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Nice! Always a good feeling.

Nice. Haven't played through one of these yet. Got a demo?

Those were EOL 3 years ago. Very well could be a bit of oxidation by now.

I wondered. Makes sense. Some of the ancient parts that go in the "verification builds" category suffer similarly.

Could it be oxidation on the leads or the board pads/vias?

Could also use some additional flux.

Even with flux core solder, I personally never feel it's enough and always use more—it's just part of the process now. The no-clean stuff can be removed with a little isopropyl alcohol, if you're concerned about it staying on the board. IMO, the best value is a tub of paste style flux. 

Oldest is getting good at cooking. Been making own scrambled eggs for a while, and today made some ham and swiss sliders. Time is flying, man.

I wonder if you can find a serving tray from a thrift shop, something wooden or whatever, and get a cheap as chips soldering mat to line the bottom with. Easy to carry it around, I imagine.

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We're pretty spoiled with nature out here.

Which campground did you go to?

It's part of the Uinta national forest area, not far of a drive, which is nice. 

https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232229?tab=info

There are actually closer ones, but too much college crowds for my liking. No diesel generators, but lots of loud music. 

Maybe in the fall we'll go to Payson Lakes or Strawberry reservoir.

Brian made a post about the unlisted stuff not yet in the archive, but here's a link  

https://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/_folders/

https://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/_folders/Delay/pdf/

Finally went camping with the kiddos. Everything was great, except the sleep part. Youngest and I share acute hearing and we just heard everything... apparently people don't seem to think "quiet time" includes their trailer generators   

National Forest campgrounds are nice because it's not glamping but not primitive either. But they can get crowded, especially on Father's Day weekend. The one we went to is deceptively divided up into single sites and group sites. On a walk we found that there were a number of single sites on the group side, and no neighbors... oh well.

Like I said, it was great apart from actually sleeping. Next time we'll grab one of the more remote sites, or pick another campground. This one is nice because it's got lots of tree cover.

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It was probably 50ish this morning, but rose to 80 quickly after the sun was up over the mountains. Only a little campfire. Have to go pillage some additional wood from my in-laws. 

CE Distribution has them for just under a buck a piece.

https://www.cedist.com/products/jack-stereo-pc-mount-low-profile

Nice! Thanks for that, haven't heard of them. 

Turns out Boss uses an identical jackr for the remote jack in the Angry Driver I have.

I'm about 100 hours into Baldur's Gate 3, which means my party has finally actually arrived at Baldur's Gate.  Having a lot of fun doing all the quests, and the character and story development is very well done.

I gotta start that one! It's been in my steam library since the last sale. Also gotta do rdr2. Can't believe I snagged that for $12.

Wife has been ramping up the garden and we've already got berries. They're not the biggest, but man are they good!

Looking forward to the san marzanos. They're in the greenhouse, because we've had some weird weather, but the sun is out now and frost is highly unlikely. 

I like blyni, I like pelmeni, i wish these ruskibots weren't so many

Nice build!!!

Thanks! I hope the caps on the levers stay on, but they were pennies, so I'm giving my friend the surplus of what I bought just in case.



Sadly this weekend is full of exciting things for the kids, but next week we're going camping. Stocked up!

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Tried out "chicken chunks" which isn't nearly as bad as that name implies. It's basically canned chicken, but in a flat retort pouch like the posh tuna fish. Those tortillas? they tasted like they just came out of a fresh bag; food science is crazy. The cheese spread has come a long way, but that's not how it's supposed to be! I grew up with these things back in the '80s. MRE cheese spread isn't supposed to taste like mac 'n cheese flavor pack, it's supposed to taste like Cheeto dust in margarine!