#garfield Logs

Jun 26 2012

04:05 katsmeow-afk Jun-25-12, 13:51 PM, ATLANTA, GA 30369
04:05 katsmeow-afk Depart USPS Sort Facility
04:05 katsmeow-afk Jun-25-12, 00:00 AM, ATLANTA, GA 30369
04:06 katsmeow-afk so it departed from Atl midnight morning the 25th, and then 13:51 hours later on the 25th it was processed thru the same site
04:07 katsmeow-afk same in Chicago :
04:07 katsmeow-afk Processed through USPS Sort Facility
04:07 katsmeow-afk Jun-23-12, 04:03 AM, CHICAGO, IL 60701
04:07 katsmeow-afk Depart USPS Sort Facility
04:07 katsmeow-afk Jun-23-12, 00:00 AM, CHICAGO, IL 60701
04:08 katsmeow-afk and then there is this one:
04:08 katsmeow-afk Processed through USPS Sort Facility
04:08 katsmeow-afk Jun-19-12, 01:42 AM, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35222
04:08 katsmeow-afk Processed through USPS Sort Facility
04:08 katsmeow-afk Jun-18-12, 20:41 PM, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35222
04:08 katsmeow-afk Depart USPS Sort Facility
04:08 katsmeow-afk Jun-18-12, 00:00 AM, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35222
04:08 katsmeow-afk Processed through USPS Sort Facility
04:08 katsmeow-afk Jun-17-12, 19:24 PM, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35222
04:10 katsmeow-afk it was processed thru at 19:24pm on 17th, departed midniteAM 18th, then processed thru again 20:41PM the 18th, and then they processed it thru yet again 1:42AM on the 19th
04:10 katsmeow-afk no record of it leaving the last time, but i got the item
04:10 katsmeow-afk so much for tracking numbers
04:16 katsmeow-afk damnit, paypal has been "redesigned"
07:39 katsmeow-afk ...............
07:43 katsmeow-afk idiot puter says it's 98% free, and still takes 5 minutes to open calc.exe
07:43 katsmeow-afk all because am moving fles around to make room again
07:46 katsmeow-afk finally opened
07:48 katsmeow-afk morons data : [[klown]] is Polish for [[klaun]]|lang=pl}}]] = "klown" is polish for the english translated word "klaun" of misspelled polish
07:49 katsmeow-afk i wonder how many humans are employed to generate bad data to mislead people and waste their time
08:04 rue_mohr the iphone does an interesting job of corrections to typed media
08:05 Tom_itx http://imagebin.org/218229
08:05 Tom_itx http://imagebin.org/218227
08:05 Tom_itx cast iron
08:06 Tom_itx http://imagebin.org/218075
08:07 Tom_itx http://imagebin.org/218076
08:43 rue_mohr Tom_itx, are you casting iron?
08:43 Tom_itx no
08:43 Tom_itx someone in linuxcnc
08:46 Tom_itx 1340 degrees pouring temperature
08:47 Tom_itx <mrsun> 1175 - 1290 degrees melting point depending on how much carbon i guess
08:49 katsmeow-afk what will he be doing with the iron he pours?
08:50 tsmeow-afk is assuming "mrsun" is a "he", but could be a "she" using the nick from that oldie
09:28 katsmeow-afk godamn, https://www.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction is 404
09:28 katsmeow-afk they can't even keep track of their own track and confirm page
12:19 katsmeow-afk ,/a/[/r/RelatedTo/,/c/en/lynx/,/c/en/why/] /r/RelatedTo /c/en/lynx /c/en/why /ctx/all 0.0703125 /s/site/verbosity /e/adb1f2bca9ad1f25d24be5c8a6a42c50e1b16f2b /d/verbosity [[lynx]] is related to [[a why]]
17:12 zhanx so i placed 25th today over all
19:47 katsmeow-afk ,/a/[/r/IsA/,/c/en/eye/,/c/en/mouth/] /r/IsA /c/en/eye /c/en/mouth /ctx/all 1 /s/activity/omcs/Verbosity,/s/contributor/omcs/verbosity /e/e5b23fdde8e370be664137332785f776e5d8d3f0 /d/conceptnet/4/en [[eye]] is a type of [[mouth]]
19:48 katsmeow-afk ,/a/[/r/HasA/,/c/en/eye/,/c/en/mouth/] /r/HasA /c/en/eye /c/en/mouth /ctx/all 1 /s/activity/omcs/Verbosity,/s/contributor/omcs/verbosity /e/9ba7e796c6da6c0590093e8e230380919b4b42c8 /d/conceptnet/4/en [[eye]] has [[mouth]]
19:51 katsmeow-afk what a corrupted db
21:29 katsmeow-afk 700 PCS P/N AT93C6610SC IC EEPROM 4KBIT 8-SOIC
21:29 katsmeow-afk $10 + $12 S&H
21:40 katsmeow-afk AH HAH!!!
21:42 rue_mohr katsmeow-afk, your leaking some kind of encoded text
21:43 Tom_itx http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/cnc/psu/control5.jpg
21:43 Tom_itx http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/cnc/psu/control6.jpg
21:44 Tom_itx still gotta wire the pendant
21:45 rue_mohr looking good tom
21:45 katsmeow-afk the metal barrel connector assy in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290571957880 fits inside the knob in http://www.ebay.com/itm/400292410325 if you pop the cap off with a exacto blade and drill it out
21:45 rue_mohr did I tell you that all the motion stuff at the faire was stepper based?
21:45 rue_mohr there was ONE other encoder/dc system
21:45 katsmeow-afk no it wasn't, the stuff you did was dc servos
21:45 rue_mohr yea I mean other than me
21:46 katsmeow-afk yeas, there was one othe guy whodidn't do servoes, i am surprised you did not know that, rue
21:46 rue_mohr kat the back of the knobs has a split collet to attach to a shaft
21:46 katsmeow-afk no it doesn't
21:46 Tom_itx how'd the faire go?
21:46 rue_mohr can I show you a pic of the ones I have?
21:46 rue_mohr lots of people took picutres, I was told someone interviewed me
21:47 katsmeow-afk i am holding the knobs of http://www.ebay.com/itm/400292410325
21:47 rue_mohr the arm and the mowerbot were most popular
21:47 rue_mohr they dont use a split brass collar?
21:47 rue_mohr I guess they just look like the ones I have
21:48 Tom_itx got a good jolt last night
21:48 Tom_itx i think i was a kid the last time that happened
21:49 katsmeow-afk i have not been able to do it yet, by working cautiously, but according tot he drawings if i pop thering off the bottom of the knob, it will slip onto a 1/2" OD tube exactly
21:50 katsmeow-afk So Tom, which do youprefer, making those big steel boxes, or making those microtiny plastic boxes?
21:51 Tom_itx doesn't really matter
21:53 katsmeow-afk oooooo, i see soemthign to comments on!
21:54 katsmeow-afk grey cable coming down from aboe to green pcb up top, has 2 gnd lines bare ~ 2 inches? shrinkwrap or tube those lines
21:55 Tom_itx shield
21:55 Tom_itx and one is a shadow
21:55 katsmeow-afk also, the pcb besiade it, you'll never use the usb on that pcb?
21:55 Tom_itx i doubt it
21:55 katsmeow-afk oh, don't heatsrink the shadow
21:55 Tom_itx it was used for power only
21:56 Tom_itx and now i'm gettting power from the smps to the left
21:57 katsmeow-afk i'd tyrap that cable down, and slip a lil green insulation onto that wire
21:57 Tom_itx i was working on that bundle so it's not quite wrapped up there
21:57 Tom_itx turned out to be something else
21:59 katsmeow-afk dinner awaits
21:59 katsmeow-afk i am having several 2nd thinks about manually placing a garden onto the roof
22:00 katsmeow-afk my shoulders aren't going to survive this
22:00 Tom_itx make a dumb waiter with some rope
22:01 katsmeow-afk it's not just the putting 1200 lbs onto the porch roof, it's also taking 1200 down in winter to re-mix with mulch and de-stone it, then put it back up next Spring
22:01 katsmeow-afk yeas
22:01 katsmeow-afk yet another thing needs building
22:02 rue_mohr use the winch.
22:02 katsmeow-afk plus the mixer, and moving (shaking or rotary) grate to remove the stones, which i am not taking the time to do now
22:02 katsmeow-afk and the giued rails, rue
22:03 katsmeow-afk vertically up, and then over 3ft, then down
22:03 katsmeow-afk then wheels to transport to assigned location ont he roof
22:04 katsmeow-afk "yo are designated carrot 36, and your assigned location is 145.611
22:04 rue_mohr have you ever been rolling downa hill uncontrollably and at some point you stop trying to stop and just try to live thru it accumulating as little damage as possable?
22:04 katsmeow-afk yeas
22:05 katsmeow-afk dinner awaits