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so i have a huge number of kits of various revisions (tiny changes in packaging basically) available for sale. the website isn't up because matt3o found some work (yay!), and i have a massive world-smashing deadline, but if you PM me your order to anywhere except muslim and SE asian countries, I will send you your goods. again, our stock is krytox lube packs (~8g GPL 206 grease and ~18g 1506 VPF oil) and ID innovations multimode (serial to usb and ps2 to usb) usb adapters. they don't use the familiar FTDI chipset, but thank gives them the ability to switch between serial and ps2 mode. note that in ps2 mode, they're made to interface with ps2 keyboards only. if you have a particularly weird ps2 keyboard, or a device that you want to act like a ps2 keyboard, there's a third firmware that emulates a HID keyboard but i believe takes its input as txrx.

i should note that because of this, they're actually really cool little hacker toys and not just ps2 to usb adapters. that said, my primary reason for stocking them is that they work extremely well with very old model Ms. in terms of providing power over the ps2 connector and reconnecting if your M controller is flakey, they are absolutely tops.
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SUPER CUTE HEART STICKERS ARE A GO



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SUPER CUTE HEART STICKERS ARE A GO

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THANKS TO JOCELYN FOR THE IDEA!!!

DO WE PUT THEM ON OUR NIPPLES?

but seriously what do they do
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THANKS TO JOCELYN FOR THE IDEA!!!

DO WE PUT THEM ON OUR NIPPLES?

but seriously what do they do

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Got mah loobs in yesterday. Scary warning about cancers is scary. Thanks, buddy! Can't wait to try it out.

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THANKS TO JOCELYN FOR THE IDEA!!!

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my laserprinter is not a precision instrument in any way shape or form :P

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my laserprinter is not a precision instrument in any way shape or form :P

LOL, where did you get those heart shaped stickers precut?

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ping carol @ kimmericstudio.com. she's awesome!

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here in Merica you can also get them at office depot/staples/ or just about any office supply company or craft store.

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ok seriously folks, there is no solvent for krytox that's easily available and non-toxic. i've gotten a lot of questions about how to get krytox off of stuff. the short answer is this: go to some fluffy microfiber cloths. my favorite are the costco yellow ones. they're really cheap, and you can use them for EVERYTHING then toss them when they get gross. step 2! wipe surface aggressively with a fresh cloth. the wicking action of the microfiber absorbs the vast majority of either the grease or the oil (both of them are mostly oil. the stuff that's not oil is a teflon matrix and large and solid; it will just by abraded away by the polyester fibers). that's it! there might be stains that are trace amounts of oil after you do this. if they bother you (you should barely be able to feel them), just take another surface of the cloth or another cloth and wipe vigorously. again, that is it. polyester is WAY harder than anything in the lubricant and the lubricant polymers are smaller than the micro bit of the microfibers, and they even like the polyester! they're good buddies so make them happy :D

however, DO NOT THROW SOLVENTS AT KRYTOX. i don't care what it is. if it's a ketone, acid, alcohol, whatever, it won't do a damn thing to the krytox except make it angry* and probably dissolve the thing that the krytox is sitting on. I REPEAT: DO NOT USE SOLVENTS WITH KRYTOX. you will damage things. krytox cannot damage things. only solvents can damage things.


*just kidding, krytox never gets angry. that's why i got heart stickers to label it! krytox loves you!!!

ps, the slick looking stain is most likely just some oil getting into a porous material. there is none left at the surface. it's just that the material you put it on had very very tiny holes in it, holes that were small enough for the krytox polymers to cozy in to. those polymers are just going to sit there being inert until the end of time or until you shave off enough of the porous material. if you get really fine microfiber that also fits into the same holes, it will lift away the krytox, but seriously, don't worry about it. KRYTOX DOES NOT REACT WITH ANYTHING IT CANNOT DAMAGE ANYTHING. it just kind of sits there. maybe it plays golf sometimes. i don't know. it does its own thing.
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for people that do not know this....

acetone eats keycaps. do not use it ever to clean them.
use denture cleaner to clean them if you must.

it won't touch krytox though.

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acetone also eats lineoleum floor tiles


ask me how i know

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acetone also eats lineoleum floor tiles


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hmm, why is there a hole in the floor the shape of a glass pa- OH CRAP
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INTERNATIONAL FOLKS: I'm looking to test shipping of baggies with labeled vials of lube into SE and South Asia via USPS first class mail (that is, your local postal system). let me know if you're interested and relatively sure that you won't immediately get thrown in jail until your hair turns gray like in oldboy.

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INTERNATIONAL FOLKS: I'm looking to test shipping of baggies with labeled vials of lube into SE and South Asia via USPS first class mail (that is, your local postal system). let me know if you're interested and relatively sure that you won't immediately get thrown in jail until your hair turns gray like in oldboy.



count me in. got no problem wiith the last two 103 buys.
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INTERNATIONAL FOLKS: I'm looking to test shipping of baggies with labeled vials of lube into SE and South Asia via USPS first class mail (that is, your local postal system). let me know if you're interested and relatively sure that you won't immediately get thrown in jail until your hair turns gray like in oldboy.
I'm interested! :thumb:

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PM me your orders please!

don't forget a phone number for customs

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can my uk guinea pigs chime in on whether they received their packages? thanks dudes!

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can my uk guinea pigs chime in on whether they received their packages? thanks dudes!

nothing at all yet good sir

ill let you know
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:( uk customs :(g

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Re: geekhackers.org store testing -- lube kits and PS2 -> USB adapters!
« Reply #123 on: Thu, 29 August 2013, 14:50:39 »
kawa microfiber ftw

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Re: geekhackers.org store testing -- lube kits and PS2 -> USB adapters!
« Reply #124 on: Thu, 29 August 2013, 17:18:08 »
can my uk guinea pigs chime in on whether they received their packages? thanks dudes!

nothing at all yet good sir

ill let you know

You are a guinea pig?  I thought you were a bunny! ;)
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Re: geekhackers.org store testing -- lube kits and PS2 -> USB adapters!
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Re: geekhackers.org store testing -- lube kits and PS2 -> USB adapters!
« Reply #126 on: Fri, 30 August 2013, 02:18:56 »
Sorry, thought I posted already (looks like I didn't).

UK delivery - no problems at all.  Thanks!
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« Reply #127 on: Fri, 30 August 2013, 09:06:01 »
isle of man, check!

bunny, i've heard your royal PO is it a royal PITA; does that sound about right? ;)

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« Reply #128 on: Fri, 30 August 2013, 09:10:40 »
isle of man, check!

bunny, i've heard your royal PO is it a royal PITA; does that sound about right? ;)

its looking that way sad face
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« Reply #129 on: Fri, 30 August 2013, 17:37:38 »
SAD FACE :(

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Re: geekhackers.org store testing -- lube kits and PS2 -> USB adapters!
« Reply #130 on: Fri, 30 August 2013, 18:36:22 »
isle of man, check!

bunny, i've heard your royal PO is it a royal PITA; does that sound about right? ;)

its looking that way sad face

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Re: geekhackers.org store testing -- lube kits and PS2 -> USB adapters!
« Reply #131 on: Fri, 30 August 2013, 19:11:13 »
lol wow those stickers kawa
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i know right? BOSS

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« Reply #133 on: Sun, 01 September 2013, 12:42:25 »
the package got to me on saturday. very fast shipping. loved the instructions haha. thanks!