techknight
@thetechknight.bsky.social
39yo Aspie | He/Him | Single/looking | ISTJ | Electronics Technician and Engineer | Embedded Dev | Severe Weather nut | Originally from Ohio and now in NC | Discord: thetechknight
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techknight
@thetechknight.bsky.social
· Nov 13
- I'm a German Weather Geek
- I was a Rabbit Mom for over 20 Years
- I'm an Illustrator and semi-photographer
- I love hoarding Painting supplies and forgetting about 50 % of them.
- I'm a Neurodivert on Autism Spectrum
- I was a Rabbit Mom for over 20 Years
- I'm an Illustrator and semi-photographer
- I love hoarding Painting supplies and forgetting about 50 % of them.
- I'm a Neurodivert on Autism Spectrum
Hey #wxtwitter I made an account here! Here’s a little introductory bio about me:
- I’m an operational meteorologist with an interest in coastal mesoscale processes
- I’m a competitive powerlifter
- I own a photography business
- I have a Alaskan Goldenmute
Tell me some stuff about yourself!
- I’m an operational meteorologist with an interest in coastal mesoscale processes
- I’m a competitive powerlifter
- I own a photography business
- I have a Alaskan Goldenmute
Tell me some stuff about yourself!
- I am an electronics repair technician and engineer
- Severe weather nerd with an addiction to watching storms
- Embedded developer/engineer
- I love tinkering with, repairing and hoard-- erm.. collecting vintage electronics and computers 😅
- Reverse engineering
- Fellow neurodivergent (ASD1/Aspie)
- Severe weather nerd with an addiction to watching storms
- Embedded developer/engineer
- I love tinkering with, repairing and hoard-- erm.. collecting vintage electronics and computers 😅
- Reverse engineering
- Fellow neurodivergent (ASD1/Aspie)
Does anyone else feel their heartbeat and blood rushing through their veins all the time 24/7? As an autistic person I do and it drives me nuts. Notice it even more when I'm sick
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Does anyone else feel their heartbeat and blood rushing through their veins all the time 24/7? As an autistic person I do and it drives me nuts. Notice it even more when I'm sick
Mmmmm capacitor plague
December 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Mmmmm capacitor plague
Time to fix a Macintosh Portable that was saved by Barbara Nelson. Demo unit. Used for about a year or so, and then stored away all these decades.
December 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Time to fix a Macintosh Portable that was saved by Barbara Nelson. Demo unit. Used for about a year or so, and then stored away all these decades.
Got my childhood photos from my aunt when I went to dad's funeral. This is the most 90s shirt I think I have ever seen let alone me wearing it. I actually don't remember at all what I wore back then until looking at these photos of myself
December 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Got my childhood photos from my aunt when I went to dad's funeral. This is the most 90s shirt I think I have ever seen let alone me wearing it. I actually don't remember at all what I wore back then until looking at these photos of myself
Got OpenMediaVault working on Windows 98! But, with an insecure Samba config ofc. What I'd like to do is have two different samba configs on OMV split across the main lan and retro vlan, but I can't seem to find an easy way to do that. Going to have to containerize it as a bridge
December 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Got OpenMediaVault working on Windows 98! But, with an insecure Samba config ofc. What I'd like to do is have two different samba configs on OMV split across the main lan and retro vlan, but I can't seem to find an easy way to do that. Going to have to containerize it as a bridge
Rest in peace you two. You will be sorely missed. If you have anyone in your life you remotely care about and love, PLEASE tell them you love them. They may not be here tomorrow, just like both of my parents.
December 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Rest in peace you two. You will be sorely missed. If you have anyone in your life you remotely care about and love, PLEASE tell them you love them. They may not be here tomorrow, just like both of my parents.
You know the one thing that really sucks about life? Death. My dad passed away this morning, I just got the news. We weren't super close but he was still my dad and about the only one I talked to from my estranged family.
My dad made me who I am today. Gonna miss him.
My dad made me who I am today. Gonna miss him.
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You know the one thing that really sucks about life? Death. My dad passed away this morning, I just got the news. We weren't super close but he was still my dad and about the only one I talked to from my estranged family.
My dad made me who I am today. Gonna miss him.
My dad made me who I am today. Gonna miss him.
This is so friggen cool, I want it
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is so friggen cool, I want it
Decided to re-do the AV rack to account for digital cable. I am out of rack space, so this is a thermal management nightmare
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Decided to re-do the AV rack to account for digital cable. I am out of rack space, so this is a thermal management nightmare
SMD capacitors from 1999. Worst capacitors ever made. They're all bad, and they didn't even use an aluminum can. Its foil shoved into plastic.
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
SMD capacitors from 1999. Worst capacitors ever made. They're all bad, and they didn't even use an aluminum can. Its foil shoved into plastic.
I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
Time to work on this little JVC professional video monitor which is of an interesting technology. Black and white CRT but a Field sequential color shutter
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Time to work on this little JVC professional video monitor which is of an interesting technology. Black and white CRT but a Field sequential color shutter
This 1994 Magnavox CRT TV is still running. Owned it since new, as a childhood present. Runs all night long every night which is around 7 to 10 hours a night since then. Had a gap in 00s when i switched TVs, but went back in 2005. I repaired it in 2007. Testament to how durable these can be!
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This 1994 Magnavox CRT TV is still running. Owned it since new, as a childhood present. Runs all night long every night which is around 7 to 10 hours a night since then. Had a gap in 00s when i switched TVs, but went back in 2005. I repaired it in 2007. Testament to how durable these can be!
LCs FOR SALE! Just went through all of these myself, so they have been gone through.
Two were bombed, replaced the boards and got rid of the shields. the other 4 weren't. All are fixed/working. 2 of which have Bluescsi v2, 1 is a bluescsi v1, rest still have original HDDs. (Ran out of blueSCSIs)
Two were bombed, replaced the boards and got rid of the shields. the other 4 weren't. All are fixed/working. 2 of which have Bluescsi v2, 1 is a bluescsi v1, rest still have original HDDs. (Ran out of blueSCSIs)
December 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LCs FOR SALE! Just went through all of these myself, so they have been gone through.
Two were bombed, replaced the boards and got rid of the shields. the other 4 weren't. All are fixed/working. 2 of which have Bluescsi v2, 1 is a bluescsi v1, rest still have original HDDs. (Ran out of blueSCSIs)
Two were bombed, replaced the boards and got rid of the shields. the other 4 weren't. All are fixed/working. 2 of which have Bluescsi v2, 1 is a bluescsi v1, rest still have original HDDs. (Ran out of blueSCSIs)
This Macintosh lc475 had a handful of open traces. Took five patch wires to bring it alive
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This Macintosh lc475 had a handful of open traces. Took five patch wires to bring it alive
Data archeology is fun as you end up un-earthing time capsules from Schools... This appears to be a Year-2020 project written in 1998 by various students:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Data archeology is fun as you end up un-earthing time capsules from Schools... This appears to be a Year-2020 project written in 1998 by various students:
Macintosh LC machines are such a cute machine, even if pokey. Just did a motherboard swap on this battery bombed machine and brought it back alive
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Macintosh LC machines are such a cute machine, even if pokey. Just did a motherboard swap on this battery bombed machine and brought it back alive
Apple manual inject drives are a whole new level of fun. Much more complicated and you lose the alignment during disassembly
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Apple manual inject drives are a whole new level of fun. Much more complicated and you lose the alignment during disassembly
Now I need to look through this stack of LC fun. Not a great start though
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Now I need to look through this stack of LC fun. Not a great start though
Yet another macintosh portable repaired
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yet another macintosh portable repaired
Who coulda seen that coming.... 🙄
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Who coulda seen that coming.... 🙄
Triage complete on the system source machines. Probably will save a couple but the rest will be parted out
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Triage complete on the system source machines. Probably will save a couple but the rest will be parted out
No archeology going to be happening with this one 😬
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
No archeology going to be happening with this one 😬