Battle: Keyboard. [Roland 77 Keyboard Repair/restore]
Battle: Keyboard Setup: 8 Roland 77 Digital Pianos. Purchased at auction. Were previously teaching pianos. Were left in sun and many melted. I was an idiot and did not inspect these before bidding. I thought they were high end Roland’s which could fetch $500 each. Off by a factor...
Straighten bass guitar neck
Nope, I don’t play the bass, but I picked one up as part of a deal. Opportunity: l2Fix bowed neck. I started with this video, showing how to straighten the truss rod on a vintage guitar. This one has a slight up-bow ( towards the strings ). This appears...
On the effectiveness of Mosquito Zappers
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Win10 Update Error 0x880070002 – 0x20009
Continued from Another Patch Today While attempting to update Windows 10 to version 1703, I ran into problems. “We couldn’t finish installing updates” And it would then tell me an update was available. MS Community responded to my questions: “KB4034658 indicates you are on version 1607. The latest stable...
Anethor Pathc Toesday with Mikrosoft Wankers 10 August 8, 2017—KB4034658 (OS Build 14393.1593)
Oh hey, my win10 install is stuck in an endless loop of installs. Windows support has been unresponsive for 2 days. Seriously, I used to be surprised that MS lost their dominance from the 90’s, sure as fuck not surprised anymore. They fucking OWN us, yet manage to secure...
RE256 Part II: The Searching Continues
Continued from Part 1 SCANLINES Modern monitors have a much higher refresh rate than in the old days, by a factor of 10. What I needed was something that could handle 15hz ( or so – I didn’t know the exact refresh rate, since technical manuals are hard to...
Radiometer Electronics / RE: Technology / Confusing Dutch Company / Distortion Analyzer
This happened like a year ago, but I’m trying to get through my long ass list of projects. Most of them are small and trivial, and I hesitate to even post them here. Wow, you cut a cord, flipped the polarity and now your power supply is negative-center! Huzzah!...
Freedom Ain’t Free
Our liberty and freedoms are practical, if not easy. We don’t always get what we want. We have to share a country with people who are different from ourselves in a million different ways. We share a country with people we love and also those we hate. It...
BATTLE: KEF 105.4 SPEAKER GRILL! P1: PROTOTYPE
I’ve been looking for a set of 105.4 Grills for a while, but haven’t been able to find any. Due to recent family changes, having grills have gone from “nice to have” to “yeah let’s get that done”. I already have metal grills for the top two drivers, but...
BATTLES:…STUFF ( Honda Element Condenser Fan Replacement )
Done some pretty handy stuff lately, but not so much posting. So just giving some highlights.. BATTLE FAN: INSTALLED! +10 BATTLE YARD: MOWED! +1 BATTLE RAT TRAP: DEAD RATS! +1 BATTLE SPRAY FOR ROACHES: GOOD JOB! BATTLE ANTS: LOSING! BATTLE KEEP CHILD ALIVE: YES +0 BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR...