Site Update

It’s been a minute since I have done anything with this site so I am thinking of possibly repurposing it or redesigning it, but I have limited time for this so it may be constantly under construction so going up and down for the time being.

UFOs Sandy Utah 03/12/2022 @ 11:35

Just wanted to post what I saw in the sky while my memory is fresh. So I went out to smoke in my back yard and since the sky is perfectly clear, I was looking at the stars when suddenly almost directly overhead 3 fuzzy six pointed star like objects came into view from the north. They were single file but not a perfectly straight line. They moved like they were being blown by a swift wind but there was no wind. They were glowing blue with a white haze surrounding them. From my vantage point I had about a 60 or 70 degree view of the sky from north to south and watched them traverse that distance in maybe 5 seconds or so. They weren’t like streaking the sky but they were very swiftly moving and slightly realigning themselves to maintain a somewhat straight line. They faded into the south and I lost sight of them. I couldn’t tell you the altitude but I would guess that it was not that high perhaps the height of what an emergency medical helicopter might be flying or so. There was absolutely no sound and nothing really else of note in the environment.

Making the PineTab Useful

 

PineTab with Keyboard Attachment

I have created a tutorial to show you how to make the PineTab a little more useful and more like a Linux Laptop. I have had this device since June 2020 and have never been happy with its usefulness. It was really buggy and didn’t work as I wanted it to. I haven’t fixed all the issues but its so much more useful now. Hopefully this can help someone out there. I may make a YouTube video on this as well one day. 

Here is the Tutorial

Right to Repair

I just signed a petition that I believe in and can’t imagine why anyone would not believe in it as well. Unless of course you are a company who just wants you to buy new stuff instead of fixing your broken things or upgrading your device so they can make profit and contribute to e-waste. I just repaired a Surface Pro 4 by replacing the screen and battery and its an awesome machine that I will use into the future. It would have been trashed if I hadn’t saved it. I think we need to use the things we have to their fullest.

Testing Retr0bright

I recently heard about a method for restoring yellowed plastics called Retr0Bright. Its basically hydrogen peroxide and UV light source.

My test objects are a very yellow SNES and a slightly yellowed GameCube faceplate.

Yellow SNES

I couldn’t find consensus on the formula or method so I am trying out a setup of my own creation and proportions.

  • The container I used a 10 Gallon fish tank – Link
  • Light source 3 rolls of UV LED Strips – Link
  • One standard heating pad – Link
  • One Roll of tin foil – Link
  • Salon Developer (Strong Peroxide) – Link
  • Spray Adhesive – Link

First wrap the UV LED Strip from the bottom edge of the black plastic of the aquarium and go up by one inch for 3 and a half times. I used clear packing tape to attach the strip then on the next strip start in the same location so all power jacks line up but this time go up by about 3 inches each time around for about 3 and a half times. With the final UV Strip go around the top 2 times then use the remaining bit to weave back and forth on the top. I was able to get 3 lines but keep enough space to get parts in and out.

Then use the box the aquarium shipped in to attach tin foil to. First cut to size for all the sides of the aquarium except the bottom. Spray glue on cardboard and attach tin foil (Shiny side out) to the cardboard then spray glue to the bottom of the aquarium directly and attach tin foil there directly. No cardboard on the bottom because this is where the heating pad will be. Once all the cardboard is tin foiled up tape them together making a surround for the aquarium.

The measurements I used were 1 cup developer per gallon of water until objects are fully submerged. Speaking of which I need to get some small weights to hold down floating plastics.

I placed the heating pad under the aquarium on high to heat up the water as I have heard heat will speed up the process. I may test without this or perhaps get a fish tank water heater or something like that.

I have been running the test for 1 hour and will need to check if its doing anything….

UPDATE – Running for one hour shows no results. Will check back in 2 hours.

UPDATE 2 – 2 Hours might be showing results however its minimal and could just be in my head.

UPDATE 3 – Its been about 5 hours total and the changes to the plastic are minimal however there is activity such as bubbles forming on the plastic. I will go to sleep now since its 3AM and check it in the morning.

UPDATE 4 – It has now been about 13 hours and the plastic appears to be about half way done. A few problems arose however. First because of the heat condensation has built up on the top piece of tin foil which may short the stings of UV LED’s so I will either need to vent or remove the heat source. Second the GameCube parts began to float again during the night I really need some good weights, which leads me into the final issue which is the weights I used to hold the SNES shell down have caused certain parts to not get the same light as the rest which has left some untreated points. I adjusted the weights to new positions to account for this.

UPDATE 5 – So I left these parts in for a total of 48 hours and it seems to have done the trick for the most part. They aren’t 100% but are good enough. Next time i do this I think I will either double the UV light strips or Double the concentration of the peroxide to water ratio.

I’m still here

Its been since April since I have updated this site but I am going to start trying to keep up with it again.

What I am up to currently…

Work has been crazy lately and obviously this takes priority.

School is also a thing I am still contending with. This takes time out of my week but I am nearly half way done. Soon I will be a scientist!

I have been making new videos on my YouTube channel. I am trying to build an audience so If you watch any of them make sure to like and subscribe.

Future Plans and Projects

I am currently working on learning Japanese for my trip to Japan in mid February 2020. It’s a difficult language to master but I am improving daily.

In addition to learning the language for my trip I also need to get in shape so I can get naked for the onsen. I don’t want to be the fat American.

I am working on my gaming backlog which I have over 700 games needing to be finished. I have decided that anytime I play a game I need to live stream it. This kills 2 birds with one stone as it give me more videos for my channel as well as cutting into my backlog.

I am also working on modding my gaming consoles and filming the process of this. Basically I am going to thrift shops and picking up old consoles to mod and repair. I plan I making a complete set of consoles that are modded and put them in transparent shells (Which are hard to find)

I plan on continuing my Windows PC series which will include Windows 3.11, 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista, 7, and 8.1. I plan I testing software and benchmarks of games etc. I finally have a way to record video from VGA so this can continue.

In Conclusion

I will slowly be building this website with other videos and posts about things I do and discover. Hopefully this site will eventually be helpful to someone in the future. But mostly I like having this site to keep a journal of cool things. Stay tuned for more content!