Not even that. There were a ton of nurses on duty as well. Don’t try to understand or explain it.
Making some ramen noodles for dinner. Pick up my 2qt saucepan to drain it and the handle breaks. Noodles everywhere. I’ve had that pan for almost 30 years. 
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I plugged in the wrong power adapter into my guitar pedal and made it an aluminum brick. It was a reverb.com purchase and not a TON of money–but I really liked it.
I opened it up and the only component that wasn’t surface mount (i.e. not really user replaceable) was a very blown resistor next to the power jack. So I tried replacing it (hopehopehope) and it worked for about 3 seconds. When I opened it up again, the resistor was not blown–it was gone. Like just two posts sticking up off of the PCB. I deduce that there may be something else wrong, as well. I’ll take another look but I’m not hopeful.
I really liked the tone I was getting off of it for the hard rock group I am playing with. Trying to decide if I should replace with exactly that model or a variation. There are so many hundreds of pedals to try and I’m already in my 40s.
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Ouch. This is one big plus of everything moving to USB-C for power it seems. Less wrong adapters.
Of course USB is a mess now, and a few really evil companies use USB connectors but wired in a non-standard way. That’s evil.
(Your electric car can now charge over USB-C… Just takes 4-12 days!)
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It will take decades for guitar pedals to change–if ever. There are simply too many legacy pedals out there, even assuming there aren’t other good technical reasons to stay on 9V. I am thinking about integrating my piStomp pedal into my board but I would need a separate 5V power supply for it. So long as every pedal runs the same voltage, you only need one power cord to one power supply.
That’s kind of what I assumed. Music gear (and AV gear in general) seems stuck on standards for a mix of realistic reasons (people setting up to perform need stuff to be sturdy and compatible in case a spare is needed) and some plain old stubbornness.
Plus I won’t argue that the big chunky audio cables have a very satisfying feel when connected compared to cables like USB, HDMI, and so on.
I have started using magnetic cords, put in the specialized end and any cord will fit any device for me now. It’s a real game changer, plus less wear and tear on the charging slot.
that’s insane!!!
Using the put the hard drive in the refrigerator trick, I can get about a minute’s worth of files copied off this dying drive before the motor stops again. At this rate, I might get everything salvaged from it sometime in 2040.
Just put the whole computer in the freezer. Problem solved.
Put the drive (with cables attached) into a plastic bag and then suspend it in a drinks cooler (you know, the ones that you put ice into) with a load of ice, just far enough to keep the drive cold and not let the water/ice into the bag.
This assumes you have long enough data / power cables, of course…
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Good idea but no joy. The motor gets up to speed and then it dies even after being in the fridge for two days and going right into a plastic storage bag and then between two bags of ice. I’m calling it. It’s dead, Jim. It doesn’t voom any more. It’s bereft of life. Shuffled off its voice coil and joined the choir invisible.
Here lies Aragog, king of the hard drives. It was only six years old, a very full six years and was given lighter task this year past. Once called back to active duty, the old soldier gave it its best, but alas, 'twas too much to ask. It ran as fast as it could and transferred as much as it could until its heart just stopped. It has, I regret to say, beat its last. Not even duct tape with Minions on it could save a once trusty helper.
This recovery method does remind me of back in the Commodore 64 days. The original power supplies were encased in epoxy and were prone to overheating. I was told one person solved it by putting the brick section in a bucket of water.
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Ubuntu implemented a major change into their version of Linux last month. They took away the start menu and replaced it with an “Activities” button. At the bottom center is a group of favorites and a “Show Applications” button.
If I want to run a program, I either have to make it a favorite, which removes it from the Show Applications area, or scroll through everything in Show Applications, which is no longer grouped by type of program. “Find Application” shows the old start menu-like structure and I can launch programs from there, so that’s a favorite at the bottom of the screen now.
Okay, not great, but maybe I can adjust to this.
Today I realized what’s been bugging me about it. That’s the Windows 11 design. Why? Just why? Ubuntu, what were you thinking?
Options for rolling back:
- Go through a process that looks a lot like editing the Windows Registry and may not even work.
- Reinstall the old version in a separate partition and choose which version to run when the computer is booted. Saves all data and files because the current OS isn’t touched, but means juggling data between the two.
- Backup all files and install the old version as a completely new installation, wiping out everything from the new version.
I am seriously considering door number 3 and never letting it upgrade.
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I have to assume that the XFCE desktop will not do that sort of tomfoolery?
The Win11 UI’s not intuitive.
TBH I prefer the simplicity of the Win7 GUI.
But will give preference to the WorkPlace Shell of OS/2
I had other things I needed to do this weekend, but doing a wipe and reinstall of the old version of Ubuntu has to start now.
One of the other changes they made is that when you click on the Activities button to bring up the bottom menu, all open windows shrink about 10%. I’m not sure what that’s about. Maybe it’s something related to having multiple desktops.
On my computer, the effect is like a strobe light because the resizing animation gets stuck on one of the monitors. Whatever’s causing it, that’s not acceptable. Thankfully, I don’t have epilepsy. If I did, I’d be at risk of a seizure.
This.
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That’s wild. I saw the headline and was like, what? Not that many people die in B-17s any more.
Also, the “Dios Mio” kind of made me chuckle a bit even though I knew what was happening.
You’d think Microsoft would have learned their lesson about screwing with the UI after the Windows 8 debacle.
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Hot evenings, mosquitos and power failures do not go well together.
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Tuesday is our team’s “all up” day in the office. It’s very noisy in here today. One thing that drives me nuts is that part of the justification for us being back in the office is so we can have face to face team meetings. Yet what really happens? Four people in the same meeting all connecting via Teams at their desks. And they’re all sitting in the same pod. Mine. I’m the only one not in the meeting.
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