Only in L.A....

I went by a record store in silverlake today (it was closed, sadly), but in the parking lot was...

this.



it's a Mitsubishi...i think...




Here's the mirror...




Yup, they're computer keys.




Have a nice day.

Windscreen for a mic

the "model number" is an industry joke referring to acoustic accessories (sound absorption devices)

Heh.

From Here. Fun stuff.

New art for the office...

It's a (sorta) sad time. Another one of my haunts is going out of business. It's the local military/technological/miscellaneous...surplus store. Aisles and aisles of...stuff. You could spend hours...looking at...stuff. But it's closing. So, on a day off, i went to wander the aisles for one of the last times. Just to look for...something. I found a box with various screws, lockwashers, and electrical connectors. $4.00. Cool. I wandered down into the back room where the real fun stuff is. Old military electronic gear, power cables, knobs, switches, meters, nuts, bolts, equipment cases...and...stuff.

Then I saw...it. The perfect addition to my office wall. It's an old sign. It would go perfectly on the wall of my office. A perfect pice of random...stuff. I quickly found an employee, who added the sign to my bill. He quotes me $2.50, (and it would have been a bargain at twice the price)
points me towards a phillips screwdriver, and down it comes. I'll put it up this weekend, likely. i know just where. But until then,

Here it is:



A little more history...on the back.



What it says:




No, i didnt take it off. it's still on there, for the next owner to find.

I'm Tired.

The old, dead one (P3, 1ghz.) Died 2 days prior to deployment of new servers. We had a full backup.



HP Proliant (3ghz dual core xeon w/ a socket for a 2nd) redundant power supplies, fans, hard drives. Now we're cookin' with gas.

Install complete @ 1:50...A.M. very minor workstation touchups to do.

I need coffee. Alot.

iWant.

the latest thrift store find.

grundig OLD radio. with vacauum tubes. geek-o-rama.

yes, it works.

Do-It-Yourself Mac Mini.

Monitor-$10.00 at a yard sale in Monrovia, CA.
Apple Mighty Mouse-$37.50 on craigslist ($75.00 for that and a power supply for my iBook)
Damaged—when the previous owner fell and landed on it—(damage limited to: dented top and bottom case, broken latch, line down screen) 12" 1.33ghz G4 powerbook w/ airport extreme and bluetooth-$0.00 (a throw-in with above purchase)
Extra 512 MB factory original Apple ram chip-$30.00 on craigslist
Mini-DVI to VGA adaptor to connect external screen-$21.60 from Melrose Mac
Genuine Apple power adapter from Patti's old powerbook. (repaced with a macbook pro through applecare)
$99.10 all told. Not bad.

Mac. Gasm.

GEEK ALERT!

The latest $2.00 yard sale find! A Motorola 6 transistor pocket AM radio. Model XP69 BM. Has everything! Owners manual, schematic, original box with serial number...and the guarantee card.

Just a picture of our server from remote access.