Bodger @bodger@computerfairi.es

Apparently my 4kWh LiFePO4 battery went to sleep over the winter. To wake it up, I'm supposed to supply 57.4 volts to the terminals for at least 15 seconds. The smart charger refuses to do so, as it doesn't recognize the battery in shutdown mode. Fortunately, I have a lab supply that can produce that oddly specific voltage.

I slipped and fell down the stairs, but my main reaction was that I was sad that all the noise spooked the cat (I'm fine, just a few bruises).

Lest people think all I do is rant, I'd like to give a shout out to Arm & Hammer for their packaging redesign for kitty litter: the new boxes are easier to open and pour, nice job!

Over seventy dollars for a pizza, three salads, and two sodas? What is the world coming to?

The FCC site for complaining about spam calls admits it takes around 15 minutes to fill out. That seems excessive, especially for people who get more than 4 spam calls an hour.

Yo Logitech: it's a nice mouse but I'd like to reverse the horizontal scroll wheel, and you decided to just remove support for older operating systems so I can't? And then have your web site and customer support lie about it? Rude.

I had someone repair my old computer, and they "helpfully" upgraded the OS, to one that won't run my expensive licensed software. This sucks.

All of the scammers (even the robots) begin their calls with "How are you doing?" Legitimate callers rarely do this.

FedEx: when it absolutely, positively needs to be dropped, broken, delayed, misrouted, lied about, and then tossed out of the truck into the snow in the yard two days late.

Ikea "Alex" drawer unit + Target "Brightroom" trays = Lego happiness

If your bill pay form blocks copy and paste, you may have to wait until my bill pay services gets around to mailing you a cheque to get your money.

I'd probably buy a storage upgrade if you weren't so OBNOXIOUS about it. But with that attitude, I'm not giving you a cent. I'm looking at YOU, Google.

@mavica_again I kind of like it, it has a minimalist appeal. And the idea goes back a while, this is the chord keyboard on my electronic organ. It seems to be arranged in a circle of fifths order instead of chromatic, but the idea looks similar.

We bought a cheap microwave to stand in while I repaired the nice one. After just a couple of weeks, the keypad is looking shabby. Maybe it's because there's protective plastic over it? Doesn't seem to have an obvious way to peel it off. Should I?

Stayed in a hotel with actual keys. It's a nice Assa core, but the bitting seems kind of weak. Then again, hotel keys are probably on a multiple master system for housekeeping, management, etc. Then again, I've seen worse.

@corrupt Thrift stores are great for this. You can find all sorts of nifty things inexpensively. Some working, some not, I've had great luck doing this.

Got to meet a chunk of the cast of Our Flag Means Death, and they posed with us and our pride pirate flag!