I read erection not recreation.
It may be nerdy but it is a very good skill to master.
If I go to a soldering workshop on a Saturday morning for recreation? If you answer yes, keep in mind that you spend your time posting on Geekhack :P
heck no, if i knew there'd be like a hands on electronics class in HS i'd take that instead of stupid woodshop.
It isn't, you may even want to invest in a cheap solder station. = ).
I have a super cheap radio shack soldering iron that gets hot exponentially. Right when you start to think that it's not working, it burns your hand off :|
Anyone ever try one of those cold soldering irons that are "As Show on TV" brand? LOL
Nah, proper soldering is a very useful skill, you can build or repair lots of stuff. Hey I used my iron just 2 days ago (click the mod wiki on my sig for photos, it's a little Weller station). So who's offering this workshop / what's the cost to attend?
My school's EE department is hosting it, and it's [drum roll] $0 to participate :P
I'm part of the EE department. Use resistors in silly ways and waste them and hardly care, cos we have so many. I've made like a heart shape ring of resistors and tons of other stuff. Labs got really boring, so I had to entertain myself ; p.
Just go and learn, It can't hurt. Also, after you find out you love soldering, you can get yourself a DOX and a Phantom and build your own keyboards.
That's my ultimate goal. I dont really understand how to interface computers to hardware yet, but when i do i want to build a keyboard.
Look out for me when I make Hazeluff brand keyboards.
Hazeluff brand keyboards, if you can make something like this with actual mechanical switches I'll be sending you my money:
On another note, I'm also in my university's ECE department. They have never once taught us how to solder. Though I'm thinking this is partly because I'm in Computer Engineering as opposed to normal Electrical. Of course now for some reason they assume we all know how to solder anyways >_<.
I'm suddenly reminded of nyancat flying across several keys leaving nothing but wavy rainbows in its wake.
If I go to a soldering workshop on a Saturday morning for recreation? If you answer yes, keep in mind that you spend your time posting on Geekhack :P
Hazeluff brand keyboards, if you can make something like this with actual mechanical switches I'll be sending you my money:Show Image(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6236540124_dbac9bdd28.jpg)
On another note, I'm also in my university's ECE department. They have never once taught us how to solder. Though I'm thinking this is partly because I'm in Computer Engineering as opposed to normal Electrical. Of course now for some reason they assume we all know how to solder anyways >_<.
Oh, to make things worse. This cute girl, I spoke to out of the blue one day, was boarding the bus while I was leaving it. I was already ten minutes late for the soldering workshop, I hadn't even taken a shower, and I literally stood at the bus stop for 40 seconds trying to decide if I should go to this stupid soldering thing or jump back on the bus to talk to, possibly, my future wife... I went to the soldering workshop instead :|
Oh, to make things worse. This cute girl, I spoke to out of the blue one day, was boarding the bus while I was leaving it. I was already ten minutes late for the soldering workshop, I hadn't even taken a shower, and I literally stood at the bus stop for 40 seconds trying to decide if I should go to this stupid soldering thing or jump back on the bus to talk to, possibly, my future wife... I went to the soldering workshop instead :|
Did you learn the soldering iron tat removal trick?
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Sounds like an episode of How I Met Your Mother.
Don't worry, you meet up again in the finale :smile:
For the question "Is it nerdy...?" I use to ask myself those questions, but then I realized once I stopped caring so much what other people thought, that much like Barney, I'm awesome.
It's better to follow your strengths, then to try to be someone you're not.
Sounds like an episode of How I Met Your Mother.
Don't worry, you meet up again in the finale :smile:
For the question "Is it nerdy...?" I use to ask myself those questions, but then I realized once I stopped caring so much what other people thought, that much like Barney, I'm awesome.
It's better to follow your strengths, then to try to be someone you're not.
(do you really need three caps locks? :P )
I only have 9 capslocks within eyesight... Yes, I counted while sitting here...
9 caps locks! come on you don't need that many! ;p It's only ever used by accident, you know they'll never wear shiney they get pressed once a month.
If I go to a soldering workshop on a Saturday morning for recreation? If you answer yes, keep in mind that you spend your time posting on Geekhack :P
If I go to a soldering workshop on a Saturday morning for recreation? If you answer yes, keep in mind that you spend your time posting on Geekhack :P
guess you don't get laid on Friday nights. Otherwise you'd be making breakfast instead of going to soldering workshop.
Quote from: fossala;500421I read erection not recreation.
It may be nerdy but it is a very good skill to master.
mastering soldering, or-----?
If I go to a soldering workshop on a Saturday morning for recreation? If you answer yes, keep in mind that you spend your time posting on Geekhack :P
guess you don't get laid on Friday nights. Otherwise you'd be making breakfast instead of going to soldering workshop.
There is way more to life than just getting laid.