Linker3000

@linker3000.com

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My career began in electronics & now it's in IT. I talk nonsense here about my hobby stuff: Electronics, STEM, IoT, Meshtastic, Vintage 8-bit computers. My dog is called Holly & she's much cuter than me | West Sussex, UK | Views are my own humble opinions.

The Red Dwarf scene where Rimmer wants to change to Red Alert status and Kryten advises that will mean changing the bulb.
Front of crisp packet with wording "Inspired by Spanish Queso"
A line up of products on display by the entrance at Tesco: Toilet rolls, washing machine liquid, cans of lager, wine and bottled water
Avo 8 meter, carry case, leads, manual and paperwork.
A Google Maps summary of B&Q, Bognor Regis, with the review tag "You'll be lucky to find tighter nuts or better wood"
Node-RED ashboard temperature chart showing 28.2C
A circle with a dot marking its centre. An arrow from the upper right points to a spot on the circle's edge, labelled EDGBASTON. A second arrow from the lower left points to the centre, labelled CENTRBASTON.
A filter list of politicians and regexes for trump and musk.
Cooking instructions from a pack of lentils. The instructions are in multiple languages. The English states "Cook before consumption" and nothing else.
Commodore 64 box
Photo of a PocketBeagle hanging over a monitor showing CP/M running
An 8MHz quartz crystal on an electronics supplier's Website. Price marked down from £25.00 to 75p.
The loading bay area at the Montreux Jazz Festival site in 2015. The bay has a TV truck in it and several tall racks of beer kegs.
An "Amzwn Basics" Micro SD card seen in AliExpress
Felt square and double sided tape.
A lecture theatre projection welcoming all to the LSE (London School of Economics).
Holly the dog - chillin' on the sofa.
Picture of a substation transformer fuse next to a 1.5l bottle of mineral water.
Smart watch showing control buttons in an app.
Smart watch with the http app running, showing device control buttons.
A copper water pipe with the bend cut out and replaced with a flexible link and compression joints
Watch shows 'htep : smash smash'
A grey plastic tray comprising 3x3 deep sections.
Apache Guacamole screenshot listing the configured remote PCs.
Holly the dog chilling with one of her stuffed toys.
Holly the dog on the sofa, with her nose in my tub of cottage cheese.
A ladder lying horizontally between a stair and ledge over some stairs, with a vertical central brace comprising a plank of wood and some clamps.
Pic of fridge / freezer control panel with an illuminated indicator marked 'AI'
Full stack sandwich
A screenshot of an email from an electronics vendor thanking me for visiting their booth at a trade show in India. Trouble is I have never been to India.
Picture of Netbook, showing MX Linux install screen.
Screenshot of a listing for TIL311 LED displays
An anti-static box full of ancient PIC microcontrollers
Cat on my lap.
Email snippet showing Stack Overflow logo and dated message.
A picture of some nails
A telecoms patch box overflowing with a nest of cables. Very scary.
MeshBop node components in a plastic tray just jumpered together.
A screenshot of the MeshBop app on a phone showing the current local and UTC time and the weather.
A small toolbag with a manufacturer's label describing it as a 'Thickening tool kit', possibly because it was supplied flattened.
Dismantled USB tester, plugged in with no load but showing a current flow of 4.29A
A phone screenshot showing some Meshtastic messages, listing many news feeds that can be accessed through MeshBop.
Screenshot of a MeshBop Node-RED flow.
An Orange Pi board next to its box and a 2P coin. The board is about 2 x 2-and-a-bit coins wide and deep.
Phone screenshot of the Meshtastic app showing a couple of Met Office weather warnings for the South of the UK.
A knock-off, not-Casio calculator.
Picture of a acorn.
Photo of the charging unit PCB.
Holly the dog stretched out on the back cushion of our sofa.
Richar Sounds catalogue page. £3949.
A collection of old PIC microcontrollers, many with quartz windows for UV erasing.
An email notification from AliExpress informing me I have 97 messages from sellers.
Tesco shopping app suggests heat pads as an alternative to doggy play tennis balls.
Image from Tesco shopping app. Kerrygold butter 250g not available. Try instead 200g
Dog in an open top vehicle with mouth and cheeks puffed out in the airflow.
ZX Spectrum with home made EPROM cart fitted, showing PSSST running on a screen.