Author: David Dobson

I would like to start off by saying I love Amy for being exactly as she is. Her organizational skills are second to none, and makes up for my lack of such skills.

I purchased a 1m SFP+ cable to connect my future LLM server to my NAS so I can hopefully store the models and data all in one spot. Curious as to what it contained I pulled it apart to have a look.

I purchased a water meter off aliexpress advertised as having either Mbus or RS485, which I assumed was Modbus. Trying to get any manuals or information off the seller was unsuccessful. It was advertised as a YNS-25 but what received was marked with LXSY-25E

I purchased some NiMH batteries from AliExpress and they turned out to have an extreemly low capacity if they worked at all.

My eldest son requested a coconut and tried opening it by stabbing it with our favorite knife. As can be seen the knife came out second best with the tip being embedded in the husk and the blade snapping further up.

I bought myself a Geiger meter for my birthday. It is an Army surplus unit from the 60s.

I found a CadMouse Compact Wireless in the bin with a faulty scroll wheel so thought I would repair it.

The V-belt on the lawnmower broke the weekend of new year’s and nothing was open. The solution was to try to repair the belt

I pulled a 4 LED Mini Work Light out of the bin at work that I thought I could use on my go cart. Unfortunately when power was applied it didn’t work so I thought I would pull it apart to see what was needed to repair it.

The kids got a portable microscope each for Christmas of different brands and prices $17-$41, advertised with 120-60X and 200-80X zoom levels. Some may have misrepresented their capabilities.