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yesterday i painted the cellphone. bad idea. still looks beat up, and even after cleaning out all the pocket lint & dog hair the keyboard is still giving inconsistent input. somehow i made it even worse, now the “d” key prints “e” unless pushed up f…

cut down the junkyard antenna tonight, think i might cut it a little more. technically i should be choosing a fraction of the wavelength of the radio station i most want to receive; but in most cars the portion of the antenna running from the stereo t…

Saturday went to junkyard w/ ungarsfragile & friend M. Was hoping to find a transmission inspection plate (success, on 3rd dentside checked), Ford antenna (to make into a shorty), and Taurus engine-bay fusebox for the engine bay rewiring. Found the f…

Dear Internet,Today I re-wired the Atlima cooling fans inside the truck. Each of the two fans has four wires- one circuit for low speed, a second for high. Each set is supposed to run to a separate relay, for some kind of intelligent cooling manageme…

If you think this is bad, you should try the Louisiana Bar Exam.(via countrycanid). another take, and and one more. And of course wikipedia for context.

Happy Buckminster Fuller’s birthday!

You know, I’m not exactly obsessive about making/fixing things, it’s more just a sort of itch. Like the world makes more sense when you’re taking it apart and putting it back together better. Maybe it’s a pathology, some sort of weird subconscious li…

haven’t been posting b/c i haven’t been making or fixing; just studying. and more studying. and working. and studying.tangentially tying things together, a bag full of Bar exam prep books on the passenger seat weighs enough that the new car decides …

Number 5 uses a Haynes manual to disassemble a Firebird in a few seconds.