Jason
@jjbbgg.bsky.social
Your old pal from twitter or whatever.
I like coffee and goats. Beer and baseball. Poker and pinball. Playing with and sometimes repairing old computers and old radios.
Too many hobbies, master of none.
I like coffee and goats. Beer and baseball. Poker and pinball. Playing with and sometimes repairing old computers and old radios.
Too many hobbies, master of none.
adding “fuck the time change” to my t-shirt just for today
November 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
adding “fuck the time change” to my t-shirt just for today
i lost 30 lbs in 6 weeks with Ultra Slim Cat and you can too!
Before | After
Before | After
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
i lost 30 lbs in 6 weeks with Ultra Slim Cat and you can too!
Before | After
Before | After
$10 flea market VTVM - battery corrosion cleaned, recapped and calibrated well enough for me. precision resistors were all good enough.
I’ll probably never use the Ohmmeter on this but I might install a battery eliminator just so it’s complete.
this will get used for AM radio alignments.
I’ll probably never use the Ohmmeter on this but I might install a battery eliminator just so it’s complete.
this will get used for AM radio alignments.
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
$10 flea market VTVM - battery corrosion cleaned, recapped and calibrated well enough for me. precision resistors were all good enough.
I’ll probably never use the Ohmmeter on this but I might install a battery eliminator just so it’s complete.
this will get used for AM radio alignments.
I’ll probably never use the Ohmmeter on this but I might install a battery eliminator just so it’s complete.
this will get used for AM radio alignments.
NAPLPS graphics could heal me
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NAPLPS graphics could heal me
would you believe me if i told you the joker who was in here last replaced the #47 bulb with a blinky LED?
September 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
would you believe me if i told you the joker who was in here last replaced the #47 bulb with a blinky LED?
last, and definitely least: this IDE Corp RS-232 breakout box. what can i say, i’m a Terminal Guy, and when stuff doesn’t work maybe this will come in handy. probably not though.
September 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
last, and definitely least: this IDE Corp RS-232 breakout box. what can i say, i’m a Terminal Guy, and when stuff doesn’t work maybe this will come in handy. probably not though.
another catalog: allied radio, 1954. “everything in radio, television, and industrial electronics” - and they weren’t kidding. i guess you’d say they were 1954’s mouser or digikey. TV tubes, phonograph needles, radios and amps, and loads and loads of parts.
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
another catalog: allied radio, 1954. “everything in radio, television, and industrial electronics” - and they weren’t kidding. i guess you’d say they were 1954’s mouser or digikey. TV tubes, phonograph needles, radios and amps, and loads and loads of parts.
speaking of kits: heathkit catalogs. one from around xmas 1961, and one from march 1967. if you’re not an old nerd, heath sold kits to build your own stereo, tv, test equipment, or.. an organ, or a “family radiation measurement set” (“measure fallout radiation and survive”)
i was born too late.
i was born too late.
September 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
speaking of kits: heathkit catalogs. one from around xmas 1961, and one from march 1967. if you’re not an old nerd, heath sold kits to build your own stereo, tv, test equipment, or.. an organ, or a “family radiation measurement set” (“measure fallout radiation and survive”)
i was born too late.
i was born too late.
what i got at the MIT flea market 🧵
first this sweep generator. i’m going to try my first FM alignment on my grundig console.
it’s a Knight KG-627, built from a kit, but the construction looks very respectable.
unfortunately the included crystal is for TV, not 10.7mhz for FM.
first this sweep generator. i’m going to try my first FM alignment on my grundig console.
it’s a Knight KG-627, built from a kit, but the construction looks very respectable.
unfortunately the included crystal is for TV, not 10.7mhz for FM.
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
what i got at the MIT flea market 🧵
first this sweep generator. i’m going to try my first FM alignment on my grundig console.
it’s a Knight KG-627, built from a kit, but the construction looks very respectable.
unfortunately the included crystal is for TV, not 10.7mhz for FM.
first this sweep generator. i’m going to try my first FM alignment on my grundig console.
it’s a Knight KG-627, built from a kit, but the construction looks very respectable.
unfortunately the included crystal is for TV, not 10.7mhz for FM.
the latest in a long line of desperate attempts to stay focused at the poker table
September 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
the latest in a long line of desperate attempts to stay focused at the poker table
the day the algorithm got too good
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
the day the algorithm got too good
the old packaging was so much cooler
July 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
the old packaging was so much cooler
a big boy. chip for scale
July 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
a big boy. chip for scale
i bought & read this book but my wife was less enthused
July 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
i bought & read this book but my wife was less enthused
the algorithm knows me, but not what i’d wear
June 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
the algorithm knows me, but not what i’d wear
you can have a little weather channel, as a treat #weatherishappening
June 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
you can have a little weather channel, as a treat #weatherishappening
the only king i acknowledge
June 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
the only king i acknowledge
Even in 1938.. it’s always a capacitor.
May 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Even in 1938.. it’s always a capacitor.
get yourself a woman who leaves you brie rinds wrapped in a napkin in the fridge
May 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
get yourself a woman who leaves you brie rinds wrapped in a napkin in the fridge
No Rowdy Beers, but Persey Llamas is up there.
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
No Rowdy Beers, but Persey Llamas is up there.