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Asset Dump: C2018000001

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

This is a “raw asset picture dump” post. It is a fairly un-annotated dump of pictures taken while archiving a vintage asset. Click any picture for the full-resolution version. The title indicates the asset catalog number. Raw notes for this asset: “Disassembled; scrubbed keycaps and case in dish soap, PCB IPA. Corrosion rear left on…

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10-Foot U-Haul

A (Literal) Truckload of Vintage

Posted on December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Every now and again, someone comes across one of my websites and contacts me to ask if I’m interested in some piece of vintage computer equipment. Most of these are either items I’m not interested in, or the correspondent wants more than I’m willing to pay, especially when transportation is factored in. Unfortunately, a variety…

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Circle K hot dog closeup

Rando Beetle Wiener Post 2

Posted on December 2, 2018December 2, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Get ready, America. There’s a lot of rando gas station wiener in Florida – not to mention the other 49 states and 5 territories – and I plan to review it all – E. coli be damned! Today’s wiener: Circle K in Port Charlotte just off I-75. For those who don’t already get it, there’s…

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Rando Beetle Wiener Post 1

Posted on November 13, 2018December 2, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

In the same vein as my fast food fight posts, I’ve decided to post and review gas station hot dogs eaten off the hood of my Beetle. Why? Because this is the Internet, so why not? Also, this provides literally unending opportunities for commentary about low quality wieners, and nobody could argue with that. Wiener…

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Quarter Pounder NOM

YYZ, EVV – McFight!

Posted on November 10, 2018November 12, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Let’s buy a Cheeseburger, a Quarter Pounder and a Big Mac all at once, unwrap and bite into each one, and take pictures, comparing the craftsmanship at two different McDonald’s restaurants. This is what the Internet is all about. Be advised that I fully intend to repeat this activity with different pairs of fast food…

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Getting back in the C= Saddle

Posted on October 6, 2018October 6, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

For various reasons, including needing to make space in my garage to bring the Beetle in so I can work on it under cover, I recently decided to start disinterring, cataloging, in some cases restoring, and in most cases properly mothballing my vintage computer collection. I also want to bring out at least one Commodore…

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ThinkPad 460S login

Life on Linux, 2018

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

A week ago, in my last post, I discussed my decision to move my daily driver OS from Windows 10 to Linux, and the purchase of a ThinkPad 460S to be my new Linux machine. This post is a quick update on what has worked out – and what has not – so far. Ergonomically,…

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VIC-20 and QBert

Whole Grain Computing

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Since the Microsoft BUILD 2015 conference, when I received an attendee gift of an HP Spectre x360, I have been using Windows 10 as the primary daily driver operating system on most of my personal machines. In many ways, I think this operating system is one of the best products Microsoft has released (at least,…

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2003 Beetle on the lot

2003 Beetle, first repair operation

Posted on June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

At the end of May 2018 I was looking for a project/fun car. My top requirements for this vehicle were that it should cost $3000 or less, it should have a manual transmission, that it should require no more than $1000 of repairs to be a reasonably trustworthy daily driver… and that’s pretty much it…

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10W solar array

Of Solar Charging and Range Anxiety

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Lewin Edwards

Whenever I’m traveling, particularly outside the US, I have range anxiety on my cellphone. Not only is it my communications (and my important poster-of-pictures-of-food-and-cocktails), it’s more importantly my navigation and often the way I summon transportation. In some countries, I can ask my way using schoolboy French or German, but my travels necessarily direct me…

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