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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally got the right voltage of transformer in, so time to liven up the living room a little! (already replaced the old halogen bulb with an LED for efficiency's sake)

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

@overlysarcastic.bsky.social The Veneziad just arrived! I'm so incredibly excited!!

The inside cover of the book, "The Veneziad" by G.B. Stewart, with the title in gold foil and a blue marker signature by the author!

The front cover of a red book with a beautiful and stylish "V" in gold foil.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Orange is much better behaved as a photography subject. (This is the only way he's better behaved)

An orange cat laying down on an upside-down chair on a wooden table.

That pose tired the orange cat out, so now he's resting his head on the edge of the chair to take a nap.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Trying to get a photo of Oleander for #caturday since she hopped onto my lap, but for a 17 year old she really hates sitting still.

Male human with a tabby cat on his lap, trying to get her to stay still for a photo

More of the tabby, still trying to get her to hold still for a photo while she insists on getting more pets

Flash photograph of the tabby, eyes reflecting in nte light, but at least she isn't blurry now.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Flying back to the USA on the Queen of the Skies today!

Side view of a 747-400 in Lufthansa livery

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Toppa would like everyone to know: Mow.

A calico cat, wrapped lightly in a black blanket so only her head and one paw are sticking out. A human hand is reaching towards her to apply the requisite pets.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Managed to make it Anthrocon for the day!

Me, a totally normal human male and definitely not actually a dog, with a plush fox on my shoulder.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

In The UK this week for work, but now I've been freed for a couple of days of vacation before returning to The USA.

A photo of the London Underground signage saying "Mind The Gap"

A photo showing the modern part of King's Cross Station as it meets with the historical building

A shot looking down King's Cross platform 8 with an LNER train waiting for boarding

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Tonight in Stockholm: enjoying a pizza and some beer with my colleague from Göteborg!

Pizza in the foreground with beer in the background

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Happy #caturday everyone! Enjoy this photo of me and my parent's Orange (both his name and the type of cat).

An orange cat, held like a baby with his paws in the air and white belly showing

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Good night everyone, and remember what Kermit would say: There's only one more sleep 'til Christmas...

CD of the soundtrack from "The Muppets Christmas Carol" sitting in the disc drive of a vintage computer

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I hope everyone has had a good weekend! I am headed from Orlando, FL to Portland, OR for work this week. Going to get temperature whiplash going from high 60s to low 30s! Also, enjoy the MCO Christmas Tree (for gates 30-59)

A somewhat tired looking white male with glasses, wearing a face mask while riding the tram at MCO.

A large Christmas tree positioned dn the middle of an airport atrium.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Flew from ABQ to STL for work today, snapped a couple of nice photos on the way.

Photo of mountain range taken from an aircraft. Near side has very little snow, far side is covered.

Photo from (a different) airplane showing patchy snow on ground. Airplane engine clearly visible.

Photo from airplane (again) showing farmland near Saint Louis.

Photo from airplane (yes, still) as we pass over the Missouri River.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

As we turn from Friday into Saturday, let's have some cats.

Same tabby cat sinking her claws into my jeans

Same tabby cat, paws crossed and laying on a wooden table looking fancy.

Same tabby cat sprawled out and her sister (white and grey tabby) sitting down behind her, looking out at me through the window.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 29/07/2024

Hiya everyone. To help make Monday better, have some cats!

My cat Ollie, a black striped tabby, getting head scritches

Oliie the cat, laying on my arm so I can't leave.

My aunt's cat Spice, a light-orange boy, enjoying chin scritches

Spice laying on the table, ignoring all instructions to get off during dinner.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 22/06/2024

I heard folks like cats, so here's Orange and Ollie in a box. #caturday

Oleander, a brown tabby cat, laying in a cardboard box. She fits perfectly.

Orange, and orange cat, sits in a cardboard box. He fits well.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

Headed to Upstate NY for work for the week!

Man wearing a mask and grey vest sitting in an airport

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

I have returned to the USA (and Florida) from my short trip to The Netherlands.

Man with brown hair and glasses, wearing a mask, waiting on the MCO shuttle to take him to the main terminal building.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Heading off on a work trip for The Netherlands. Albuquerque to Chicago to Amsterdam, then taking the train to Nijmegen.

Selfie of me (white male wearing a mask, glasses, and scarf) in the Albuquerque airport

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

I am now one step closer to becoming an official resident of New Mexico! Drove my heavy/bulky stuff to my new home last week. Now to finish getting my work sorted out.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Had a wonderful time in Taiwan this week, sincerely hope I get to come back soon!

Metro station ceiling in Kaohsiung, covered in LED details made to look like circuit paths and various pictographs

Taipei 101 at night, illuminated against the black sky in a rainbow of colors going up towards the top

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

I'm off to Budapest for the week!

The absolutely gigantic engine on the Boeing 787

Me, a white male with glasses in his 30's wearing a hat and vest, along with my mask

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Good morning from Stockholm, Sweden!

A plush fox and raccoon look out the hotel window onto a foggy Swedish morning

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Today I head for Stockholm, by way of Zurich! I'll be in Sweden the rest of this week, then pop into Denmark for a couple of days before heading back to the USA next Tuesday.

A young man with glasses and a vest seated on an airplane, wearing a mask and looking towards the camera.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Working at a facility with several IR fiber lasers, ranging from 30 watts up to 100 watts. They've got a back reflection problem; almost every system has damage to the X axis mirror, while the few that don't have scoring to the galvo head's chassis instead!

The inside of a laser system's X-Y steering mirror assembly, a black score mark visible on the aluminum housing crossing through the beam input hole.

The inside of another laser system's X-Y steering mirror assembly, score mark clearly visible on the left edge of the "X" axis mirror

The inside of yet another laser system's X-Y steering mirror assembly, a lighter score mark just starting to form near the right side of the "X" mirror

A fourth laser system's X-Y steering mirror assembly, and a third "X" mirror with a visible score mark, on the right edge of the mirror.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Good morning from Matehuala, Mexico! The hotel reception party was very friendly.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Have a couple of photos from my day at Pompeii! I easily could have spent weeks wandering around and exploring the site, there was just so much there!

A look down the streets of pompei, mountains in the distance obscured by clouds

Me (human male in black windbreaker, cap, and jeans) showing that he is too short for the doorways of the ancient romans

Me (human male in black windbreaker) with Mt. Vesuvius in the background

A look at one of the splendidly preserved and presented gardens within a Roman villa at Pompeii

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Taking the train ferry to Sicily!

Large pulleys and cable assembly used to lower and raise the drawbridge to allow trains ta be loaded into the ferry.

Passenger traincar sitting inside the hold of a ferry, as taken from another traincar

View of the Sicilian shoreline as visible from the ferry as it departs.

Two locomotives visible on the deck of a large ferry boat, taken from one deck above.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

My mom and I are headed to Sicily for a week! This is her first-ever overseas trip, so it is very exciting for both of us.

A lady in a yellow shirt and her son in a black vest and plaid shirt, both wearing masks, stand in the MCO people mover

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Meet Orange, who adopted my family as a tiny little stray and who now thinks he's the cutest thing in the house.

An orange cat on a bookcase, using a metal dog statue as a headrest

An orange cat sprawled asleep in front of a window

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

It's October, time to put something a bit more monstrous onto this account!

My sona, a keeshond, on his hands and knees as he is transforming into a more monstrous form.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Reasons I love my job: getting to use a UV laser to decapsulate random chips in the name of science!

Software interface showing a microchip being processed. The laser beam is visible streaking across the image due to camera shutter effects.

Microchip with two die sitting on a quartz plate, submerged in liquid. Bubbles can be seen rising off the chip.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Hello from Paddington Station!

Paddington Station from the outside looking in

The statue "Wild Table of Love" depicting many different animals seated for a meal

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

Also, I've got two companions for this trip! Snuggles the Raccoon and Floofles the Fox, courtesy @foxxo.dad and @sepherix.bsky.social respectively

A plush fox and racoon look out at the world from a backpack.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

On today's episode of "Where is Sonaro off to this time?": I'm headed to the UK for a week!

Man in glasses and mask on an automated people mover at MCO

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

And here's a sampling of the cards used by the laser to perform high-precision resistor trimming:

"Autocut Card", able to store and execute one action of the laser, test to see if it's complete, and then do the next action.

"Constant Current Card" able to provide an extreme precise current to the device being trimmed for resistance calculations.

"Constant Voltage Card", able to provide a ksown voltage and measure the drop between test points.

"Multiplexing Card", able to send different voltagend current sense and force lines out to various probe points as needed.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

Here are the cards from the Zilog computer; I'm afraid I didn't make good notes as to what each one was.

Zilog branded CPU card, lots of old electronics and bodge wires visible

Custom card for laser interface (I think)

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

Here's a sampling of what I was working on in Brazil: Beautiful late 1980s electronics and control systems, being used to make today's modern components!

Front panel of a Zilog / Exxon branded minicomputer. Silver, blue and big.

Top-down view of the Zilog minicomputer, showing four cards inserted.

Front view of the laser's dedicated card-cage, full of proprietary data and interface cards

The human interface device for the laser, made of real wood and covered in switches, buttons, and LEDs.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Good evening everyone, from Curitiba!

Aerial shot of the city of Curitiba, Brazil, taken on an overcast morning while landing.

Night-time photo showing the city of Curitiba, Brazil as seen from a hotel balcony.

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Sonaro Munn @sonarom.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

How better to commission this account than a selfie as I leave for a week of work in Brazil?

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