2024-03-21 16:50
My personal tagline (for the moment) is “telling computers what to do, they don’t always listen the first time.” One of if not the most annoying property of ChatGPT is Read More
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2024-03-11 16:50
Lets get these boat anchors and receivers OUT the door! Problem is they are in various states of disrepair and need to be addressed, probably fixed. If nothing else they Read More
2024-02-26 19:12
So I didn’t post about the Panasonic TR-425 TV video I published, damn, two weeks ago, so here’s that: I need to figure out how to get the CRT out Read More
2024-02-05 20:59
Hey, uh, HAPPY NEW YEAR. So yeah, things are going about as well as they have been. My time blindness is a thing and I’m pretty well sick of it Read More
2023-12-05 21:54
I will delete this soon (or maybe I won’t!) , I’m just testing some automation stuff. I might just leave this post up and use it as my test mule Read More
2023-11-16 22:12
Gonna put on my MCU geek hat for a bit and rant about some (highly UNconfirmed) news I’ve read recently. That Disney’s Execs have grabbed the wheel of the MCU Read More
2023-11-09 20:56
Here’s what I’m going to do. I’ve tested some things in Playground already, I just need to get the automations in place and start seeing what it does. I’m going Read More
2023-11-03 18:10
…or maybe it was just a box of computer books that hadn’t been looked at in almost 30 years.
Also THANK YOU GUYS for putting me over 100 subs on YouTube. I think they se… Read More
2023-10-25 18:06
Oh yeah hi, guess I should be updating this thing, huh.
Here’s my latest video I uploaded to YouTube. I “fixed” this Pioneer CD Player.
Or did I.
If you watch the… Read More
2023-10-02 15:12
[So I wrote this, left in draft mode and just found it. I don’t even… so here it is.]
The video on the CD player will be coming out soon. It’s fixed! I honestly thin… Read More
2023-09-05 18:48
This is like the web developer’s conundrum. You get so busy doing other stuff, that you forget about your own stuff and it looks like garbage.
So since Starfield has kinda sorta… Read More
2023-08-28 12:38
Here’s a cute little Zenith transistor radio I picked up at a local thrift store.
It cleaned up real nice, and is perfect working condition!!
https://youtu.be/sufhh2Za2aA
(… Read More
2023-08-25 12:32
So you may (or may not) have seen the post where I introduced these two relics. Here’s the video where I open them up (ick!!) and ATTEMPT to get inside to fix them. Holy #%$&!@ t… Read More
2023-08-25 01:28
Hey, here’s part 3 of my series on this troublesome RCA 16×3. Honestly, if new tubes to replace the bad ones doesn’t result in some kind of progress… this old girl… Read More
2023-08-24 21:27
Much like the title would imply, this is a video in which I replace the noisy growling screaming fans in my original gansta Elegoo Saturn resin 3d printer. They were literally screaming so… Read More
2023-08-03 00:03
Well yeah, I suppose I better start linking to my own videos, right?
In this series I’ll be restoring an antique RCA 16×3 radio. When I got it, it was in pristine condition… Read More
2023-08-02 23:40
Scored a couple of Boomboxes at auction the other night. Both for under $30, which is definitely a score in my book.
The first is a Sears model 2192 from 1982. It’s in the roughes… Read More
2023-07-28 21:22
Oh, Hi there.
Yes, its been over 90 days since my last update. Life deals you a shit hand every now and then, and well, I was on a roll so to speak. I’ve moved. Hell, I’m s… Read More
2023-04-11 22:33
Time for a HARD (and I mean hard) pivot. Like grab that emergency brake handle, do a full 720 and pick a new direction. The things that were working just suddenly stopped working and yeah… Read More
2023-02-28 01:00
I just need to rant for a second.
“Infinite Scroll”, or that thing when you get to the bottom of a webpage or app, like Amazon, or whatever, and it just keeps loading more and… Read More
2023-02-06 19:49
What do I mean by that? I’m talking about AI of course. Artificial Intelligence.
(If by some miracle you’re actually reading this and wondering why, once again, I haven&rs&hell…Read More
Unboxing And Testing My ORIGINAL Atari 2600! With Yars’ Revenge Comic And Star Raiders Controller.
2023-01-20 16:10
Here’s the first video on my YouTube channel!! My sister sent me our old Atari 2600 and here I am unboxing it, setting it up, and taking it for a spin.
I totally didn’t r… Read More
2023-01-02 17:49
Actually this is just a placeholder since well I’m working on the store right now, when I’m done I’ll update this post.
In the meantime, go checkout my Etsy store at … Read More
2022-12-20 16:49
LOL.
So uh, yeah. That went well, didn’t it.
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Not sure how two months slipped by me, except to say
BLACK FRIDAY XMAS OMG WTFBBQ
and now its over. Whew.
Did a fai… Read More
2022-10-24 14:51
Hey everyone! This is ripptech labs (if you haven’t guessed already.)
So what does that mean?
Hell, I don’t know. I mean I guess it means that I need to be creating CONTEN… Read More
2022-09-29 22:21
Well, yeah, so while I was back up at the farm in Wisconsin, I’d taken one of my Voxelab Aquila’s and my Anycubic Mono SQ up there so I could keep up with orders, etc…. yo… Read More
2022-08-08 05:00
Gonna update this post in steps… be patient lol.
About a month ago, Anycubic had a post on their Facebook page…
$110! Resin printer! Get em quick! Anycubic Photon Mono… Read More
2022-08-01 15:45
So, the wife calls me and says “uh, the window in the cruze just broke and fell to the bottom of the door.”
Great.
I open up the door panel, easy peasy, get the stupid gask… Read More
2017-03-22 12:24
so yeah, I’ve been holding onto the domain scifireview.com for quite some time now. tried to start a website a couple of years ago but never really was able to make it work&helli&hell…Read More
2017-01-11 17:38
I took the time to watch (well listen anyway) to Babby’s first press conference and took these points away. Well, other than the undeniable fact that the man is a moron and a complete… Read More
2016-12-10 18:55
So I’m cleaning up the office again, and I come across my old set of Cobra FRS radios, model 3850’s. A while back the rechargeable batteries that came with them stopped tak… Read More
2016-12-06 20:17
Well, my trusty ancient 1TB ioSafe solo time machine drive finally succumbed to the ravages of time. Came home the other day to hear, “click, click, click, click” and nothi… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
So, back in November/December I was in Tokyo to shoot video for what was then going to be JapanVideoGuide.com. I have since renamed the project Japandex, as to NOT get myself stuck too… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Hearing practically the entire EU Atlas this morning. Already QSO’s with the UK, Poland, I see a Wales and Sweden station in there….
The post 10m JT65 from EU appea… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Finally, after many years of the same old xhtml based hand-coded 5 page site merely existing, We finally got enough content re-done to re-launch my Dad’s business website, Point Aviati… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
My request for a vanity call sign was (finally) approved and processed by the FCC, so instead of KF5OLV (I never liked that one) I shall from this day henceforth (at least until I change it… Read More
2016-01-29 16:52
Yeah, I know, I should consider myself fortunate to even have a broadband connection. Plenty of people who live in a rural area like myself do not. In 2016. In the United S… Read More
2015-09-11 09:49
Like I said, I like this stuff. I never really got into Slayer until they came out with Seasons in the Abyss in 1990. Then it was all downhill from there. Repentless is the first… Read More
2015-09-04 09:27
Yeah so I’m an old metal fan. I’ve been an Iron Maiden fan since I first picked up a copy of “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” on tape when it came out. Acqu… Read More
2015-08-21 16:37
OK, so I’m “rebooting” this website. Everything’s gone. Well, not gone, just not visible. I may put some of it back, once I’ve gone through an… Read More
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