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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There was talk of holding a bake sale or passing the hat at work to cover Copilot overages. In-slicer kludged remix of makerworld.com/en/models/18... into a piggy bank.

Github Copilot mascot 3D printed as a piggy bank

Github Copilot mascot 3D printed as a piggy bank, side view

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Please take your teeth out of my rope." Part One in my upcoming Phrase Book for Bratty Bottoms and/or Orange Cats.

An orange cat, sitting in a doorway looking "caught"

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I haven't had WindowServer crash on me in a while... 🍎

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’m really not sure who thought I should be left in charge of all of this…

Screenshot from Kubernetes management showing 180 CPU’s and 4030.55 GB of RAM

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Gotta love it when a month of on & off debugging comes down to a dodgy 5 volt regulator browning out when the indicator LED's get too bright.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On further investigation, I saw logs confirming they were both shutdown, but the script controlling them turned them right back on when grid voltage returned even while still on inverter power. Added a 10 minute delay between grid voltage normal and turning them back on again. That should do it.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And of course, there's STILL sirens. I hope whoever it was is okay...

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I was able to see from power draw that neither tub nor EVSE was drawing while on inverter. The car's long since charged to 80% by this time of day, so I wouldn't have expected any draw there either way. It wasn't a time of day the tub would typically be active either, so inconclusive.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bad news, I didn't capture enough event logging from the EVSE or hot tub controller to see if the EVSE got a shutdown command or the hot tub contactor opened. I CAN see the tub power profile now matches its "just powered up" startup cycle though, so it's probably fine.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

From the total runtime on inverter (just over 5 minutes) versus the grid voltage, I can see the grid contactor opened and the Sol-Ark was fully grid forming with no islanding for the required 5 minutes before syncing to grid & reintegrating. Return was seamless, no blip.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Good news, just barely a blip, and everything stayed on. Still need separate UPS's on computer stuff, but other than the fan in the bedroom bogging down for a second or two, everything kept going. Also nice that it happened only 5 or so minutes before I needed to drag my butt out of bed anyways.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sampling interval is 10 seconds, and AC output power sagged to 216v for a one interval before returning to 240v. Grid dropped to 132v in that time, so looks like we lost one leg more or less. Grid returned to 240v within 3 samples.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Based on the momentary power blip and the MANY sirens that followed about 10 minute later, it seems like some unfortunate may have helped me finally test the Sol-Ark in a power out scenario.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The >50 years and older-than-me points will have to wait until this weekend. My original large Advent’s aren’t blown, but figured I might as well get the kit for them from the same shop and save on shipping. $24 seems like a good investment.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I believe there are specific audiophile nerd points awarded for successfully re-capping the crossovers from speakers over 30 years old. I’ll take my points (x2) please.

Crossover from an Advent Legacy II speaker with replaced metal film capacitors.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This hateful thing is responsible for two home theater receivers going to their early retirement. Crossover cap exploded and would only short out and fault the receiver when the bass made it vibrate just the wrong way. New Advent recap kits in-bound…

The unraveled foil remains of an exploded electrolytic capacitor sit on a glass table top, mocking me.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Dye lots don’t matter.”

Several 3D printed parts in two close but not quite the same shades of blue.

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Service Oriented Conference @serviceorientedcon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Exciting News! Registration for Service Oriented Conference 2026 is now open! Please join us on October 10th & 11th for two days of service-based education and discussion. Follow this link to the registration page where you can find all the info! www.serviceconference.org/register

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It’s been an embarrassingly long time since V2.2212 actually spat plastic. Only one toolhead working presently, but all six are configured in Klipper and technically functional. So much more calibration to do for docking / undocking, etc.

A Voron v2.4 3D printer in fluorescent green and black with six total Dragon burner toolheads in a Stealthchanger setup. The printer is in a dark room with only its screens and the rainbow lights of its toolhead illuminating

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

That took a gods damned long time to get to... I do *not* have spoons left to start physical calibration, but maybe I can make the ergableds match the toolhead colors.

A screenshot from the 3D printer interface Moonraker shows the temperature display for 6 toolheads

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Basilmobile definitely tastes better than the one for bats.

A large farm trailer with a planting box covering it is planted with basil and tomatoes. It’s parked in front of a barn-red steel garage with an orange loader and a white farm house in the background.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

For once, use a bigger fucking wifi antenna was the right answer.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

There are days I wonder when we'll find out if Cameron, Hurd, Wisher, et al. had it right or if Charles Stross called it closer. Judgement or Laundry?

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

👂🏼🐛: “😳🤖” - 📻🧄 I blame Ergo Proxy for teasing 30 seconds of a six and a half minute song (including the 7/8 bit!) every closing and expecting that to somehow be enough to satisfy.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

So far it looks like ~35ºC drop under load versus naturally aspirated. Also both cards are within a degree or two of each other rather than ~10 apart sometimes, no doubt due to one of the three fans failing on the "newer" used card. 50º at 300 watts dissipation (each) is a lot better that 85+.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is new territory… You’re welcome to come at me about that waterslide between the two 3090’s, but it won’t amount to anything. Function and using available fittings beat form. No results yet, just letting the pump run for a day or so to rule out leaks.

A messy water cooling loop filled with bright green coolant in a rack case with two RTX 3090’s, a power supply, and no motherboard. The GPU’s are connected via Oculink to a system in another chassis.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The nice thing about adjustable height desks is you don't strain your neck bashing your head on the desk.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I’m glad I have “Procedamus in Pace” in my music library, but the randomizer pulling that out when I’m expecting Enigma is just cruel.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Living his best life 🎉🎈 TT: finn_e_bear

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Before & after. Basement stairs are much lies likely to kill, even if they look like a murder scene. Alas, yellow/black caution stripes don’t come in a rattle can, and my paint skills are meager. Thanks to @inquisitiveelle.bsky.social for the disassembly and clean out service.

Looking down at a set of cinder block stairs in a basement Bilco entry way, crumbling, uneven, poorly built, covered in dirt and mud from water seepage.

Rebuilt stairs in the same basement entry way, now made of pressure treated lumber. The stairs are even, sturdy, and run the full width of the entry way. The concrete of the walls and floor is gleaming white from a fresh coat of Drylok. A concrete berm to redirect runoff water to the floor drain is painted bright (blood) red.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Huzzah! Four successful repairs. Microscope & hot air rework station FTW!

A screenshot from the Mainsail 3D printer web interface showing four tool head temperatures in normal ranges (27-28ºC)

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Fortunately on my four boards, it only pushed the parts aside (didn't make them fall off and get lost), and the solder pads were unharmed. Definitely the smallest surface mount rework I've done to date.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Bonus (?) when I get to / have to do the same repair to four different parts. BigTreeTech put a couple of surface mount components *really* cozy with the mounting screw location on the EBB36 boards. If your stand-offs are just a little bit bigger than the screw pad, *CRONCH*...

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I love that feeling when a specialized tool pays for itself in one repair.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Height-adjustable desks are so ergonomic. You can just raise the surface and comfortably bang your head against it repeatedly with little to no back strain.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I love having to explain to a highly paid security consultant that no, you can’t just reuse your predecessor’s GitHub SSH key. You’ll have to figure out how to generate your own. No, I won’t generate it for you and email you the private.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Is leaving the default random pixel GitHub avatar this epoch’s equivalent of blinking-12’s on the VCR?

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It’s starting to look like a tool changer.

Partially assembled Voron 2.4 3D printer with six brightly colored Stealthchanger docks mounted near the top. Cabling for two of the Dragonburner toolheads is just visible near the top.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 28/03/2026

I don’t love being in a society where you can sell enough pillows to do meaningful damage to democracy or sell enough children’s books to do a genocide or sell enough chicken sandwiches to abolish gay marriage That all seems like a ridiculous way to do society to me

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

After a weekend’s hacking, a tiny e-paper readout of how my solar’s doing. I’m 49¢ in the black for the day. 🤓

An e-paper display showing power consumption & generation statistics from a solar array. It’s in a bright green plastic case.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Spring cleaning… Not a bad haul.

Round tin filled with brass threaded inserts recovered from 3D printed parts.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Milquetoast as usual, Senator. They took a woman’s phone? Oh no. Let’s talk about the murders ICE has committed and the concentration camps they’re building. There’s no reigning in here. Defund, abolish, and impeach. And if you’re not able to do that Senator, resign.

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Pendorbound @pendorbound.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Running the dryer off solar panels is basically just a Rube Goldberg clothesline, isn't it?

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