Here in 2020, it seems like any time since March of 2020 (about 5 months ago in reality), seems like a literal eternity. Going back beyond that, like 16 years back, for an 80s kid that will always be a kid at heart, is a bit overwhelming to process. With practically no events, shows, or things to do, I’ve recently started getting nostalgic for the old PhillyClassic video game expos that used to take place at (what once was) the Valley Forge Expo Center, now Valley Forge Casino Event Center.
Continue reading “PhillyClassic 4 Video Game Expo – Pics, and a Tribute”Today I Learned: 50 ohm Impedance
So, I KNOW about impedance matching and all that, but bear with me while I tell a tale about staying up waaay too late to play with some junk on the workbench, and what that meant to my sleep schedule.
Continue reading “Today I Learned: 50 ohm Impedance”Grand National Fuel Gauge Fix – Part 1
Finally. FINALLY. F-I-N-A-L-L-Y, I get to post some non-nerd content 😉
A few weeks ago I was driving my 1986 Buick Grand National around, and while waiting at a red light, glanced down to check my fuel level. Now, normally the gauge was, well, not very precise. If the needle moved, it probably had something in it, and if it was sorta-kinda resting near E, there’s a chance it was close to bone dry. That day though, the needle was…well…gone, like out on vacation, nowhere to be seen. After making sure I was awake, I realized it was probably pegged, and a quick love-tap to the top of the instrument cluster brought it back to earth. I laughed it off, then realized that after owning the car for 16 years, the gas gauge never really worked right, and pondered if I could actually do something about it.
Continue reading “Grand National Fuel Gauge Fix – Part 1”Adobe Acrobat “Could not verify subscription” – FIX
Another fun nightmare software repair – Adobe Acrobat DC. The problem was that the user would try to sign in, and it would eventually time out saying “could not verify subscription; you’re not connected to the internet”. As such, Adobe would just close, and user couldn’t use the Adobe PDF printer driver to print to PDF. If I tried to sign out, it would say “initializing”. In addition in some cases Adobe would crash out with “error 110”, which naturally is not even listed in the troubleshooting guide.
Continue reading “Adobe Acrobat “Could not verify subscription” – FIX”Closed Down the Electronics Meetup
Mixed weird feelings over the last few days; I ended up shutting down the electronics meetup that I hosted for nearly 2 years.
Continue reading “Closed Down the Electronics Meetup”Grail Acquired: Teletype Model 19
After watching a CuriousMarc’s series of videos restoring a Model 19 Teletype on Youtube, I HAD to have one. As someone who has an unexplained penchant for vintage stuff, technology, and steampunk (like?) aesthetics, this not only checks the boxes, it hammers them home!
Continue reading “Grail Acquired: Teletype Model 19”Life goes on during a Pandemic
I figured I’d post up a personal update, as opposed to more Franklin Institute pictures or may latest nerdy adventures.
Continue reading “Life goes on during a Pandemic”More Frankin Institute Cards
Got in a few more Franklin Institute cards today. These appear to be from the 60s. I found these interesting as you contrast what the place looks like today.
Historic Church in Chester, PA Burns
I’m really bummed about this; a while back a buddy of mine, who’s family is part of the Chester Historical Society, mentioned that the society took ownership of a very old and historic Presbyterian church in Chester. As such, we went to the church to help them start to clean it up as well as look around and get a bunch of pictures of the building, noting issues that would need to be addressed and so on.
4 years later, on May 27th 2020, the church burned to the ground.
Continue reading “Historic Church in Chester, PA Burns”Microsoft Teams and the Missing Teams Meeting Outlook Addin
With the ongoing pandemic, the last thing we want is more software glitches to deal with. In my case, I had to set up a number of new systems for new users, and naturally on the last few, just happened to notice that in Outlook, the Teams addin didn’t seem to be loading.
Notably, I didn’t see the big purple “New Teams Meeting” button under the Calendar function in Outlook.