Some upgrades to my Dell Optiplex Pentium3 machine. I’ve had to take it out of the clamshell case as it was too restrictive. Brand new MS PS/2 keyboard. Creative PCI128 (I also got a PCI riser ribbon cable so I can maybe put it in another Dell case I have at some point.
IDE to SATA adapter so I can use a more modern DVD drive that can read CDRW. Nvidia 6200 and a DVI to VGA adapter.
It runs Carmageddon fine and I was lucky enough that CD audio plays over the data connection as the drive doesn’t have CD analog audio connector.
So stoked that this all works.
Today I received a delivery from Amazon. I ordered the light novel High School DxD in English (it came from the UK). Unfortunately, it’s not available in German, which I think is a shame, but oh well. It’s my first “book” in English.
Note:
I want to read the light novel because the anime is based on it, and I don’t think there will be another season (unfortunately). But I want to know how the story of Issei and Rias continues.
CHERRY KC 500 MX LP
Finally got something to replace the Logitech MX-Keys.
No wireless Bluetooth Battery thing ..
Reminds me of the old MS bus mice.
Got the same keybaord a few weeks ago. I’m very happy with my choice. The only downside seems to be, that there is no software to modify the keys in a linux environment.
Edit: Oh just realized that it isn’t exactly the same keyboard. You got the full sized one.
A new watch from the Chinese factories - the Watchdives 1972 v2.
It’s quite nice. 41mm diameter, bead-blasted stainless case, and a Seiko VH31 quartz movement which ticks at 4 beats per second - unlike most quartz movements, which tick 1 time per second. Lume is about average for the Chinese watches, not great but not too bad. I paid a little under $60 USD for it. Can’t complain. I have already ordered a backup.
ThinkPad T14 Gen2, 2022 model, Ryzen 7 pro, the story is here
I have build for me new NAS 
Erying mATX 12450H ES undervolted set to 20/25W
Cooler is vaporchamber from GTX 1080 FE + Artic P12 PWM Slim running at 600-800rpm
2tb Crucial P3plus for system and cache
4tb Crucial P3plus for Data (for fast transfer over 5gbps lan)
2x5Tb Seagate 2,5 in Raid1 as backup (syncing now with data disk)
5Gbps RTL8126 in M2 slot
ITX 150W PSU + 120W chiefec brick + A09S 4.2L case
And becaus i have the ssd from my litle older NAS build everithing cost like 530USD 
They arrived in the mail today. They are small boxes where you can store manga (or something of that size).
And two weeks later I’m almost finished with this project.
In short, I’ve paired the ADC I2S module with my NanoPi Neo3, which is running DietPi and would act as an audio endpoint for all my devices, digital input via Ethernet / Pipewire ROC. And the ADC I2C would take care of my phono signal from an phono preamp or other analog sources. Output would be handled via and additional SMSL SU-1 DAC.
And I was in desperate need of an enclosure and therefore I finally had a reason to get my 3D Printer up and running again. Which took the majority of my spare time in the last two weeks. I’ve only bricked my Raspberry Pi 3b in the progress … 
Custom baseplate which would slide into the housing and which would be secured with an backplate.
… and now the 3D printing bug got me again. Hadn’t used my self-build 3D printer since almost 4 years. And there are some issues with the printer which have to be addressed. Which are pretty obvious in the last picture : Nasty z-wibble.
But for the time being: I can live with that. But I’ll have to integrate an fan to cool down the Quad Core Rockchip RK3328, currently only an heatsink on it. And the temps are way too high, even when idle.
No pics. Had to replace some front-end parts on our 2014 Mazda CX-5. Control arms and stabilizer bar. $2800 including labor. Yeah, we didn’t need that money for anything else like food or medical insurance. Sigh.
This arrived here about 20 minutes ago. I had pre-ordered it a while ago (at the beginning of October). It was originally supposed to be released on December 15 last year. But then it was postponed to mid-January and later to the end of January.
I’m very happy that it’s finally here and undamaged.
Buiding stuff like this is also pretty neat once you get deeper into the hobby. I’ve built 7 mechanical ones for myself and 5 for friends and family, but I’m planning to do a VH31 based build some time in the future. For now my hobby is paused due to unemployment related poverty.
I went back to the comic (manga) bookstore today and picked up my order. It’s the last volumes of Ranma 1/2 and the volumes of Demon Slave that are available so far. I think I have enough manga for now.
I didn’t take a photo of the back cover of Demon Slave because there are only chains and some text to be seen.
Well, I’ve managed to brick the Raspberry Pi 3b within my 3D Printer.
Thus, I needed an replacement and went with an CM4 with 1GB of RAM and 16GB eMMC storage on board, threw in a heatsink and as a carrier board the Waveshare Nano B. Which does have an Gigabit RJ45 port as well as USB-A as well as the GPIO headers broken out, which I need for my 3D Printer for some sensors (air quality sensing, gyroscope for input shaping / vibration avoidance) and some other things.
Really intrigued by the size of the package overall. But in terms of the pricing, not so much. Will eventually throw EnOS Arm onto it before it will go finally into my 3D Printer. But I’ve bit the bullet as I wanted to avoid booting from SD cards altogether.
Given the fact that one could bump up the RAM of a CM4 to 8GB as well as an eMMC of 32GB within the footprint of half an credit card, actually an appealing form factor every day carry in the form of a keychain 
