This is going to be a rather long story about me and my very first computer... or rather not "mine" as in "owning" but rather "my first" as in "the one that started me off on computers". Back when I was a child, around 1984, I got to visit my uncle and he allowed his son and myself to use his computer whenever he was not around. My uncle was ( Read more... )

And here we go. The new magic eye tube arrived Monday. Tried to fit it in... discovered that the "will fit 100% compatible tube" was a larger diameter than the original one. Not enough time on Monday to fix that. I had to get out the Dremel tool to grind out the plastic tube for the magic eye so it would fit thorugh. But over all, it works now:


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...has been an interesting project for sure. But let's start at the beginning ( Read more... )

This is going to be a longer posting... the short version is: While filming "Dog's Life - Episode 2" on last Tuesday, the crew surprised me with a "DIY Camera Kit" as a birthday present! Awesome! Thank you again, Lurinare, Yamavu, Karpour and Henrieke (who wasn't there but Karpour relayed her congratulations)

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