I says to my wife, I says: Dear, this new project is going to bring tears to your eyes, it’s so cool! She’s shaking her head and says to me: Oh, I’m crying alright.
Tag Archives: electronics
MX Revolution USB mouse repair
Most people know me to be cheap. How cheap? Well, I somehow see the logic in buying a broken USB mouse on eBay in the hopes of fixing it, rather than paying full price for the mouse new. Don’t laugh just yet. I fixed it.
Stereo light fix
My friend Lynda has this stereo whose display quit working.
CueCat hack
Remember CueCats? They were the nifty personal barcode device that advertisers were going to use to taylor market to your personal habits and tastes. It was the hardware version of spyware. Well, it failed miserably .
Handspring Thin Modem Repair
I got a email from a guy in response to a post I put on VisorCentral. He had a broken Thin Modem (Springboard module) — the phone connector had come off.
Guild Spice Chest Radio Restoration
A good friend of mine had a beautiful old radio in his attic. He was good enough to let me have a crack at restoring it to working condition.
Handspring Visor Prism Touchscreen Repair
Matt accidentally dropped his Visor Prism and it can’t get up!
Handspring Visor Memory Upgrade
In August of 2001, I got real gutsy. How, you ask? Well, I decided to take a geek-like plunge, and disassemble my Visor.