Mom said, "You're not like the other boys, lefty.
Wife said, "Your brain does not work like other people's."
What you mean is that my brain doesn't work. You can't fool me, with yer motherly love and yer wifely tolerance.
After putting together an external fan to cool a laptop, I realized I neglected to consider the negative effects of the dog interfacing with the power supply. In one move, she pulled both wires apart, which then shorted out, taking out the wall wart. Today I figured I'd like a little (more) aggravation, so I determined the wall wart was heaven-bound (or wherever wall warts go), located another wall wart, of the proper voltage, soldered it to make it 10% more dog-proof and it worked. Sure, it's louder than a 767, but the laptop is cooler.
Except the soldering. Once again my hands shook like a 90 year old meth freak with Parkinson's. The really smart person inside of me, way down deep, so far he's almost never seen, said I should go see a doctor; any doctor. I'm starting to think he might be right.
I have a box where I put all the superfluous wall warts and laptop power supplies. The professional people on tv, with initials after their names and tv shows guaranteed to last at least a week, would call me a hoarder. But when my fan needed a 12v wall wart, I dug into said box and pulled one out. When the dog shorted that out, I went back in the box and pulled out another wall wart. That's not hoarding; that's being prepared for future dog-related electronic circumstances. Just don't ask me about my stash of resistors, capacitors, and tubes.
I'm going to guess there aren't a lot of electronic hobbyists reading this blog. The blog's title, ThermionicEmissions, refers to how vacuum tubes (valves in the UK) work. I'll just do this for me...
Why do you have so many capacitance meters?
I like diversity.
How is that diversity?
I take a capacitor and measure it on 4 meters. Each result will be wildly different - that's diversity.
Then how do you know the value?
It's printed on the capacitor.
If my wonderful readers promise to have their friends read the blog, I promise no more electronics humor.
So let's set our scopes on Wife instead.
There are many things I don't understand. Getting married proved there were many more.
Me: Honey, why are there upside down soda cans in the sink?
Her: Oh, I had to drain them before throwing them out.
Me: Ok, but why are they still in the sink?
Her: I am working more efficiently... I turn them upside down then go on to something else.
Me: I see. But they're still in the sink, thereby cutting efficiency by 50%.
Her: Were you thinking of sleeping on the couch again tonight?
I strongly suspect that is related to this:
Water is boiling. The whistle from kettle is deafening. People across the state know we have achieved very hot water. The instigator of this is nowhere to be found. Finally she comes through the door, cursing and screaming.
Me: Why are you screaming?
Her: Stupid water is boiling.
Me: Did this come as a surprise, after turning the burner on? Perhaps you could stay in the general vicinity of the water, then you don't have to come running while cursing its parentage.
Her: But I'm getting other things done...
Efficiency, as it turns out, is not.
Her: Yes it is: I get you to do it, cutting 50% of my duties.
Guys, no matter what you think your wife's IQ is, she's smarter than you.
When they say 'delaying,' what they mean is that there is an agreement that Amazon packages have priority over regular old USPS letters. That's right - Humongo Corp now runs the US Postal System. On the other hand, it probably can't get much worse...
CEO Reminds Everyone His Company Collects Customers' Sleep Data
Remember this: Fitbits, watches, phones, games, and everything else collects data. Your data, which isn't yours anymore. The article is about a 'smart mattress topper.'
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