Went to the zoo while high.
Sibling wanted to go to the zoo, so we rented an electric cart for my husband and the three of us went out. I decided as weed is legal here to do that as well
Turns out physical activity sucks less when high and there’s animals to look at also
I find that animals seem more like oddly shaped people when I’m high.
Soldering. Anyone who tells you it’s easy is wrong. :P
Was soldering a mod board to a Sega Mega Drive, but ended up getting solder on the cpu’s contacts and needed to get a second one. And it was a pain getting the wires to bind to the traces.
And yes, I probably was doing everything wrong.
Soldering is easy if you have the right tools. Those old school solder irons with the ceramic element dangling inside a metal tube suck balls. Get yourself a direct heat iron like the pinecil and some flux and it’s SOOOOO much easier.
It sounds like you’re talking about Weller style irons and the ones where the part you hold plugs directly into the wall are quite terrible. However, they are an industry standard and most soldering stations will use a Weller tip. I have a knock off Hakko 936 that’s like 15 years old now and cost me $25 and it solders like a dream.
I’m talking about all of the older style soldering irons, including like that Hakko. The Pinecil is $25 AND solders better. Once I switched to a direct heat iron I can never go back. The difference is HUGE.
They are closer to $40-60 after shipping, not $25. I have been using a $10 Weller for a lot of years, with proper technique I have never been able to notice a difference in my joints or difficulty in soldering. I prefer my Weller for some jobs because it simply has more thermal mass. Stuff like repairing the connections on a 3D printer hotbed would be impossible with a Pinecil.
Soldering is easy like writing is easy. Meaning it’s pretty tricky actually, but after you’ve been doing it every day for years you forget how hard it was to learn.
Source: I’m actually pretty terrible at it, I have soldered stuff over the years but very rarely and never developed the skill. I got good enough to be able to say “I can solder” and I am confident enough to make attempts at tricky stuff, but I expect many failures along the way. Still, even with that it’s easy to feel how more regular practice makes it feel like second nature.
I had to solder in design and technology in secondary school. I have dyspraxia which is a disability which affects hand eye coordination so it was bitch to solder.
I feel your pain. I just soldered my first solder adding an arcade joystick button as a killswitch on my guitar. It was not nearly as precise as soldering a board and it was still a PITA. Us humans just don’t have enough hands.
Made hassleback potatoes.
sounds like a lot of work
worth it though
Did a jewelry workshop and crafted myself a silver ring that looked dope af. That was enjoyable.
Share a picture of it!
The one on the left is my wife’s and on the right is mine. The design is basically a bird finger wrapped around the ring. Some may say it actually looks like a witch’s finger xD
Those turned out really good! My first guess for yours would’ve been rattlesnake, but i see the wrinkle lines now. Lol
Tiling a floor
How did it go?
It was only a small hallway (3,5m2) but it went better than I’d hoped. I’m really proud, even though I’ll always see the imperfections too.
So great success
You should be proud of yourself! We tiled our kitchen backsplash. Everyone says it looks great, but i only see the one tile that’s upside down.
Yeah that’s the thing. I think in the end the pride prevails, as others fall to spot it.
Anyway good job, it’s great picking up skills!
I used pentagons. It went terribly
Oh good God. On your first try? RIP
Bought an ebike. I’ve wanted one for over 10 years, and finally the circumstances were right for me to justify it.
Preserved and framed a 1500-piece puzzle I completed
Made a wattle and daub wall. It’s surprisingly hard to get right.
What was hard about it? Also what was the wall for?
Well apparently a few things that nobody actually bothered to write down is what kind of mud of need, how hard you need to force it into the wood, how much fiber you need to add.
I mean, it’s kinda like those old cookbooks that just say “keep in medium oven until done”. Everyone just sort of assumes you have the Knack.
Its partly because I do reenactment, and partly because I want a shed that I made myself. This is mostly a test to see how long it will survive in the rainy Netherlands.
Washed a tent.
A canvas one? Thats such a shitty job.
Thankfully no, it’s nylon. Was mostly just a lot of soaking in the tub and agitating over a couple of hours.
Took Dilaudid.
https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-9130/dilaudid-oral/details
Had this really weird extreme pain in my side, felt like I had ruptured something. Ended up in the ER Tuesday. :(
Doc says that it’s kind of like appendicitis, but because it’s on the left side instead of the right they call it “Epiploic Appendagitis”.
Nobody seems to know why it happens, just that it hurts like fuck and isn’t dangerous.
Treatment is massive painkillers.
Sorry to hear that, hope it gets better soon!
I functioned for most of today without painkillers, so that was good, but man, I am DONE for the day.
Moved out of my parents house to live by myself.
I finally hacked my 3ds, using the tools at https://3ds.hacks.guide. It was surprisingly easy, and gives you access to
- homebrew!
- emulators!
- online play for most games! (see: Pretendo Network)
- custom home screen themes!
I waited until Nintendo shut down their servers 'cause I was worried about bans, but now there’s no excuse. Go liberate your 3ds, it takes less than an hour.
I hit a major setback, thought it was going to ruin me, but instead of just accepting the failure and sliding back years in my efforts, I called some friends for support. They both independently told me that I was catastrophizing and not to give up but try assuming I would just sail past the problem and keep going. So I did, and sure enough I recovered really fast and I’m back on track again.
Called a tax professional.
How did it go? I need to do that but I’ve been putting it off for a year.
Not the person you asked, but in my experience: in the worst case you end up paying more for something that was rather simple, but in the best case they find some nice savings.
That being said, if you have the money and just don’t like doing taxes, it’s pretty fantastic to just send someone your papers and wait.
Thanks. Don’t know why in so nervous about it. I’ve always done it myself but i lost my mom last year and i have no idea how to handle her house stuff. I got a recommendation and now I’m just trying to work up the courage to call.
It is pretty nice. I’d much rather work a day of overtime at my job, and let them handle the paperwork.
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Hey my son’s name is Bort too!
