demik on Sun, 17 April 2016, 15:04:21
got a haircut. feeling like a million and one dollars now

fresh line up or what?

nein, no line up

those days are over

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #6971 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 07:58:59 »

Last night I finished my first smd diode job. All keys register using tweezers to activate. Although I think the default mapping is a little off. Gotta figure that out.

All in all smd soldering isn't that bad.

Waateva · « **Reply #6972 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 08:50:13 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 21 April 2016, 07:58:59

Last night I finished my first smd diode job. All keys register using tweezers to activate. Although I think the default mapping is a little off. Gotta figure that out.

All in all smd soldering isn't that bad.

Does it take longer than switch soldering?

alienman82 · « **Reply #6973 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 08:51:53 »

removed.

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #6974 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 09:28:14 »

Quote from: Waateva on Thu, 21 April 2016, 08:50:13

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 21 April 2016, 07:58:59
Last night I finished my first smd diode job. All keys register using tweezers to activate. Although I think the default mapping is a little off. Gotta figure that out.

All in all smd soldering isn't that bad.

Does it take longer than switch soldering?

Oh yeah, switch soldering is super easy in comparison.

I mean once I got in a groove and had a rhythm it went decently quick but handing the tiny smd parts just takes longer.

Of course I had never done SMD work until this Leeku 3000 PCB before so it was all new to me.

Waateva · « **Reply #6975 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 09:34:43 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 21 April 2016, 09:28:14

Quote from: Waateva on Thu, 21 April 2016, 08:50:13
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 21 April 2016, 07:58:59
Last night I finished my first smd diode job. All keys register using tweezers to activate. Although I think the default mapping is a little off. Gotta figure that out.

All in all smd soldering isn't that bad.

Does it take longer than switch soldering?
Oh yeah, switch soldering is super easy in comparison.

I mean once I got in a groove and had a rhythm it went decently quick but handing the tiny smd parts just takes longer.

Of course I had never done SMD work until this Leeku 3000 PCB before so it was all new to me.

Ah okay. I've never done any soldering before (although I would like to start after I move) and wanted to gauge how hard it would be for me to solder some LEDs onto a board of mine but it sounds like I would be best served just having someone else do it.

demik · « **Reply #6976 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 12:52:11 »

nothing. and man was it awesome.

i did go to the most ridiculous house to look at a job tho. holy **** that made me feel poor as ****.

byker · « **Reply #6977 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 17:59:03 »

Quote from: demik on Thu, 21 April 2016, 12:52:11

nothing. and man was it awesome.

i did go to the most ridiculous house to look at a job tho. holy **** that made me feel poor as ****.

They probably don't have a hhkb though. Who is poor now?

demik · « **Reply #6978 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 18:02:29 »

Quote from: byker on Thu, 21 April 2016, 17:59:03

Quote from: demik on Thu, 21 April 2016, 12:52:11
nothing. and man was it awesome.

i did go to the most ridiculous house to look at a job tho. holy **** that made me feel poor as ****.

They probably don't have a hhkb though. Who is poor now?

Checkmate, rich people.

gain · « **Reply #6979 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 18:22:59 »

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 08 April 2016, 21:21:46

Quote from: gain on Fri, 08 April 2016, 21:09:02
Recurring all week so far, study mandarin chinese and play stardew valley

oh there's the whole work thing too I guess :V

also hbd smarmar post pics of pho & stouts pls

why are you studying mandarin ?

I guess the short answer is "it's fun", as for the longer answer...

Rowdy's kind of right, we got a tonne of Mandarin speaking Chinese here in Melbourne, but for the most part I enjoy the language. Writing it is somewhat therapeutic for me as well

I like other languages, and I want to learn as much as I possibly can so I can maybe help bridge the gap between certain communities and whatnot.

Melvang · « **Reply #6980 on:** Thu, 21 April 2016, 21:58:08 »

Found my wallet

Darkshado · « **Reply #6981 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 01:26:15 »

Took my car to get its summer tires put back on. Drove by a thrift shop and decided to check if they had any keyboards.

Thought I had found an AT102W for a fraction of a second... Not really.

Still an interesting board; one of the better rubber dome keyboards money can buy judging by posters here, the keys have a rather pleasant tactility.

Gave it a thorough cleanup; works~~, except for the Caps Lock LED.~~ Update: It works fine on another computer for some reason...

Got around to making a few of those pixel art thingies for my signature.

sek1ne · « **Reply #6982 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 01:42:02 »

Quote from: Darkshado on Fri, 22 April 2016, 01:26:15

Took my car to get its summer tires put back on. Drove by a thrift shop and decided to check if they had any keyboards.

Thought I had found an AT102W for a fraction of a second... Not really.

(Attachment Link)

Still an interesting board; one of the better rubber dome keyboards money can buy judging by posters here, the keys have a rather pleasant tactility.

Gave it a thorough cleanup; works, except for the Caps Lock LED.

Got around to making a few of those pixel art thingies for my signature.

Nice find, it looks great. Too bad about the LED though. I've been wondering about those pixel art things. Do you just make them yourself?

zennasyndroxx · « **Reply #6983 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 06:04:37 »

drew some sketches for a 60% keyboard. hypeeeee

Darkshado · « **Reply #6984 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 11:04:00 »

Pixel art: there's a whole thread about them.

OP has a fairly complete spreadsheet at the bottom.

I used some of those already there as a starting point:
WASD V2 TKL: modded to ISO and changed the colors of another to match my set.
Dell QuietKey: started off from eyesnine's AT101, modded to ISO, added the QuietKey text, tweaked the case a little.
ThinkPad Compact: began using sealcouch's M13, required the most work I'd say.
Microsoft Sculpt Ergo: found a render from MS, modded to ISO, made the background properly transparent, shrunk it.

xtrafrood · « **Reply #6985 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 11:30:08 »

Dishes are now clean for all my mad scientist experiments!

Melvang · « **Reply #6986 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 12:17:40 »

Ordered some new glasses as mine broke Monday.

Also had to get an eye exam and ordered another pair of Rx safety glasses, both pairs in transitions lenses.

alienman82 · « **Reply #6987 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 12:40:55 »

removed.

Melvang · « **Reply #6988 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 13:55:16 »

Quote from: alienman82 on Fri, 22 April 2016, 12:40:55

Quote from: Melvang on Fri, 22 April 2016, 12:17:40
Ordered some new glasses as mine broke Monday.

(Attachment Link)

Also had to get an eye exam and ordered another pair of Rx safety glasses, both pairs in transitions lenses.

mine have been broken for three months now, but it sorta forced to me use my contacts

I can't wear contacts at work. To much of a safety hazard. Where mine broke was the frame around the lens right above the screw.

absyrd · « **Reply #6989 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 14:38:45 »

Fought some people for some limited edition t-shirts for my hypemaster. Tired. Worth it, though.

-musubi · « **Reply #6990 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 15:21:03 »

Ate some delicious Ezell's fried chicken today. Mmmmmm

jerue · « **Reply #6991 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 19:18:47 »

Today was actually pretty good...worst thing that happened was me being rained on trying to walk to a friend's presentation at our student union's ballroom

), didn't make it very far since his presentation schedule changed and met him on the way there

work was quiet, made a few campaign emails to get me off phone support
chick-fil-a for lunch! and I got a free 5-layer burrito from taco bell
manager left for the day and we came close to having a couple of P1 critical system outages (that I would have been required to deal with), but that didn't happen
got my first reaper 1 in the mail!
finally found a VESA mount for $7 so I can use one of my monitors portrait style
found some buffalo chicken flatbreads on sale for $1.99 at walmart so I stocked up
and now that I'm home, I'll probably play some Civ V or something with friends

Waateva · « **Reply #6992 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 20:15:15 »

Quote from: jerue on Fri, 22 April 2016, 19:18:47

Today was actually pretty good...worst thing that happened was me being rained on trying to walk to a friend's presentation at our student union's ballroom ), didn't make it very far since his presentation schedule changed and met him on the way there

work was quiet, made a few campaign emails to get me off phone support
chick-fil-a for lunch! and I got a free 5-layer burrito from taco bell
manager left for the day and we came close to having a couple of P1 critical system outages (that I would have been required to deal with), but that didn't happen
got my first reaper 1 in the mail!
finally found a VESA mount for $7 so I can use one of my monitors portrait style
found some buffalo chicken flatbreads on sale for $1.99 at walmart so I stocked up
and now that I'm home, I'll probably play some Civ V or something with friends

Civ V you say?

jerue · « **Reply #6993 on:** Fri, 22 April 2016, 22:19:54 »

Quote from: Waateva on Fri, 22 April 2016, 20:15:15

Quote from: jerue on Fri, 22 April 2016, 19:18:47
Today was actually pretty good...worst thing that happened was me being rained on trying to walk to a friend's presentation at our student union's ballroom ), didn't make it very far since his presentation schedule changed and met him on the way there

work was quiet, made a few campaign emails to get me off phone support
chick-fil-a for lunch! and I got a free 5-layer burrito from taco bell
manager left for the day and we came close to having a couple of P1 critical system outages (that I would have been required to deal with), but that didn't happen
got my first reaper 1 in the mail!
finally found a VESA mount for $7 so I can use one of my monitors portrait style
found some buffalo chicken flatbreads on sale for $1.99 at walmart so I stocked up
and now that I'm home, I'll probably play some Civ V or something with friends

Civ V you say?

Probably too late for me tonight, but yes! I know there's a thread for linking up with other geekhackers, may give that a go soon. I'm not very good though

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #6994 on:** Sat, 23 April 2016, 01:19:44 »

Got this far, putting it in it's case tomorrow.

iLLucionist · « **Reply #6995 on:** Sat, 23 April 2016, 12:17:09 »

Analyzed dataset, finished (almost) a peer review, and enjoyed some good ol' doom 2 and quake 1.

tp4tissue · « **Reply #6996 on:** Sat, 23 April 2016, 12:23:54 »

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Sat, 23 April 2016, 01:19:44

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Got this far, putting it in it's case tomorrow.

Looks super good.. Great color scheme and tone balance..

When will you be sawing it in half.. ?

funderburker · « **Reply #6997 on:** Sat, 23 April 2016, 13:19:27 »

Remapped my MA42 to be more like the HHKB layout (Caps as Ctrl, switched Alt with Super key)
Cleaned my keyboards

Wanted to do more but have to move those activities to tomorrow.

slip84 · « **Reply #6998 on:** Sat, 23 April 2016, 16:10:30 »

Not today, but I did set up a Pi-hole this week (https://pi-hole.net/) for tinkering with/enjoying. I loathe the state of advertising online.

funderburker · « **Reply #6999 on:** Sat, 23 April 2016, 16:22:20 »

Quote from: slip84 on Sat, 23 April 2016, 16:10:30

Not today, but I did set up a Pi-hole this week (https://pi-hole.net/) for tinkering with/enjoying. I loathe the state of advertising online.

Thank you for introducing Pi-hole to me. I will definitely set this up once I figure out where the heck I've left my Pi.

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