OMT Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 16 Jul 2017 02:30:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Make something! Fix something! https://dfarq.homeip.net/make-something-fix-something/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-something-fix-something Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1727 Clive Thompson: I'm sitting on the floor of my apartment, surrounded by electronic parts... It'll look awesome when it's done. If it ever gets done — I keep botching the soldering. A well-soldered joint is supposed to look like a small, shiny volcano. My attempts look like mashed insects, and they crack when I try to assemble the device.

Why am I so inept? I used to do projects like this all the time when I was a kid. But in high school, I was carefully diverted from shop class when the administration decided I was college-bound. I stopped working with my hands and have barely touched a tool since.

I can relate a little too well.

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]]> 1727 Sorry I’ve been AWOL lately https://dfarq.homeip.net/sorry-ive-been-awol-lately/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sorry-ive-been-awol-lately https://dfarq.homeip.net/sorry-ive-been-awol-lately/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:18:35 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1211 The last few days I've been having a really hard time concentrating due to headaches and stuff like that. So although I've had time to sit down and write, I haven't really been able to actually sit down and do it.

I'm going to see the doctor on Monday. I'm really hoping that my osteopath will act like an osteopath and do OMT on my neck this time, rather than giving me more harsh drugs.

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/im-in-debt-2/feed/ 10 1074 How to get my job https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-get-my-job/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-my-job https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-get-my-job/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2002 06:30:36 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=467 I've had a couple of people ask me in the past couple of weeks how to break into the computer field. It was a tough question. I literally got into fixing these things because I couldn't find a repair shop in St. Louis that I felt I could trust. So I started trying to fix them myself. I might break it beyond repair, but one time we had a repair done that cost more than replacing the unit outright would have cost. So what did I have to lose, right?

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