#garfield Logs

Sep 30 2021

09:50 AM rue_mohr: ok, off to work
09:58 AM rue_mohr: like 5 nightmares last night, so not lots of sleep
10:01 AM polprog: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/823223032822104094/893141844039446528/IMG_20210930_162607.jpg
10:01 AM polprog: apple card
01:45 PM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
06:36 PM spline: polprog, isa bus?
07:18 PM rue_mohr: nope, apple
07:18 PM rue_mohr: looks like a z80 card
07:18 PM rue_mohr: buts its a 68008
08:09 PM rue_shop3: ok, yard chainsaw work is done for a while
08:12 PM Tom_L: how's your heatplant holding up?
08:13 PM rue_mohr: decommisioned
08:13 PM Tom_L: :(
08:13 PM rue_mohr: the plemnus that supported it were failing, much worse than I thought
08:14 PM rue_mohr: I took down the heat exchanger before it fell
08:14 PM rue_mohr: the firebox is all corroded out
08:14 PM Tom_L: did a test run to work today
08:14 PM Tom_L: went ~ok
08:19 PM rue_mohr: have many people up there been hit by it?
08:20 PM Tom_L: seems to be going around again
08:21 PM rue_mohr: its going to be doing that for a long time
08:21 PM Tom_L: i'm afraid life as we knew it has changed
08:23 PM Tom_L: are you wearing masks up there?
08:25 PM rue_mohr: yes, again
08:26 PM rue_mohr: but I'd want to till its cleared for a while anyhow
08:26 PM rue_mohr: this wont be an issue when I'm a robot
08:26 PM Tom_L: yeah
08:26 PM rue_mohr: I'll miss icecream
10:05 PM rue_shop3: Rue, move robot arm to shed
10:14 PM Tom_L: yeah
10:14 PM rue_mohr: I'm working on clearing up the main work bench in the shop
10:15 PM rue_mohr: there is a robot arm thats kinda got nowhere to go
10:15 PM rue_mohr: I shoudl sell it
10:15 PM Tom_L: what ever came of that largish wireframe bot you were working on?
10:16 PM Tom_L: likely several years ago now
10:16 PM rue_mohr: thats the other robot on the table
10:16 PM rue_mohr: the overloads need a mod, I'v not worked it out yet
10:17 PM Tom_L: still sitting there
10:17 PM rue_mohr: because I dont know how much current I can put into a motor for how long before it burns out
10:22 PM Tom_L: done any more casting?
10:24 PM rue_mohr: no, its been some of the heaviest rain I'v ever seen tho
10:24 PM Tom_L: huh
10:24 PM Tom_L: it rained pretty hard here this morning
10:24 PM rue_mohr: my casting list is empty anyhow
10:25 PM Tom_L: you were getting plenty of practice there
10:25 PM rue_mohr: yup, trying to get as much in as I could before now
10:26 PM Tom_L: did you ever figure what your heatplant saved in fuel cost when it was running?
10:26 PM rue_mohr: no
10:26 PM rue_mohr: it was i the hundreds per month tho
10:27 PM rue_mohr: and I was able to keep the house warmer than I otherwise would have had it
10:27 PM rue_mohr: also,
10:27 PM rue_mohr: garbage pickup is only ever second week now
10:28 PM Tom_L: why?
10:28 PM rue_mohr: I need a burner for all the burnables
10:28 PM rue_mohr: our landfill is full
10:28 PM Tom_L: oh
10:28 PM rue_mohr: so they reduced garbage collection
10:28 PM Tom_L: so the cost is higher too i suppose
10:28 PM rue_mohr: and gave us organic waste bins
10:28 PM rue_mohr: I dont really have any
10:28 PM rue_mohr: but, two weeks ago my bin went missing
10:29 PM Tom_L: oh?
10:29 PM rue_mohr: I dont know if they took it for not liking what I put in it
10:29 PM rue_mohr: which wasn't much
10:29 PM rue_mohr: anyhow, I just have to compact/burn stuff now
10:31 PM rue_mohr: huh, ali is getting all excited
10:31 PM rue_mohr: please buy stuff!
10:31 PM rue_mohr: hmmm
10:32 PM Tom_L: shipping keeps going up
10:33 PM Tom_L: and interrupted
10:36 PM rue_mohr: shipping isn't unreasonable
10:36 PM rue_mohr: I kinda penic bought about everything I need tho
10:36 PM rue_mohr: I kinda saw it comming
10:37 PM rue_mohr: in a day when people cant get avrs and stm32's I have a bunch
10:37 PM Tom_L: i got plenty of one kind :)
10:37 PM rue_mohr: you still have the u4s?
10:38 PM Tom_L: u2
10:38 PM rue_mohr: yea, what you got is worth a fortune right now
10:38 PM rue_mohr: as nobody CAN get any
10:38 PM Tom_L: oh?
10:38 PM rue_mohr: yea, you cant buy the stuff for love or money, there is NO stock
10:38 PM rue_mohr: digikey started selling drugs, they cant get semis
10:39 PM Tom_L: heh
10:42 PM rue_mohr: er so I was advertized at, dont see it tho